22 Jul 2016 19:19:37
Ed can you explain please how our new DOF will work, I know you have explained a lot on this subject recently. The DOF will be responsible for recruitment is every manager/ DOF relationship different. As I thought RK is the coach, takes training tactics etc. DOF head of recruitment but I seen what Steve Walsh said "Mr Koeman certainly knows what he wants and I am going to try and fulfil that with the players that he desires in the positions he wants. "

This says to me RK is calling the shots on transfers and SW is negotiating the deals. My personal opinion is this is the best way otherwise the DOF can bring in players they the coach doesn't want. I'm sure a lot of it is communication and team work between the two. Thanks.

{Ed001's Note - Koeman will tell Walsh what kind of player he wants and the position, Walsh will go and find the best available options. He is a recruitment specialist. It was him who convinced first Nigel Pearson, then, after Pearson was sacked, Claudio Ranieri, that Kante was the right man for the central midfield role.

People say Leicester was an anomaly, but it was not, Walsh has been spotting the right players for a long time now. The thing that makes him special is that he doesn't take notice of the things that put off most people. Most people are put off by the way someone moves or like someone because of the way they move. Some players look wrong, for various reasons, in the role they play, but Walsh looks past it.}

1.) 22 Jul 2016
22 Jul 2016 20:21:50
Thanks Ed for explanation.

{Ed001's Note - you are very welcome.}

2.) 23 Jul 2016
22 Jul 2016 22:32:23
Ed001 I don't know if you have read any of my posts but I get toldI am very negative and have a "told you so attitude". A month or so back I posted that the best thing we could do would be to target the Southampton player "spotters" responsible for bringing in so many top players and that Mr Koeman may very well be a brilliant manager, but players were being signed and sold by Southampton before Koeman arrived. yet they were heading up the table whilst we plummetted down it. This was my "realistic" rather than negative comment but it got some criticism for being negative. My point is. do you think Southampton have a similar approach. ie Koeman is used to working this way and will be very happy to get the recomendations from Walsh? This actually seems exactly what we need, but will take a season or two before any benefits will really be seen. Immediate signings are likely to be difficult and players usually take a few months to bed in anyway. Some of my fellow Blues I fear are an impatient lot.

{Ed001's Note - yes, that is exactly how Saints worked as well, using a mix of stats analysis and scouting to target players for the positions they need filling. Koeman had a limited input there in choosing players, but it meant he could concentrate on working on the team, as he could trust the recruitment department to find the right players at the right price.

The issue is that it might take Walsh a season or so to get things set up correctly at Everton. So it could be two or three seasons before you can begin to get the best from the new set up. Patience will be required.}

3.) 23 Jul 2016
23 Jul 2016 08:17:02
Thanks. That confirms my thoughts. So now the negative bit. I think we signed some very poor players under RM and it will take 2 or 3 seasons for us to recover to the level where we were when David Moyes left. It will probably take another season or 2 before we are up in the European places. I just hope 2 things are true. 1. Mr Mori and hismoney continues flowing in to Everton. 2. Our fans are patient enough to realise progress is being made. Our current lack of signings to date seems to be upsetting some fans.

4.) 23 Jul 2016
23 Jul 2016 08:18:59
Forgot to say. this is not a new system. Clough and Taylor used it at Nottingham Forest when they built their twice winning European Cup team. Clough worked with the team whilst Taylor found the players.