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No DoF for United

https://www.football365.com/news/man-utd-director-of-football-ed-woodward-shock-u-turn

According to the Athletic we’ve given up in our hunt for a DoF...


‘United are adamant that the current system means stability for the squad and that the days of a new manager meaning a completely new team have gone. This is why there is no great desire for a director of football — at least as the role has been understood before.’

Good or bad decision?

posted on 4/5/20

Woodward can still retain power even with a director of football at the club, they’d still be his subordinate. I wouldn’t trust to him to appoint the right director of football anyway, justice by his incompetence since he’s been in the job, but it’s stupid that he’s not realised we need someone with expertise in this role.

comment by N2 (U22280)

posted on 4/5/20

There's nothing shocking about it. He was never interested in appointing one. I mean interviewing Rio and Fletch, come on.

posted on 4/5/20

I've never agreed with the idea that someone apart from the Manager should be dealing with the transfer side of the game, however in this particular instance, I don't think Woodward was ever serious about it.

posted on 4/5/20

Woodward can still retain power even with a director of football at the club, they’d still be his subordinate.

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You clearly don’t understand people like Ed.

posted on 4/5/20

Why did we give Matt Judge a job then? Woodward’s delegated a lot of responsibilities at the club to others beneath him. The power thing isn’t a great argument when you consider the current structure of the club.

posted on 4/5/20

Why did we give Matt Judge a job then.

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No one knows. He wasn’t qualified for it and had done an appalling job.


posted on 4/5/20

That’s beside the point. It’s an example of Woodward giving up power, or responsibilities to be more accurate. It’s a weak argument to suggest Woodward wants to cling onto power as to why we haven’t appointed a director of football.

posted on 4/5/20

That’s beside the point.

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Not really. It was the answer to your question.

My guess is he appointed Judge so that he could spend more of his time playing footy manager with United’s resources.

Which leads us full circle to DoF because he has effed it up for the last six or seven years.

posted on 4/5/20

Yes really, it was a rhetorical question, it’s clear what the actual point was.

posted on 4/5/20

Yes really

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Not really. Your point was stupid.

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