His help would "guarantee success". Wow.
Can't fault much of what he says, except he'd be better off saying all this to Brian Little, not airing it in the media.
Quote from: Risso on April 17, 2016, 02:13:59 PMHis help would "guarantee success". Wow.Obviously there's a lot of ego in there but I think a good part of it is his exposure to how other clubs have done it. His job has allowed him access to a lot of clubs that have set up systems that he would want us to consider. I like some of his ideas because I don't think in many ways we have ever broken away from Ellis' corner shop mentality and lots of clubs have just passed us by. The structure at Villa is broken and we need to catch up as quickly as possible. It isn't just money that will fix the problem either. It is a ground up rebuilding in every department that is needed and what he is suggesting or has suggested at other times.
But he's not asking to be the Chief Executive Sheffield. He's offering himself in a Brian Marwood role or he's mentioned before as an ambassador to the club or consultant. He's throwing out various scenarios but what would the qualifications be for a football specific role at the club? He's been in the game a long time and as I was pointing out his access behind the scenes at other clubs puts him in a very unique position. And as I've said before I don't think he'd be the mouthpiece he is now because the job wouldn't allow it. He is what he is because his job affords him licence to speak his mind.
Ok the Marwood example wasn't great. It's something he's mentioned and clearly Marwood was cut out for that given his prior experience. But for the other stuff he's mentioned, I don't see why not. We've been asking to have football knowledge at the club and he has it. And as for prior experience of scouting, it's not like our existing scouting network with all their experience are proving their worth. It would be hard to do worse.