They said.....

Caller: "I wonder if there needed to be a difference in the club with the actual infrastructure and that the club, perhaps wasn't able to meet that need."
McNally: "I think that's an interesting observation. You may have seen the recent announcement that the chairman made at the end of season dinner that we are reviewing the management structure. The football manager, of course, remains the most important person connected with football. We're setting up a football management board , chaired by the Chief Exec. On that board would be the chief exec, the football manager, the director of recruitment and a technical director. Now for us a technical director means somebody to support the manager so that the manager can concentrate on the first team and the management of the first team. Sports science, sports analysis, medicine, nutrition, hydration, rest and relaxation, conditioning, the management of injuries, the training ground, operations, infrastructure, everything else that will now be the domain of the technical director so the football manager won't have to call me at 11 on a Thursday evening to talk about a youth loan move from our club to some Conference side which is worth about ?500 a week to us. That will be the domain of the technical director."
Conrad: "And is that different from a Director of Football?"
McNally: "For us, yes. Ultimately, we want our first team manager, who is in a key position, to be involved in the ins and outs with players and he has to be responsible but there will be a sense check on that board so all the key decisions will be debated such as choosing two captains for a season may be debated by a technical board and an experienced technical board may then persuade a manager that may not be in the best interests of the football club."

Or in other words, you have to get any football decision agreed by this board, if it runs as presented.

That then gets contradicted by Wynn-Jones later on where he says the manager will be allowed to manage.

Full thing is here: User Posted Link

Posted By: Johnny Comecardiff on January 8th 2015 at 10:06:24

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Question I would like to ask McNally (NCFC) - happy clappy hughes, Jan 8, 09:04:19
- Maybe you can answer for me (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 09:10:04
  - It depends on what they all do. (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jan 8, 09:19:53
    - Yeah buts it's an implication based on what exactly? (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 09:28:15
      - I agree with you. I'm also glad we're keeping the same structure. (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Jan 8, 09:36:41
      - It was from the Radio Norfolk interview when they appointed Adams (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jan 8, 09:33:03
        
        and now we have Miguel (n/m) (NCFC) - jAC, Jan 8, 10:02:39
        
        Ha. A good point well made. And Hooiveld all season? And Cuellar? (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:17:07
        
        When you factor in bonus and other benefits (n/m) (NCFC) - the Tilt Man, Apr 1, 20:00:31
        
        I wonder if it was done so we could play 11 v 11 in training between first team squad? (n/m) (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:20:31
        
        Isn't it to avoid, basically, a manager's own agent recommending agency players to him? (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 09:53:58
        
        The continuity of sacking the manager every few months, make them younger and younger, at (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 8, 09:39:54
        
        actually isn't the football board in place to compensate for the short-term thinking that (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 8, 09:45:46
        
        Found it. (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jan 8, 09:37:11
        
        They said..... (NCFC) - Johnny Comecardiff, Jan 8, 10:06:24
        
        so it was basicalyl a structure to enable Royle to have a role, and he then fucked off (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 8, 10:23:56
        
        Think of it as the heads of multiple hierarchies all sitting down together. (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:36:00
        
        You misunderstand. The technical director is Ricky Martin! (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:32:22
        
        god help us (NCFC) - CWC, Jan 8, 10:39:35
        
        McNally would always have held a veto. Just like Chairman Chase veto'd Manager Martin. (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:49:01
        
        That's the multi-million ? question. (NCFC) - trafford_canary, Jan 8, 10:47:38
        
        Hmmmm (NCFC) - Yellalee, Jan 8, 09:36:59

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