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Luke Dowling - DOF

Rzar

Rzar

Bob McKinlay
J'Psycho'C66 said:
Alan Nixon‏

Nottingham Forest to bring in a director of football type person. Luke Dowling. Ex Watford and other places.


Right out of leftfield! Here's a bit of reading about his time at Watford:

http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/11541109.Dowling_on_his_rise_from_non_league_to_Watford/
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If there is any truth to it, it actually makes sense. Watford of course, are a club that's owner has dual ownership and he would have worked with both clubs in regards to scouting and players.
 
Ravi

Ravi

Upper Decker
Hopefully he’s not here because he’s the manager’s mate.
 
MASE

MASE

Up-Front
If Karankas given his blessing, this bloke looks to have a decent pedigree.

If karanka sets the targets & Dowlings strength is negotiating favourable terms for the club , then theres no reason why everyone wouldnt be happy.

Looks a better set up for the club than the last one.
 
andover red

andover red

Geoff Thomas
Ravi said:
Hopefully he’s not here because he’s the manager’s mate.
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Agree. It seems to be acknowledged (if not accepted) by most that the manager will only ever be a bad run away from his P45. So for the club itself to have some stability going forward, it is important that the DoF is less subject to the whims of the owner and also not directly tied to the manager. If one goes it is important that the other remains to ensure smooth transition and (hopefully) that the overall direction of the club remains unaffected.
 
mister

mister

First Team Squad
Bit more about Watford:

"I look back on three very good seasons," he told talkSPORT. "I joined when we were a Champ club, but I felt Watford are established in the Premier League.

"I oversaw the whole club, the manager, the players and recruitment, and helping recruit the medical side of it, as well as having an eye on the Under-23s and academy to make sure they’re filtering and doing similar things to the first team. The roles are different at other clubs.
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http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sp..._Chalobah__backs_Watford_to_push_into_top_10/
 
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Sabri Natenagewitch

Guest
"We want to make sure the academy and the first team are all on the same page and it has to be treated as one club"

Given me a chubbby
 
GreeksBearingGifts

GreeksBearingGifts

Stuart Pearce
Doesn't sound like a full-blown, "I call the shots", DoF to me. More like head of recruitment, chief-scout for British football, and, in general, an addition to the "football people" whom I was talking about the other day, saying that it shouldn't be just Karanka and Vrentzos making decisions.
 
Trickie Trees

Trickie Trees

Stuart Pearce
Sounds like a good addition.
Such a contrast off the field to when Fawaz was owner.
Fairly similar on the pitch so far but we have to start somewhere........
 
valspoodle

valspoodle

Steve Chettle
Poor old Fawaz. He couldn't cope with two mates running the show, now have a full Hollywood cast list back there he would be totally stressed!
 
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stockers

Jack Armstrong
My concern with this position is that when it’s someones job to recruit new players they generally do that even when it’s not needed. They actively working against recruitment from the youth team.
 
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Franz Foxenhauer

First Team Squad
stockers said:
My concern with this position is that when it’s someones job to recruit new players they generally do that even when it’s not needed. They actively working against recruitment from the youth team.
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But if your role is to have an overview of the ability of Academy players, as well as recruit externally, then you're not going to need to spend if you can produce your own.
You've then got more money to go out and buy the players that you need, but haven't got coming through the system?
 
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stockers

Jack Armstrong
Aylesbury Red said:
But if your role is to have an overview of the ability of Academy players, as well as recruit externally, then you're not going to need to spend if you can produce your own.
You've then got more money to go out and buy the players that you need, but haven't got coming through the system?
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Agreed but it never works like that in reality.
 
Bryn Gunn

Bryn Gunn

Cash is King!
valspoodle said:
Poor old Fawaz. He couldn't cope with two mates running the show, now have a full Hollywood cast list back there he would be totally stressed!
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I still laugh to myself about some of the stuff with Fawaz, when someone said we had the infrastructure of a Kebab Shop :LOL:
 
Otis Redding

Otis Redding

Try A Little Tenderness
Sensible appointment. He seems to have worked in some very challenging circumstances so he shouldn't be fazed by anything at the CG.
 
Strummer

Strummer

Socialismo O Muerte!
LTLF Minion
Sporting Director?

Makes a change, we’ve had a few Cheating Directors in our time....
 
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