Fair play to Commoli

[C0YS]

It seems to me that Levy does do most of the nitty-gritty negotiating. I'm open to correction, but I believe that on the Continent the general practice is that the DoF is handed a budget by the chairman/president and told to get on with the job.

The Scum, the Soccerballs and Pompey do operate a DoF system, only somewhat modified. As managers, 'arry, SAF and Wenger have little or nothing (in 'arry's case) to do with everyday goings-on at the training ground; that's the job of the coaches. Perhaps that's the model we should be looking at. The problem at Spurs seems to be that no-one outside the enchanted circle has any idea who is responsible for what. We talk about Comolli as if his only role is identifying players, which is like saying Levy does nothing but sign the cheques.

We had the typical Bateman cartoon response to the revelation that the first-team squad was stuffing itself on cakes and burgers. The assumption was that this was Jol's fault. But shouldn't this kind of thing fall within the remit of the Sporting Director?

It was also later reveled by Arteta that Everton was exactly the same, suggesting that this is a League problem and is very unlikely that BMJ had little part in it, but your right is should be the DoFs iniciative to change the system, if it is deemed unsutible. But in honest truth maybe the way are DoF workes means he has no choice about that matter:shrug: . Its just something we dont know

 

[al_pacino]

Of that line-up you can't put Berba as a DC purchase, we were chasing him before he arrived.

 

[nicdic]

Robinson was Pleat wasn't he?

And I think we have to say Zokora is infront of Hudd in the pecking order.

 

[nicdic]

It was also later reveled by Arteta that Everton was exactly the same, suggesting that this is a League problem and is very unlikely that BMJ had little part in it, but your right is should be the DoFs iniciative to change the system, if it is deemed unsutible. But in honest truth maybe the way are DoF workes means he has no choice about that matter:shrug: . Its just something we dont know

Surely that depends on what the Chairman has laid out as the DOF's job and what is the managers job? Seeing as Ramos came in and changed it, i'd attribute the diet and fitness to Jol, not Comolli.

 

[C0YS]

Robinson was Pleat wasn't he?

And I think we have to say Zokora is infront of Hudd in the pecking order.

yeh well I kinda have him but......:razz:

 

[C0YS]

Surely that depends on what the Chairman has laid out as the DOF's job and what is the managers job? Seeing as Ramos came in and changed it, i'd attribute the diet and fitness to Jol, not Comolli.

not necisserally but we do not know, and anyway thanks to what Arteta said its prob. a league prob. so therefore you cannot blaime anyone (bar the League) and you just have to credit Ramos

 

[Juande]

And where exactly did we all get this common knowledge from?


The same place as its common lnowledge Jol never signed any players and they were all by Commoli

 

[nidge]

Surely that depends on what the Chairman has laid out as the DOF's job and what is the managers job? Seeing as Ramos came in and changed it, i'd attribute the diet and fitness to Jol, not Comolli.

Comolli's job was described as below

As Sporting Director at Tottenham Hotspur, Comolli will take responsibility for the Medical, Academy, Scouting and Club Secretarial departments.

Now correct me if I am wrong but, dietary needs would come under the control of the medical department and not the first team coach.

 

[C0YS]

And where exactly did we all get this common knowledge from?


The same place as its common lnowledge Jol never signed any players and they were all by Commoli

I think you will find, their was a transfer window where we hadnt yet signed Commoli and Arnerson had just left, who did the signings then. Well considering Jol himself said after he did a couple of signings, that he didnt want to take complete control of signings, but suggesting he did sign some players, i.e. YPL, Gahly etc. Who signed Berba is a hard one because althogh Commoli did actually sign him we where on his tail for a very long period of time, who started tracking him down!?, we dont know but I predict either Jol, Arnerson or Levy where incharge of signing him!!