Johan Lange - Sporting Director

[thfcsteff]

He is the next one that can jog on. Don't want him here in the summer if we are in the prem or not. AWFUL

Absolutely.

 

[SteveAWOL]

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[braineclipse]

The club putting so much faith in Fab didn't help, what a waste of time that was.

What I will say is someone like Lange can only work within the framework they have, money v wages v availability, even then he might not have been enough in the job but I also suspect he was presenting options we had no clout or effort to get.

I guess we'll never know what actually happened. Here's my speculative take.

I think we got Lange in part because Paratici was still partly doing some of his work in the advisory role. I don't think Lange was seen as the guy to be a lone DoF.

We then get Paratici back, I'm guessing more or less as planned.

Then Levy got booted and a power struggle ensued. Predictably perhaps with two DoFs, no Levy anymore and Vinai new to the job amongst other changes.

Vinai/the board backed Vinai and Lange over Paratici on whatever issues were seen as important enough. Paratici wants no more part of that so leaves to somewhere he can be more in control.

Leaving us into an absolute dumpster fire of a January. Uncertainty and disagreements about the future of Frank. No idea who the manager would be in 6 months. No real clarity on the DoF situation. Vinai new to the role. Relatively "new" owners and new board members Paratici packing up his stuff. Lange in a role he was never actually planned to have (lone DoF, no Paratici advisor).

Decision making paralysis followed along with the hope that somehow Frank and the players would just get enough wins on the board so the can could be kicked down the road until the summer.

A power struggle, power vacuum and instability resulting from the more or less unplanned exit of a micro managing strong willed chairman who had been in charge for 25 years. Who would have guessed it.

I really like our youth recruitment in recent years. If that's Lange's work I hope he sticks around. But I think we need someone else in alongside him or above him.

 

[thfcsteff]

I guess we'll never know what actually happened. Here's my speculative take.

I think we got Lange in part because Paratici was still partly doing some of his work in the advisory role. I don't think Lange was seen as the guy to be a lone DoF.

We then get Paratici back, I'm guessing more or less as planned.

Then Levy got booted and a power struggle ensued. Predictably perhaps with two DoFs, no Levy anymore and Vinai new to the job amongst other changes.

Vinai/the board backed Vinai and Lange over Paratici on whatever issues were seen as important enough. Paratici wants no more part of that so leaves to somewhere he can be more in control.

Leaving us into an absolute dumpster fire of a January. Uncertainty and disagreements about the future of Frank. No idea who the manager would be in 6 months. No real clarity on the DoF situation. Vinai new to the role. Relatively "new" owners and new board members Paratici packing up his stuff. Lange in a role he was never actually planned to have (lone DoF, no Paratici advisor).

Decision making paralysis followed along with the hope that somehow Frank and the players would just get enough wins on the board so the can could be kicked down the road until the summer.

A power struggle, power vacuum and instability resulting from the more or less unplanned exit of a micro managing strong willed chairman who had been in charge for 25 years. Who would have guessed it.

I really like our youth recruitment in recent years. If that's Lange's work I hope he sticks around. But I think we need someone else in alongside him or above him.

Paratici was clear about who HE thought should no tbe at the club (two people).

 

[Rafa87]

I never know because I’ve heard both, is it Lange like Ange? Or Lange like coat hanger?

 

[Bullet]

Paratici was clear about who HE thought should not be at the club (two people).

Lange the hanger and Frank the w.ank?