Tom Fox announced as new Villa CEO

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

A Director of Football is fine.

But the whole thing falls apart if the fans (and the players) don't have a manager they can believe in.

Totally agree KG.

And interesting that someone told me about the DoF idea at VP and I posted it on here several weeks ago...

...have I discovered an ITK?
!!!???

[aj2k77]

Instead, Fox is thought to want someone who can look critically at areas such as sports medicine, data analysis and athletic performance to ensure the claret and blues are reaching their maximum potential.

We can't even score a goal, here's a clue Tom, it's nothing to do with supplements or data, he wears a grey jumper and sits writing poems or something in the dug out every weekend.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Summer? Summer!? I find the lack of panic at the club very disturbing. We are not safe, we are plummeting. Spend NOW, make changes to coaching or whatever NOW. This is not the time for making plans for next season, its the time for doing something to insure we stay in the league.

[pauliewalnuts]

A director of football to help Lambert is pointless.

It means Lambert does the coaching (which is the bit he's rubbish at) and someone else does the recruitment (which is the bit he's good at).

Basically, the worst of both worlds.

Then there's the entire fact that Lambert seems to be steering us yet again to the arse end of the table, and it is all too late.

It really would be like sticking a new roof on a burning house.

[ciggiesnbeer]

Even worse, its starting to pick out the tile for the roof of the burning house in January, with construction to begin in "summer".

[Dante Lavelli]

A director of football to help Lambert is pointless.

It means Lambert does the coaching (which is the bit he's rubbish at) and someone else does the recruitment (which is the bit he's good at).

Basically, the worst of both worlds.

Then there's the entire fact that Lambert seems to be steering us yet again to the arse end of the table, and it is all too late.

It really would be like sticking a new roof on a burning house.

DoF tend to hang around for longer than managers, especially in a role like described, so I'd imagine that it would be pretty painless to get rid of Lambert.  Once gone, we'd have a bit more football know-how within the club to find a replacement which must be a positive. It's possibly not the priority but it's a change and that is better than nothing. 

[Ron Manager]

Most of us on the forums have mentioned the words Director of Football and Gerald Houllier in the same sentence. For obvious reasons that will never happen. Americans love job titles and no doubt a few more jobs will materialise in the next year or so.

Basically unless you get the manager..oops..team leader right you are going to fail anyhow.

Mr Lambert is not acceptable.

[PaulWinch again]

If we did hire a DOF it would just be another attempt to excuse Lambert's consistent failure. It really is staggering that the obvious thing hasn't been addressed. Lambert simply isn't capable of doing the job. Now Lerner is putting some pretty dreadful restraints on the manager's role, but even taking that into consideration Lambert is doing appallingly.

[dicedlam]

So Fox says that Lambert will be part of the selection process?

What remit will this DOF have...report to Lambert? Since when does a Director report to a Manager??


It seems pretty obvious they have no intentions of sacking Lambert, no matter what happens.

Absolute joke. The lot of them.

[Pete3206]

What an unholy shambles. I think a concerned glance at the league table would be be more urgent that flight of fancy type plans in the summer.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

So Fox says that Lambert will be part of the selection process?

What remit will this DOF have...report to Lambert? Since when does a Director report to a Manager??


It seems pretty obvious they have no intentions of sacking Lambert, no matter what happens.

Absolute joke. The lot of them.

Could hardly believe that when I read it.

So the DoF will be dancing to Lambert's tune!
WTF?

[olaftab]

Not impressed by Fox if he thinks a DOF will fix us. He should  appoint Lambert as DOF and get in a decent coach.

[peter w]

Surely it would be a valid question to ask Fox about the decision making process on the position of manager. is it solely down to Lerner, is it board recommended, or does Fox have any input?

[Steve67]

Lambert would be better in the DOF role. Let him sign the players and a proper manager coach them.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Not impressed by Fox if he thinks a DOF will fix us. He should  appoint Lambert as DOF and get in a decent coach.

Lambert would be better in the DOF role. Let him sign the players and a proper manager coach them.

If the DoF has input into HOW we play the game and who plays it, appointing Lambert to such a role would be a disaster based on his performance with us so far.
I just want him gone.