The Master Plan

[Parma Ham's gone mouldy 2,462]

Neil Adams was never intended to be so isolated.

The appointment and subsequent loss of Joe Royle unbalanced the envisaged Football Board structure. Joe Royle was the acceptable face of non-executive support at the outset, though an over-arching philosophy and theme running through the club was - and is - desirable.

The Head Coach is often the Lightning rod for unrest, often taking with him Coaches, back room staff, money and even favoured players.

Endlessly repeating this process can only lead to instability and regular losses of significant funds as purchases and the hard-earned Company capital is flung around by transient individual acting to increase their chances of sitting in their seat a little longer.

£100m businesses cannot act this way. Not even in football. at least not on the more meagre offerings below the top tier.

Phelan is ideally suited to perform the de-facto Director of Football role, overseeing transfer spend,bling-term playing methodology and practical on-the-grass day-to-day evaluation of training and matches. He is now too valuable to be made manager. Though he may regularly end up performing this function on necessary occasions. His contacts and access will also be valuable to the company and can be better utilised in a revised role.

This will also necessitate the new Manager or Head Coach working within the Football Board structure. That it can now be de-facto enshrined - with more appropriate pieces in more appropriate places - is practice is a step forward.

Parma

[Newton 0]

Parma excellent suggestion - we get to keep Phelan & appoint a new manager

 

Just one question where does Holt fit into this ?