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A close season rallying call - that's a new one, even for JOS
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At last ! Someone who understands the essence of building a good team, and in my opinion, the inherent weakness of a DOF model especially with the fragmented relationship that naturally results between DOF and head coach when you keep changing your head coach like we do.
Player character is every bit as important as technical ability - especially at the resource level of SAFC.
I agree, it's probably the weak link in a DOF model. People who have built great teams over the years invariably have a nucleus of players who are psychologically strong.....and they've normally been bought by a manager rather than a DOF. I suppose a DOF set-up can include this aspect as one of the criteria when selecting targets but I still think one man with a vision can construct a team with synergy easier than this selection by committee. The problem is these men are few and far between and we've never had one......Reidy probably got the closest but it didn't last long enough to bear real scrutiny.
Better with two I'm sure you'd agree.
One doesn't follow the other though. Lack of character can hardly be blamed on the DoF since most poor character players were signed by an autonomous managerAt last ! Someone who understands the essence of building a good team, and in my opinion, the inherent weakness of a DOF model especially with the fragmented relationship that naturally results between DOF and head coach when you keep changing your head coach like we do.
Player character is every bit as important as technical ability - especially at the resource level of SAFC.
One doesn't follow the other though. Lack of character can hardly be blamed on he DoF
So did oneill, Bruce and the rest. Quinn made character a key requisite and you wouldn't need more than the fingers of one hand to count them up.Well, de Fanti certainly signed some flaky characters and the same can probably be said of Congerton....his marquee signing especially.
I suppose a lot depends on what the brief is that the DOF is working to......if it's just technical qualities then the players psychological make-up may not be properly evaluated.
So did oneill, Bruce and the rest. Quinn made character a key requisite and you wouldn't need more than the fingers of one hand to count them up.
The board have invested millions, mind. The managers and sporting directors have chosen chosen to sign a bag of shite mainly. How many people would have went mental at Byrne or Short telling Poyet and Congerton that they weren't allowed to sign Rodwell last summer as they didn't rate him?
So did oneill, Bruce and the rest. Quinn made character a key requisite and you wouldn't need more than the fingers of one hand to count them up.
You're right that the single man with a vision would be better. However that's similar to the idea that the best political solution would be a benevolent dictator - one unencumbered by short term pressures. The DoF structure gives something away in terms of clarity but gains in consensus - at least in theory. It's no accident that it apes modern business structures where no one man is responsible for both short term operational delivery as well as long term strategic focus. Frankly the man who can do it all these days is not merely an anachronism. As far as I can see he's actually a myth.I'm not saying it's black and white though.....an individual can just as easily sign flaky characters as a DOF but I think a synergistic team can be constructed easier by an individual with a vision. As I said though, these men are in short supply.
Can I just ask your opinion of Rodwell mate......I'm of the opinion that he is a bit of a flaky character and even though a move to Sunderland was technically a step back from his two previous clubs he's found himself under a scrutiny more intense than he probably expected and hasn't handled it well. I really don't think it's much trotted out line on here about "when he gets a full pre-season
Complains about sacking managers but went crying like a f***ing girl to sack Paolo and get his ketchup back, was it the board or the managers fault when he was f***ing pathetic and gave in against Southampton, Villa and Palace? The bloke is a f***ing charlatan.
As far as I remember the wayward Cattermole turned his attitude round after Di Canio's actions and he has made a positive contribution in the main since. Thus he was brought back into the fold. Such actions are not unusual in lots of clubs.Yip.
Can't disagree with most of that.
Must be why he went to Maggie's place...pleading for more time for Di Canio
The only manager to have a problem with his attitude is Di Canio.As far as I remember the wayward Cattermole turned his attitude round after Di Canio's actions and he has made a positive contribution in the main since. Thus he was brought back into the fold. Such actions are not unusual in lots of clubs.
I don't need to here your prejudicial rants about about Di Canio again. They are well known. I was commenting on Cattermole.The only manager to have a problem with his attitude is Di Canio.
thats because he's a f***ing lunatic