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I have no interest in what other teams do. Why would I bother to help them potentially become more efficient?

GM and manager/coach tandem works well in multiple sports in other countries, as well as football teams in Italy and Spain. Why do you think it will definitely fail in England? Too used to how FA operates?

English football is about snot and guts! and maybe a bit of blood. This technical director malarky only works on the continent where there is an almost feudal management structure. FSG will fail if they appoint a dynamic duo in my view, it will be even worse than chelsea , cos not just the manager will be changed every 3 months but the Technical director will end up being replaced frequently too. I would love mike basset to take over just for one year - bet he'd get close to 8th

Can you further explain your points please?

no

I can remember people saying other things only work on the continent and are now standard practice here, no booze culture, pre-season training camps in the Alps, diets, no tackling, warm downs after the match has finished and making substitutions in injury time to waste time so you see a director of football is no big deal in my eyes just needs a bit of getting use to. I think in principle it can only help a manager as it will help him concentrate on the football side of things instead of getting bogged down with rubbish.

Silly arguments by the majority. None of us even know what a director of football really does, and it varies from club to club. We certainly don't know his specific role within FSGs structure. Let's not forget that comolli joined lfc as director of football strategy before getting promoted to director of football. Doe we know anything about his change in responsibilities? It sounds to me like FSG are making things up as they go along.

course they are , they know zero about soccor and they will get ripped off by their own staff if it goes wrong

D.O.F. or as its called in the Usa General Manager is the way all our sports teams are run here in the states. The manager or coach of the teams is involved with the players for training/practice and in charge during games. General Managers/D.O.F. are involved in selecting of players through the draft, trades or transfers, salaries, signings and free agency. In some cases the owner of a club acts as the general manager but thats rare. Some coaches/managers have more say so or imput over players than others but its rare for the manager to also be the general manager. Im not saying its better, right or wrong just that FSG seem to want to go the route they are used to here in the states.

Oh goody, we will pick up some great players in the next draft.

We need a few wide receivers a running back and most definitely a quarterback.

Please tell me I'm dreaming all this and we are not appointing a manager that guarantees us safety every season.

FSG is floored by Martinez' in depth baseball knowledge. He can fulfill managing both the Boston Red Sox and LFC.