After unrelenting success we were always going to come back down to ground. Let's just hope we can build on our experience.
Hampy knows everything but never goes through a turn stile. He does watch a lot of sky sports though so he must be right
sorry kemp, i did see this the other day but never had a chance to reply. off the top of my head i cannot think of an example in this country where its been a rip-roaring success but neither do i think it should be ignored as an idea for the club (assuming that's what mcnally was indicating). if you accept that at the moment our club are never really likely to hang on to a manager for more than two years or so (with good managers being pinched and bad managers being sacked), a director of football could bring the sort of continuity we'd desire on a football level. a master plan could be put in place which future managers would then buy into if they want to come, rather than come in with a new philosophy. i don't really have a problem with the concept of dof's - i know many people don't like them - how it would work is the big question regarding transfers etc but i think a lot of managers will be prepared to work alongside one, they might even prefer it, i don't know. out of interest, would anybody be dead against it, and if so, why?
I wouldn't be dead against it per se but I would be nervous simply because I don't know of a single case where it's worked out well in England!
