Wenger Referendum IV

[Marc Overmars]

Has he gone yet?

[Niall_Quinn]

Google is your friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_football

It doesn't matter about the role. Wenger is saying he doesn't want change or thinks he needs help. Should be enough ammo for him to lose his job.

Look on the bright side, if he hates the role of director of football so much then we can rest easy about him being appointed to it in the future. That would be a death sentence for any new manager.

[Letters]

Google is your friend.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director_of_football

It doesn't matter about the role. Wenger is saying he doesn't want change or thinks he needs help. Should be enough ammo for him to lose his job.

"The exact nature of the role is often unclear and extremely variable"

Seems like a bit of a made up thing tbh.

[Niall_Quinn]

"The exact nature of the role is often unclear and extremely variable"

Seems like a bit of a made up thing tbh.

Scroll down for the remaining 99% of the article.

[Letters]

Scroll down for the remaining 99% of the article.

Which all says "it might be this" or "it might be that" or "sometimes it's this".

So you think we need a director of football? What for? Don't we just need a new manager who can get them playing as a team?

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Which all says "it might be this" or "it might be that" or "sometimes it's this".

So you think we need a director of football? What for? Don't we just need a new manager who can get them playing as a team?

Because most modern football structures work with a director of football.

If we get in a manager and give him the same carte blanche as we gave Wenger we are asking for the same problems all over again.

Wenger doesn't want a director of football because he wants nothing to change he wants the same power he's always had.

[selassie]

"The exact nature of the role is often unclear and extremely variable"

Seems like a bit of a made up thing tbh.

Wenger's current role is unclear and variable so it's nothing new here.

I think Wenger is clear on what the Director of Football would be brought in to do at Arsenal, mainly to lead/help with player recruitment/transfer strategy.

As others have said, he is a control freak and doesn't want change. An appointment of a Director of Football may well end his time here, it could be he walks out of principle. 🙂

[Niall_Quinn]

Which all says "it might be this" or "it might be that" or "sometimes it's this".

So you think we need a director of football? What for? Don't we just need a new manager who can get them playing as a team?

The name of the role is irrelevant. If Wenger is staying then he can't be permitted to carry on ruiningrunning every aspect of the club. If he's not staying then we have to pray the board isn't stupid enough to allow that amount of power into the next guy's hands. Football clubs are big corporate operations these days, not the local and social setups they used to be.

[Marc Overmars]

A modern day CEO should be enough to bridge the gap between the board and manager.

In our case though, the CEO is powerless and the manager isn't accountable to anyone but himself. Until Wenger fucks off there's not a chance in hell we'll see any changes to the infrastructure of the club. Even then we're reliant on this bone idle board to do something useful and take a more hands on approach to ensure higher standards and targets are set for the next guy.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

My brother made the point that the reason has so much power is because Gazidis is useless. That his statements are meant to deflect criticism from himself and that his primary function is to grow the business and he's absolutely bungled that.