Quote Originally Posted by surge View Post
Isn't that what a DoF system would do? Ensure that the club can bring in players yes with managers input but predominantly fitting a profile the club wants going forward and not being fully reliant on the manager's contacts.
I noticed that the Bournemouth manager didn't seem to be very involved in the Simpson negotiations because 'thingd like that are handled upstairs'. I don't know their structure but I assume they have somebody upstairs with football knowledge.