Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
I think everyone is aware we've made mistakes, but we do seem to be doing things differently for the time being at least.
A director of football might improve things, or if we appoint the wrong one could be a disaster. Christ there were even people on here hoping that Warnock would be "moved upstairs" not too long ago.
There are many different kinds of footballing directors, with completely different remits - what's important is someone is looking out for the longer term interests of the club in footbll terms, rather than the manager who will understandably always be short term thinking due to the precarious nature of their job.
MM being seemingly overruled on Marley Watkins would seem to suggest an element of that is already happening.
Or maybe loaning out a midfielder that could and should be in the team and Marley Watkins being rejected points to us having zero money to spend and that we are saving what we can.

For me the DOF issue is a simple one. Do I think they would do a better job at identifying possible signings, negotiating contracts and knowing what direction the club should be going in than the people we have there currently. I have no doubt that they would.

If anything it is quite scary that the Watkins deal was overruled as it shows that the manager has very little say on this. He wouldn't have broken the bank in Championship financial terms, yet was rejected.
I also don't think Mick would be picking as many academy players if he wasn't specifically told to from above. When a manager can't put his stamp on the team because other people have other ideas then that is when cracks start to appear.