The Watford Model

[Norwich R Us 59]

> http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41710640

(Sorry can''t link in Chrome the most popular browser in the world it seems!)

Found this a really interesting read and there are clear similarities in philosophy between Watford and ourselves, this line especially stood out:

"We take away all the distractions," says Duxbury.

"The coach is an extremely important role but our view is to make sure that is all he has to concentrate on. We don''t expect him to grow and develop the football club - that''s what we do. He can concentrate on his core competency."

Obviously the scale of change has been massive for us, and in such a short amount of time as well, but the signs are really promising that this is the way forward when building stability for the long term.

[Bethnal Yellow and Green 1,557]

It is the same model that 99% of clubs in Europe use, it has only been the UK that has been slow to adopt such an approach.

Although, most Premier League clubs do operate with a Director of Football/Sporting Director of some sort. Just with varying degrees of power.

[nutty nigel 7,513]

There''s always "models" but they don''t last long. We wouldn''t want to follow that Charlton model now. The Bolton model went the same way. As did the Portsmouth model, the Fulham model and the Wigan model. It''s pretty much as hard for these model clubs to sustain their season''s in the sun as it was for us. If you look at the PL, bar the always present seven, Stoke and WBA have been there longest and it would be too much of a coincidence for that not to be due to the Pulis model. Then the Swansea and Southampton models along with West Ham have been there 6/7 seasons. The other 8 clubs have been there 5 seasons or less. Three more will be relegated this season.

If our current model gets us up there again there would certainly be something worth saying about the Norwich model.