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Suggestion for Director of Football
Dave Jones?
Look at the players he brought in for the fees aswell. Whitts, McNaughton, Marshall, Chopra, Bothroyd, McCormack etc.
What u think?
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Re: Suggestion for Director of Football
I would rather look at the qualities and experience that the most successful DOFs have (however that is defined) and create a DOF profile from that for our club.
Then recruit against that profile.
There are some attractions to looking a people with a club connection - especially if they understand the culture and the area - but that would be a bonus, not the central requirement.
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Originally Posted by
jon1959
I would rather look at the qualities and experience that the most successful DOFs have (however that is defined) and create a DOF profile from that for our club.
Then recruit against that profile.
There are some attractions to looking a people with a club connection - especially if they understand the culture and the area - but that would be a bonus, not the central requirement.
I’d say he fits with that as he was with the club for a while being our manager
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Can’t see us going in this direction for at least another season. Warnock is not going to be up for that type of change in his last season. I’m not sure that the club will be up for it even after that as Tan seems like the type that prefers working with business minded middle men .
Jones is not a bad shout though. However, a lot of the people in this role at PL level are not necessarily former footballers and I’d echo the point previously made about profiling other DOFs.
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Dirty Dai Jones, we don't want that surly Scouser back, and I am unanimous in that!
Besides, he'd be hopeless as he'd spend most of his time watching netball games looking for someone to nob.
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It took far too long to get rid of Jones.
442 dinosaur.
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He might be able to show Warnock how to spend transfer money on a decent player, because Warnock hasn't got a good track record of that with us.
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Originally Posted by
CardiffCitySince1927
Dave Jones?
Look at the players he brought in for the fees aswell. Whitts, McNaughton, Marshall, Chopra, Bothroyd, McCormack etc.
What u think?
DJ - no. But we ought to be looking to bring in somebody as back up should results not go right / or to plan for next season if they do.
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Originally Posted by
Organ Morgan.
:hehe: :thumbup:
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It would be nice to have a modern thinker
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life on mars
It would be nice to have a modern thinker
For that to happen you would need to have a modern thinker as a manager. Having a modern thinker with a dinosaur manager simply wouldn't work.
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Originally Posted by
CardiffCitySince1927
Dave Jones?
Look at the players he brought in for the fees aswell. Whitts, McNaughton, Marshall, Chopra, Bothroyd, McCormack etc.
What u think?
I would say the club as a whole did reasonably well in terms of transfers for some of his tenure. Glenn Loovens is an example of someone who did well for us but was certainly nothing to do with Jones. Ridsdale signed him against Jones' wishes. I wonder if Fowler and Hasselbaink were as much Ridsdale signings as well.
In the same way, Swansea have, until more recently, done very well in the transfer market for a decade or so. I wouldn't suggest that was all down to the manager, at least as much due to the contacts numerous at the club had.
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Originally Posted by
Hilts
It took far too long to get rid of Jones.
442 dinosaur.
He wouldn’t be in charge of tactics. That's a manager
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Doubt it very much if Alan Curtis could be persuaded at his age to come to Cardiff for a second time, but he's the type of person I'd like to see being considered for such a role at Cardiff - it's never going to happen while this manager is here though.
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Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
I would say the club as a whole did reasonably well in terms of transfers for some of his tenure. Glenn Loovens is an example of someone who did well for us but was certainly nothing to do with Jones. Ridsdale signed him against Jones' wishes. I wonder if Fowler and Hasselbaink were as much Ridsdale signings as well.
In the same way, Swansea have, until more recently, done very well in the transfer market for a decade or so. I wouldn't suggest that was all down to the manager, at least as much due to the contacts numerous at the club had.
Jones talked Fowler into coming here, after he met him on holiday in Mexico
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BLUETIT
Jones talked Fowler into coming here, after he met him on holiday in Mexico
Warnock convinced Camarasa and Arter to come here during 90 minutes of Bournemouth vs Betis.
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BLUETIT
Jones talked Fowler into coming here, after he met him on holiday in Mexico
You just convinced me that Jones is not the right person for the job :biggrin:
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CardiffCitySince1927
Warnock convinced Camarasa and Arter to come here during 90 minutes of Bournemouth vs Betis.
Send him upstairs and get a proper manager downstairs :thumbup:
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Ok I can see where this is going, and if it really keeps you all happ
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Originally Posted by
Wales-Bales
Send him upstairs and get a proper manager downstairs :thumbup:
I don't think the skills needed for a dof align well at all with the skill set that Warnock has
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SSN are reporting that Jones is interested in managing in Scotland.
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Rjk
I don't think the skills needed for a dof align well at all with the skill set that Warnock has
He got Camarasa and Arter to come here during 90 minutes of Bournemouth vs Betis though.
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Wales-Bales
He got Camarasa and Arter to come here during 90 minutes of Bournemouth vs Betis though.
That doesn't invalidate my statement
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Rjk
That doesn't invalidate my statement
That persuasion is ridiculous
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There are very few teams in the premier League that have a former manager as director of football. And almost all of them have someone in that role these days.
Clearly we are behind the curve on this. To me it would make sense to try to poach someone who has been working with one of the clubs who have been working really well in this area then at least they know what things to put in place to be successful. Clearly we would need to target someone more junior so the role was a step up, or from a smaller club.