[Albion] Dan Ashworth - Technical Director

[casbom]

Looks like it's happening: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...pected-named-new-technical-director-brighton/

 

[supaseagull]

This would not be a good move.


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[S'hampton Seagull]

This would not be a good move.


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Why?

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[AZ Gull]

This would not be a good move.


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For him, or us?

 

[albionant]

Looks like we are also recruiting for a General Counsel - https://nolanpartners.com/current-roles/

 

[Greg Bobkin]

At the risk of using a variation of well-known question from years ago: 'Dan Ashworth – what will he do (as the Albion's technical director)?'

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

This would not be a good move.


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Interesting comment given the high regard he holds. That telegraph article seems to think that he will be a great loss to England.

 

[erkan]

I happened to have known Ashworth a few million years ago and it is quite amazing how he has been propelled into such a high position within the game, more power to him and he was a decent non league footballer, small and quick and from what I recall he found himself within the pro game through his brothers soccer school's PASS soccer that had some association with Norwich or Peterborough or somewhere similar, I have to say he didn't strike me as someone that would become so prominent at such a high level, more likely a PE teacher which I think he was actually training to be.

There is a parallel character in the England Cricket Board called David Parsons...

It is surprising how far people can get in.professional sport on the basis of well organised hard work and basic ability in the area of applying other people's innovative ideas (copied from the realms of education or business...).

 

[smudge]

Maybe he'll change our philosophy & give us our own identity, our own DNA.
At the moment, it's sit back a little bit first half, ramp it up a bit second half. Make subs around the 70 minute mark.

Before you get too angry, the above is very tongue in cheek; I'm more than happy with the state of play at the moment.

 

[HastingsSeagull]

I think it's yet more progress as a club and the sort of thing that could really help us bring through more players. As well as his experience he must have lots of contacts of all kinds too.

 

[MattBackHome]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/25/dan-ashworth-fa-technical-director-brighton-talks

 

[dazzer6666]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/sep/25/dan-ashworth-fa-technical-director-brighton-talks

Hope this happens - huge statement of intent by he club to bring in someone with his reputation. Sounds like the press 'leaks' are very deliberate

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/footbal...pected-named-new-technical-director-brighton/

 

[Stat Brother]

In what regard(s) do you consider him not to be particularly competent?

What an odd statement. Can you give a specific example of Paul Barbers incompetence ?

I take it I'm not the only one to notice the irony of a poster focusing on to quality of reply as a sign of incompetence, only to not then reply when asked to back that statement up.

 

[darkwolf666]

What an odd statement. Can you give a specific example of Paul Barbers incompetence ?

No, he can't!

 

[blue-shifted]

Paul Barber's a money guy; Ashworth a football guy. Totally different roles

I've got to say, I'm not crazy about the "director of football" type role. So much depends on the reporting lines and the maturity/security of the people already in place. I can imagine having a another manager inserted above you effectively feels like a demotion.

If we do have one then they would have to be fairly ego free and be sure to complement, rather than inhibit Hughton and Winstanley, who are both doing terrific jobs

 

[Giraffe]

Paul Barber's a money guy; Ashworth a football guy. Totally different roles

I've got to say, I'm not crazy about the "director of football" type role. So much depends on the reporting lines and the maturity/security of the people already in place. I can imagine having a another manager inserted above you effectively feels like a demotion.

If we do have one then they would have to be fairly ego free and be sure to complement, rather than inhibit Hughton and Winstanley, who are both doing terrific jobs

Completely agree. Whilst it is not quite the same and the egos at play were totally different we don't want a situation we had where Poyet felt undermined by Barber.

I would assume though that Hughton is fully on board with this or it wouldn't be happening.

 

[Machiavelli]

Paul Barber's a money guy; Ashworth a football guy. Totally different roles

I've got to say, I'm not crazy about the "director of football" type role. So much depends on the reporting lines and the maturity/security of the people already in place. I can imagine having a another manager inserted above you effectively feels like a demotion.

If we do have one then they would have to be fairly ego free and be sure to complement, rather than inhibit Hughton and Winstanley, who are both doing terrific jobs

I really do follow the thrust of what you're saying here, and am a big fan of CH and (I think) even more so of Winstanley, but the other side of this is the club is just getting bigger, and there are more elements that can probably be taken up by someone else. From my limited perspective/perch, everything at the top levels of this club is going extremely smoothly (I'm thinking of TB, CH, PW and, yes, PB), and Bloom wouldn't have acted to bring in an additional figure without thinking about it very carefully.

 

[dazzer6666]

I really do follow the thrust of what you're saying here, and am a big fan of CH and (I think) even more so of Winstanley, but the other side of this is the club is just getting bigger, and there are more elements that can probably be taken up by someone else. From my limited perspective/perch, everything at the top levels of this club is going extremely smoothly (I'm thinking of TB, CH, PW and, yes, PB), and Bloom wouldn't have acted to bring in an additional figure without thinking about it very carefully.

This. Bloom runs a multi million pound business, Barber is a professional PL CEO, decisions like this will be very well thought out........this will be all about allowing CH and PW (and others) to focus entirely on their main priorities.

 

[ewe2]

....Wouldn't surprise me if CH ,becomes our Director of Football at some stage.( Didn't Ron Greenwood hold that position for a while with us ? )

 

[BensGrandad]

....Wouldn't surprise me if CH ,becomes our Director of Football at some stage.( Didn't Ron Greenwood hold that position for a while with us ? )

I dont remember that, only him being associated with Eastbourne, West Ham and England. but not us.