kdorg it was the same for Kenny under our scout Twentyman in the 80s. Henry himself quotes Kenny as saying 'it's not much different to what i worked with before'.
Not much no, but some.
Kenny had a very good relationship with PBR and he never had anything to do with finance or fees paid then - just as is the case now.
He also had limited time for scouting (though he did some) and he of course relied on the expertise of others. The club has always been a team of people working together towards a common goal.
However, this DOF structure does mean things are a little different we have a more formalised management team structure and more checks and balances because Henry is pretty opposed, based on a couple of interviews he's given, to individuals have too much power.
Sure in practical terms this collective approach may not be much of a departure from Kenny's preferred working style during his previous tenure - one of Kenny's strengths as a manager was a willingness to utilise others expertise and welcome their input - but it was a bit different because Kenny could for example go to PBR and say I want player X and PBR would go and try and sign them. It's not very different as such but now he would need a couple of other senior staff members on board with that - at least according to Commolli.
Don't understand why it's so hard to understand that they were both equally responsible for the mess that happened last summer.
There's no reason to point the blame at one of them and make them the scapegoat. Fact is, they both had their respective roles in the transfers and they both fucked up.
Let's hope they learn from their mistakes and set things right next time around.
That's all I'm trying to say - that it's a mangement team, a collective. There's no point trying to scapegoat individuals. Thanks for putting it better than I did.
