MooseBreath Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 These Twitter rumours are about as reliable as a homeless skag addicted prostitute, and are obviously designed to get 'retwits' or 'followers' or whatever. I don't know why anyone pays any attention to them whatsoever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deucalion Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 These Twitter rumours are about as reliable as a homeless skag addicted prostitute, and are obviously designed to get 'retwits' or 'followers' or whatever. I don't know why anyone pays any attention to them whatsoever. Because there is precious little real news between games. Bring back Martin Allen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 If you turn this around, then this could be a great idea........ Move NFP to a General Manager (Football) and bring in a first team coach to take training and deal with match day tactics, the area where NFP is at his weakest. The more you think about it the more sense it makes, except of course NFP would never stand for it, ego and all that....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 If you turn this around, then this could be a great idea........ Move NFP to a General Manager (Football) and bring in a first team coach to take training and deal with match day tactics, the area where NFP is at his weakest. The more you think about it the more sense it makes, except of course NFP would never stand for it, ego and all that....... The only way I'd be happy with that is if we were to bring Chris Powell back, but that's not happening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 If you turn this around, then this could be a great idea........ Move NFP to a General Manager (Football) and bring in a first team coach to take training and deal with match day tactics, the area where NFP is at his weakest. The more you think about it the more sense it makes, except of course NFP would never stand for it, ego and all that....... It's a terrible idea, the last thing any football club needs is internal conflict and that would be absolute guaranteed to bring it with any staff members who werent outright yes men. Why would a manager with a record as good as Pearson's be happy to do that? I wouldn't if I had done the jobs he has with the teams he has been with and the young side he has built here. I'll ignore the rumour about DOF. I'm sure the Thais have learnt enough lessons from their mistakes not to make another astronomical one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilo Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 It's a terrible idea, the last thing any football club needs is internal conflict and that would be absolute guaranteed to bring it with any staff members who werent outright yes men. Why would a manager with a record as good as Pearson's be happy to do that? I wouldn't if I had done the jobs he has with the teams he has been with and the young side he has built here. I'll ignore the rumour about DOF. I'm sure the Thais have learnt enough lessons from their mistakes not to make another astronomical one. Aye, hats off to Top et al. They got their fingers burnt with Sven and have learned from it. If this was Forest I'd be inclined to believe it as their owners are clueless, but these guys have stopped making silly mistakes. Non-starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson_6 Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 except of course NFP would never stand for it, ego and all that....... Not being funny but what manager would stand for that? What a joke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 Didn't Dave "Bertie" Basset hold the role years ago? Yes, briefly, as did Howard Wilkinson. It didn't work then and it won't work now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 Kevin Keegan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 Not being funny but what manager would stand for that? What a joke! Brian Clough - Peter Taylor Martin O'Neill - John Robertson Jose Mourinho - Steve Clarke Just three of the more obvious examples off the top of my head........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 You seem to be confusing 'Director of football' with 'Assistant Manager'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James. Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 You seem to be confusing 'Director of football' with 'Assistant Manager'. marbelladave was referring to a general manager / first team coach set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 marbelladave was referring to a general manager / first team coach set up. You could already argue we have that given Shaky is often given credit for the signings/scouting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flowwolf Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 It just means the phantom director of football has been tapped up and is ready to take over Pearson's job the minute he fails which should be about two weeks time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbelladave Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 marbelladave was referring to a general manager / first team coach set up. Exactly, at least someone actually reads my post, thank you James....... Think about it for a minute, NFP seems to be good a bringing players in and getting them together as a team, good at conditioning the players with his emphasis on 'sports science', good at managing the wage bill and generally managing the squad. Where he is less good is in the detail of training the squad, setting them up, determining tactics for a particular game and making changes when things go wrong. A good second in command with a strong tactical ability is exactly what we need. I have little doubt that NFP's ego would make that impossible in the real world but that does not alter the fact that it is exactly what our team needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MattP Posted 20 February 2013 Share Posted 20 February 2013 I don't think any managers would in the situation you are talking about. The three examples you gave above are nothing to the extent of what are describing in that post about roles and responsibilities. It's everything akin to director of football, you have moved Pearson to that position and bought in a different manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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