Daniel Levy - Chairman

[Grays_1890]

But he’s always been a bit of a gobbrick. No change there. Again isn’t that on Levy for putting him in charge in the first place? Seems a lot of people on here were/still are embarrassed by his spell as manager but no questions directed at Levy for giving Sherwood the job. Even if it was only as a caretaker.

Ohh on that point I agree for those specifically questioning his management time.

I thought he did ok as I say though, couldn't beat a top 4 side for love nor toffee but was a fair stable manager for what was needed and got the best out of Adebayor if memory serves.

As I say, no issue there, just that he is a bell

 

[Lilbaz]

Really lazily the opposite is also true. There are some for whom it appears the board can do no wrong so the opposite of what you state applies.

If you think Levy is in the right no matter the debate those people will always find the boards decreasing making acceptable.

It's the nature of the beast. None of us are free of bias.

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Nobody thinks levy is in the right no matter the debate. I've said he should step down. That he fudged up with mourinho, nuno and conte.

I just think that maybe he is'n't wrong no matter the debate. If it's raining it might not be levy tinkling on you.

 

[afsoc4life]

I am definitely not part of the 'Levy out' group. This is despite my annoyance with him for the release of Mourinho before a final.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

No offence but why do we have to name alternatives? It’s the same nonsense whenever someone doesn’t rate a player, you get someone who do rates them saying “who could we get that’s better?”. None of us are scouts or have much of an idea of who could run the club. It’s not like we can buy new owners like we can when we need a shiny new goalkeeper. I doubt many Emirates Marketing Project fans had ever heard of Sheikh Mansour when they were owned by Thaksin Shinawatra.

Because if you want change, you need to say what the change is
That’s how it works
Saying i want the c€$%s out without an alternative would mean we have no owners and no club. It wouldn’t exist basically

 

[Bedfordspurs]

That's been a massive success hasn't it.

Hell yeah
A step into the unknown that’s gonna be better
We need a bus with Levy out on it and the other side can say “with the parasite gone we can spend £300m on players”

 

[Finney Is Back]

Hell yeah
A step into the unknown that’s gonna be better
We need a bus with Levy out on it and the other side can say “with the parasite gone we can spend £300m on players”

That is a rather broad generalisation. Some may indeed want Levy to go for that reason but not all. My reasoning for wanting him replaced is that he is paid a salary commensurate with a FTSE CEO yet has presided over a decimation of our scouting and recruitment departments. I think for the money he is paid we could do far better.

 

[Gutter Boy]

I think we just need to compare the level his former #2, Paul Barber, is now operating at. Shame that prince never became our king

 

[Jurgen the German]

Because if you want change, you need to say what the change is
That’s how it works
Saying i want the c€$%s out without an alternative would mean we have no owners and no club. It wouldn’t exist basically

It’s not like any of us have an actual say in who will take over when ENIC eventually sell the club. And even if we did, what are the chances that a consensus would agree on the same people given how many billionaires there are in the world? It will most likely be a person or group that half the people on this board have never heard of. I just want someone who doesn’t interfere with the football side of things and doesn’t undermine managers.

 

[K.D.D.D.D.Soc]

It’s not like any of us have an actual say in who will take over when ENIC eventually sell the club. And even if we did, what are the chances that a consensus would agree on the same people given how many billionaires there are in the world? It will most likely be a person or group that half the people on this board have never heard of. I just want someone who doesn’t interfere with the football side of things and doesn’t undermine managers.

I think it's impossible for a person or group to spend the sort of money to buy the club and not want to interfere with the core business.

 

[Gazza]

I think it's impossible for a person or group to spend the sort of money to buy the club and not want to interfere with the core business.

Makes it even worse when he has zero football knowledge on the pitch ... yes he may be a fan now ... but he wasn't growing up .... he just can't help himself at times.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

That is a rather broad generalisation. Some may indeed want Levy to go for that reason but not all. My reasoning for wanting him replaced is that he is paid a salary commensurate with a FTSE CEO yet has presided over a decimation of our scouting and recruitment departments. I think for the money he is paid we could do far better.

We may be able too
we don’t know
What we do know is that it’s not Levy out…it’s Enic out
The levy out stuff is just personal

 

[Bedfordspurs]

It’s not like any of us have an actual say in who will take over when ENIC eventually sell the club. And even if we did, what are the chances that a consensus would agree on the same people given how many billionaires there are in the world? It will most likely be a person or group that half the people on this board have never heard of. I just want someone who doesn’t interfere with the football side of things and doesn’t undermine managers.

I’m not convinced levy does
I think we have had a real mixed bag of managers with varying interventions from above
its Just another cause of speculation
Much like the donna Cullen is the reason we didn’t sign -Poch back … we don’t know the truth. It’s internet speculation
I mean there was a guy in talksport who go sued to work here talking about signings and levy’s involvement and he got it all wrong in his comments. No one corrected him though so no accountability for his words

 

[metalgear]

I wonder what potential dofs and coaches think about working under Levy.

For a club with a top 5 budget, World class stadium and training facilities I'd thought there would be a queue of people fighting for the roles.

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[AdamB]

I wonder what potential dofs and coaches think about working under Levy.

For a club with a top 5 budget, World class stadium and training facilities I'd thought there would be a queue of people fighting for the roles.

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Could be that some people will be dubious about Munn's role. Given Levy's reputation for being a details person, I could believe that there would be some scepticism about him being able to hand things over to Munn, and that inevitably pushes Munn's role downwards...in which case how much independence will the DoF have?

I guess Munn will also oversee the ladies team, but the American commercial guy we hired will deal with sponsorships etc, the CFO (Collacot) will deal with all things financial...so there does feel overlap between Munn and a DoF. Or maybe that's deliberate and Levy is hiring a more junior DoF rather than a Paratici style person

 

[Bedfordspurs]

I wonder what potential dofs and coaches think about working under Levy.

For a club with a top 5 budget, World class stadium and training facilities I'd thought there would be a queue of people fighting for the roles.

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There may be
But maybe they aren’t the ones we want
Lots of DOFs come through clubs as ex players
We haven’t ever done that unfortunately

 

[AdamB]

...Or could be that we're very relaxed about filling the role given the scouting hire which we've made. The ex-Watford guy for example leading out Scouts can presumably carry on doing what he's going without a DoF.

Not sure though who ultimately will make the decision on prioritising player A, B or C without the DoF. Not sure that's Munn's role

 

[Glenda's Legs]

Could be that some people will be dubious about Munn's role. Given Levy's reputation for being a details person, I could believe that there would be some scepticism about him being able to hand things over to Munn, and that inevitably pushes Munn's role downwards...in which case how much independence will the DoF have?

I guess Munn will also oversee the ladies team, but the American commercial guy we hired will deal with sponsorships etc, the CFO (Collacot) will deal with all things financial...so there does feel overlap between Munn and a DoF. Or maybe that's deliberate and Levy is hiring a more junior DoF rather than a Paratici style person

If we are looking to a more data/analytics driven model, that may well change the profile that we seek in a DoF. So it may be a narrower but more specialist position, with less overlap with Munn than might otherwise have been the case.

 

[Mikey10]

I just think that maybe he is'n't wrong no matter the debate. If it's raining it might not be levy tinkling on you.

I knew that shower I got caught in earlier smelt funny.

Because if you want change, you need to say what the change is
That’s how it works
Saying i want the c€$%s out without an alternative would mean we have no owners and no club. It wouldn’t exist basically

It is possible to think Levy should be replaced as chairman while believing in retaining the same ownership.

I wonder what potential dofs and coaches think about working under Levy.

For a club with a top 5 budget, World class stadium and training facilities I'd thought there would be a queue of people fighting for the roles.

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So did half the posters on here.

 

[Bedfordspurs]

I knew that shower I got caught in earlier smelt funny.



It is possible to think Levy should be replaced as chairman while believing in retaining the same ownership.



So did half the posters on here.

To my post
Of course
That’s kinda the role Scott munn is doing

 

[AdamB]

If we are looking to a more data/analytics driven model, that may well change the profile that we seek in a DoF. So it may be a narrower but more specialist position, with less overlap with Munn than might otherwise have been the case.

Agreed. And perhaps Gabbanini can step up and take that role anyway? Only question is that you can have all the analytics you like, but ultimately someone needs to make the decision on things like which player(s) to prioritise (for example keeper 1, keeper 2 or keeper 3), how you want to ideally divvy up funds between different priority positions, tactical things about sales/purchases etc.

In all the things written about Munn, I dont recall reading anything about him being involved with or leading on transfers, such as these decisions