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Originally Posted by goldfinger II
I don't agree with this idea at all.
Ordinarily, I think it's better if the manager decides what players come and go, and maybe what kind of players we want and what kind of football we want to play. Then it's simply a matter of having the right manager in charge to ensure those decisions are mostly good ones. This is the best case scenario, IMO. We've seen that ourselves with Fergie.
In theory, taking this responsibility away from the manager would ensure we have a kind of continuity of philosophy and signings regardless of which manager is in charge and regardless of how many managers are in charge over time. A more long-term approach to signings would also be more likely, since there would be less pressure on the DOF to get it right first time - the manager is usually the first one blamed.
However, we still have the same need for good judgement about who are the right players to sign. We're just moving that responsibility from one person to another [perhaps less qualified].
Personally, I don't trust the club to pick the right person for this role, nor even to stand by their decision to have a DOF. I don't think anyone behind the scenes knows what they are doing from a football point of view. They're just trying shit out and hoping for the best.
There is one problem. The solution is to get the right manager. I've no idea who that is.
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Well, several people perhaps. And the difference is those people offer continuity and sustainability, not least in idea but because they will make the type of long-term decisions that manager may not. With the way the game is going, managers almost accept they won't be at the club long term. With some, especially such as Mourinho, there will be an interest in taking short-term decisions for their own gain.
A man hired to look after the long-term interests of the club with far greater job security will inevitably direct things in a different way. It feels we have a good example at the moment with Martial, whom Mourinho hasn't liked from the start but the club take a wider view. Let Mourinho sell him, them Mou is gone in a year or two, Martial may be firing somewhere else and it looks a short-term decision.