john68 wrote:Mancio,
I do think that you are getting a little over excited about Mr Marwood and his role and you seem to criticise him at every opportunity. Bearing in mind that when Cook was around, he was Marwood's boss and it seems to have always been City's long term policy to replace Cooke. There was never any announcement regarding Marwood being promoted to Cook's role and now we have Glick and Soriano coming in.
As you are so keen to shoot the bullets at Marwood's failures, can you please explain the following?
What was Marwood's job prior to Cook leaving?
How did his job change when Cook left?
What will be his job when the new team comes in?
If Marwood's job changed when Cook left, who took Marwood's old job?
Those are serious questions mate.
Sir John,
because I am aware that I am not fit to even polish your boots, your steady criticism of my criticism of Marwood is bringing me to a more thoughtful, careful re-reading of Brian Marwood's professional qualifications and track records for the job of sporting director at a leading football Club. It's a promise from a pupil of Your goodself.
As my genuine convincement stands now, my serious answers to your serious questions are, atm at least:
What was Marwood's job prior to Cook leaving? to undertake executive tasks concerning the market operations and Academy Development Plans, as designed and established by the mutual projectuality of Owner, Charman, CEO and, for the parts which directly involve him, the Manager. also and very marginally, the same as Lombardo and Salsano for Mancini: to keep him warm.
How did his job change when Cook left? not very much, apart for that he temporarily stepped in the hole/grey area that naturally arise from a temporary lack of an important ring in the chain of command. factually he filled that blanc space by dumping the manager views on football with his primitive vision of it, while maintaining the usual average performance, typical of an amateur, in undertaking the executive tasks.
What will be his job when the new team comes in? no one. hopefully, he will progressively marginalized until a senior sporting director (Aitor Begiristain? certainly my hopes ahve risen with the Soriano appointment) will be hired and then given the standard golden parachute when the lights will have been turned off.
Certainly it's very difficult not to note that, since the Chaiman's attention has been drawn to the sporting side of the project, the bloke, who is a senior and established voice into the World Economic Forum, who saved Barclays from bail out while making profit of it, but which is not good enough to have the beter over Adebayor' agent in the opinion of those who are naive enough to think that he got time to personally undertake the executive tasks of the market!, he flew here, the CEO's blanc space has been filled with the best candidate available and that who the Club has looked at as the first choice and the market operations have productively started all the sudden. all in a very timely and apt gap of few hours/days.
If Marwood's job changed when Cook left, who took Marwood's old job? see answers to questions 2 and 3 as broadly applicable.
that, at least is the humble 5 pc of Your humble apprentice, my Lord.
