| Sporting Director 17:36 - Apr 24 with 5486 views | itfcjoe |
With either a young/inexperienced or foreign coach would be my guess |  |
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| Sporting Director on 17:37 - Apr 24 with 4986 views | Reuser_is_God |
Gerrard.
King Kenny his senior. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 17:51 - Apr 24 with 4932 views | factual_blue |
Gerard Nash appointed manager. Ian Milne as sporting director. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 17:55 - Apr 24 with 4913 views | suffolkpoker |
| Sporting Director on 17:51 - Apr 24 by factual_blue |
Gerard Nash appointed manager. Ian Milne as sporting director. |
go dutch Martijn Reuser and Jaam Stamp
#goorange |  |
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| Sporting Director on 18:05 - Apr 24 with 4888 views | PrideOfTheEast |
Agreed. In many ways the identity of the sporting director is the most intriguing. |  | | |
| Sporting Director on 18:16 - Apr 24 with 4849 views | chicoazul |
Don't think we will go for a Sporting/Football Director. Someone like that is expensive especially if they are good. Far more likely he is alluding to we are going for a younger Manager or one from abroad. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 18:20 - Apr 24 with 4819 views | textbackup |
i'm so so glad he seems to have seen the light, doing the same thing over and over is failing, lets be the ones that others aspire to be for once |  |
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| Sporting Director on 18:28 - Apr 24 with 4793 views | Illinoisblue |
Return of the Mick! |  |
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| Sporting Director on 19:18 - Apr 24 with 4675 views | itfcjoe |
| Sporting Director on 18:16 - Apr 24 by chicoazul |
Don't think we will go for a Sporting/Football Director. Someone like that is expensive especially if they are good. Far more likely he is alluding to we are going for a younger Manager or one from abroad. |
They wouldn’t be more expensive than Mick was | |
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| Sporting Director on 19:46 - Apr 24 with 4595 views | Marshalls_Mullet |
ME giving Arsene Wenger 50% share holding, Arsene to overhaul club fromtip to bottom as director football. ;-) |  |
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| Sporting Director on 19:49 - Apr 24 with 4572 views | DanTheMan |
Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaase |  |
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| Sporting Director on 19:56 - Apr 24 with 4545 views | clive_baker |
| Sporting Director on 18:16 - Apr 24 by chicoazul |
Don't think we will go for a Sporting/Football Director. Someone like that is expensive especially if they are good. Far more likely he is alluding to we are going for a younger Manager or one from abroad. |
I agree. Call me cynical but I can’t see Evans recruiting 2 people. I think he’s going down the ex pro inexperienced manager route. I was told he was keen to explore a ‘household name from their playing days’ which Gerrard or Lampard would certainly be.
It’s a dice roll, with a real emphasis on backing the youth and building a team around the talented young players we have emerging.
1) it’s cost effective and 2) I know how keen he is to bring the club and fans closer together, which a ‘few of our own’ on the field will lend itself to. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 22:02 - Apr 24 with 4368 views | sundaze |
| Sporting Director on 19:56 - Apr 24 by clive_baker |
I agree. Call me cynical but I can’t see Evans recruiting 2 people. I think he’s going down the ex pro inexperienced manager route. I was told he was keen to explore a ‘household name from their playing days’ which Gerrard or Lampard would certainly be.
It’s a dice roll, with a real emphasis on backing the youth and building a team around the talented young players we have emerging.
1) it’s cost effective and 2) I know how keen he is to bring the club and fans closer together, which a ‘few of our own’ on the field will lend itself to. |
Isn't that basically what Keane was? I know he had early success at Sunderland, but he was a big name ex player from a big club. I think if we are supposedly going down a different route, it would be with a DOF and a coach, rather than a manager. |  | | |
| Sporting Director on 22:03 - Apr 24 with 4364 views | bournemouthblue |
Hollier/Gerrard is the other rumour
I think Warburton was Sporting Director at Brentford before taking over from Rosler? |  |
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| Sporting Director on 22:08 - Apr 24 with 4336 views | BloomBlue |
Gary Megson as SD and Pardew as Manager |  | | |
| Sporting Director on 22:10 - Apr 24 with 4326 views | Reuser_is_God |
| Sporting Director on 22:02 - Apr 24 by sundaze |
Isn't that basically what Keane was? I know he had early success at Sunderland, but he was a big name ex player from a big club. I think if we are supposedly going down a different route, it would be with a DOF and a coach, rather than a manager. |
We can’t compare every young manager who was a good player with Roy Keane ffs. | |
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| Sporting Director on 22:14 - Apr 24 with 4308 views | linhdi |
Royle / Unsworth dream ticket. | | | |
| Sporting Director on 22:25 - Apr 24 with 4263 views | Kieran_Knows |
| Sporting Director on 22:10 - Apr 24 by Reuser_is_God |
We can’t compare every young manager who was a good player with Roy Keane ffs. |
BT WEE ONLEE WNT DEM BECOZ DER FAYMUS?!?!?!
Or something like that. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 22:31 - Apr 24 with 4242 views | RoyKeanesDog |
| Sporting Director on 22:03 - Apr 24 by bournemouthblue |
Hollier/Gerrard is the other rumour
I think Warburton was Sporting Director at Brentford before taking over from Rosler? |
Houllier hates us because Burley won manager of the year when he won the plastic treble. |  |
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| Sporting Director on 22:40 - Apr 24 with 4218 views | clive_baker |
| Sporting Director on 22:02 - Apr 24 by sundaze |
Isn't that basically what Keane was? I know he had early success at Sunderland, but he was a big name ex player from a big club. I think if we are supposedly going down a different route, it would be with a DOF and a coach, rather than a manager. |
My instinct is that soundbite will relate to a slight rethink in terms of the club ethos, that’s wider than just the recruitment of a new manager. I wouldn’t be surprised real step change and emphasis on bringing through academy players. Say what you like about ME but he’s not stupid and he’s got 10 years experience of owning a football club. He’ll want to bring supporters back to PR, that’s his primary concern and focus right now. This interview in itself is the first step in doing that. It’s a PR drive, an attempt to ‘sell the dream’ back to fans during season ticket renewal period. I fully expect he’ll tell fans what they want to hear tomorrow. I think RK was different in that he came in with a reputation of course, and a promotion under his belt but he was very much given cash to spend, and the academy wasn’t seen as a priority. I think that’s what ME means by a change of approach. Whether he backs it up with an appointment that shows intent will be interesting to see. | |
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| Sporting Director on 23:04 - Apr 24 with 4163 views | Superfrans |
| Sporting Director on 22:14 - Apr 24 by linhdi |
Royle / Unsworth dream ticket. |
Nightmare ticket...
It would be the worst type of DoF structure. The whole benefit of a DoF is that you retain some continuity if the first team coach gets the boot. This wouldn’t be the case if your DoF and FTCoach are so closely linked.
The only linked DoF / FTCoach that would be worth doing would be something like Houllier/Gerrard, as it would be on the basis that Houllier steps down when Gerrard builds up his experience. Imho... |  |
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| Sporting Director on 08:40 - Apr 25 with 3971 views | sundaze |
| Sporting Director on 22:10 - Apr 24 by Reuser_is_God |
We can’t compare every young manager who was a good player with Roy Keane ffs. |
I wasn't comparing him to anyone, I was just saying that Evans has stated that we are likely to try something different. If it helps to calm you down a little, I would like to see us go for a young manager, someone who wants to make his mark and is keen to get to the Premier league, playing high tempo football. Okay? | | | |
| Sporting Director on 09:44 - Apr 25 with 3890 views | Freddy |
Thought we all thought that was a bad idea when them down the road went down that route ? | | | |
| Sporting Director on 09:46 - Apr 25 with 3886 views | chicoazul |
| Sporting Director on 19:18 - Apr 24 by itfcjoe |
They wouldn’t be more expensive than Mick was |
Well no maybe not but we will still need a Manager as well. | |
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| Sporting Director on 10:01 - Apr 25 with 3851 views | connorscontract |
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned George Burley in this thread as a possible Sporting Director/Director of Football/Mentor to a younger coach. In recent weeks he has publicly stated his willingness to do anything he can to help ITFC.
In terms of ME winning the fans back over, Burley is the only man who has resonance for all fans aged 25 and up. Joe Royle would be another possibility, but he is older, may not want to relocate and obviously, although well-liked by most Town fans, hardly has the same status as George. On the plus side he has had experience of similar roles, which Burley doesn't.
If somebody like Gary White comes in from overseas then he would be a very sensible appointment, and maybe a good idea if one of the younger lower English League managers were appointed.
I'm just hoping Uncle Harry is nowhere near our club, although I do believe Lampard has a very good chance of becoming what he would call a "Top, Top Manager" and wouldn't be too averse to us taking a risk with him, although he isn't my first choice.
I'll be honest, my first choices are Warburton or Mowbray (if he'd come) but I'm a real sucker for the enthusiastic interviews given by Shefki and White. [Post edited 25 Apr 2018 10:20]
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