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Director of football operations

Discussion in 'Celtic Chat' started by James Pearson, May 20, 2019.

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  1. James Pearson

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    Do you think Celtic would benefit from appointing a director of football? If so, who would be the person you would put in place to incorporate the "Celtic way"?
     
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  2. Mr. Slippyfist

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    Naw.
     
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  3. The Prof Administrator Administrator

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    I think it's a waste of a wage tbh.
     
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  4. PaulM1888 Moderator Moderator Gold Member

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    I can see why they would be useful, particularly as modern football moves towards everyone being disposable but for me nah.

    We should have a Manager and he should be ultimately in charge of everything related to the players and the football they play.

    That’s how, historically, Celtic have always succeeded.
     
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  5. Goggzy60

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    I think it could work as if we get a decent manager he may leave in a season or 2. It would give us some consistency between manager's, for who it could be Lenny fits the role well.
     
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  6. Liam Scales Gold Member Gold Member

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    I don’t like a Director of Football, I would like a similar sort of role but below the manager. So they report to him and shape everything they do around the manager rather than the other way around.
     
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  7. The Prof Administrator Administrator

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    There is the potential for a conflict of interest between the DOF and the manager, i think it over complicates things tbh.
     
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  8. Mr. Slippyfist

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    This.

    I always imagine a DoF to be somecunt just waiting in the shadows to take on the manager's job when the manager gets sacked.

    Lawwell is the CEO - he deals with the fiscal side of footballing/club operations.

    Manager will be dealing with the footballing side of matters, his coaching staff team will assist him with that.

    Manager wants assistance from Lawwell, he asks for it.

    Why the * do we need to employ someone else to fill the position of being the go-between of board and management???
     
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  9. ChrisMoh

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    Mark allen,says it all really.
     
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  10. The IRA

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    Craig Leveine as DOF, Lennon as manager.
     
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  11. ChrisMoh

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    Imagine appointing mourinho or benitez,only to announce some idiot like owen coyle is director of footbal.I bet both would not be too pleased,and what would be the point,what the * even is there job anyway?Sitting about dane fuckall.Some old pals act like we done with dalgliesh?
     
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  12. rickyroma25

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    Yes
     
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  13. ORIGINALS

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    Yes, this is the way football is going, let's modernise and change with the times.
     
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  14. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    Havent we already tried this? Only unde the titles "general manager" and "head coach".
     
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  16. The Prof Administrator Administrator

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    The last thing we need is a right DOF at our club. :84:
     
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    Naw cause Lawwell will over rule them anyway.
     
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  18. CookieMonster Geez yer cookies Gold Member

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    Invest the money into the scouts and youth set up, wont be long until we struggle to compete financially with English championship clubs with wages so we need to start improving our talents and scouting them from further afield. DOF is pointless in my opinion.
     
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  19. Valhalla Thus spoke Batistuta.

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    A DOF would be the one getting us scouts and youth coaches to improve the whole set up.
     
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  20. CookieMonster Geez yer cookies Gold Member

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    While taking a big wage to do it, to do it right we’d need to bring someone with the experience of doing it at the top level. Otherwise we just end up in the Congerton situation again.
     
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