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Levy's Plan

I’d argue the only good hire that Levy ever made was Arsenson. Everyone else was always reactionary or 2nd/3rd choices that turned out to work.

Disagree. Arnesen was a DoF with a huge bias on recruiting players in. His track record of doing that was as hit and miss as the next man. We didn't need that model as much as a general manager for football operations to cover our chairman's own weaknesses. Levy's only real attempt at that was Trevor Birch who jumped ship quickly. All Arnesen did was stockpile players for a short period of time. We never saw a full cycle of whether he could optimise a squad managing both sides of the equation. We never really saw what Birch could do all those years later but I have a feeling he would have been our best hire in the leadership team based on his long tenure as chief exec of the EFL.
 
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