Stephen McPhail for Director of Football?

This is quite an interesting piece on McPhail's illnesses and success with Shamrock Rovers. The DoF suggestion is just a bit of speculation by WoL - but one that sounds good to me.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...mrock-17225024

He may not be operating at a high level, and may not have ready made contacts in place across Europe and other continents, but McPhail knows and loves the club and the area, has a load of valuable experience, and he seems to be driven to succeed. Cardiff would be a step up but could be a good fit, and it would be a real step forward to have someone like him on the Board.

Good shout, would be welcomed here, but I doubt it will happen.

Coming here would be a sideways move, much like when he was playing for us...
I know people like him, but I never rated the guy myself.

I think you need a bit more experience at a higher level with contacts and experience of the league we are in and Europe .

In relation to his time with us he was superb

Great to hear the wonderful Stephen McPhail on the radio this morning talking about there forthcoming game with AC Milan .

Great to see this after seeing his life put on hold when he was diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome diagnosis, which lead to him retiring at the age of 32

I think getting the right processes in place and having a modern approach to things like recruitment and analytics would be far more important for a DoF than contacts and experience of the league. relying on contacts is a very old fashioned way to go about things.

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Coming here would be a sideways move, much like when he was playing for us...
I know people like him, but I never rated the guy myself.

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Like many.

I sometimes wonder what some people are looking for in a player .What a talent he was , possibly only surpassed by Tomlin who is an outstanding football player in my eyes . It took a lot of people a lot of time to see the benefits of Tomlin . Perhaps its the "he doesn't work hard enough " brigade.... You should be watching the guys digging the roads , they generally work quite hard .

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Coming here would be a sideways move, much like when he was playing for us...
I know people like him, but I never rated the guy myself.

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Gosh I'm shocked at your view .

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Originally Posted by tforturton

Coming here would be a sideways move, much like when he was playing for us...
I know people like him, but I never rated the guy myself.

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moving from shamrock rovers to a championship team a sideways move?