Hope he does well. He’s one of those who could turn out to be one of those Uber attacking managers and if he does well become a candidate for us potentially. He could also be a total flop but will be interesting to see - players should respond very well to him.
Thierry Henry replaces Jardim as Monaco manager | Replaced by err...Jardim
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What's wrong with Birms?
I like Birmingham - I'm going there next monthThis
xIf you thought he was going to manage Aston Villa, I've got some seafront property in Birmingham to sell you.
Nice. Clubbing?I like Birmingham - I'm going there next month
Yeah for a friend's birthday - so I'm gonna be there for the weekend. Hopefully do a bit of shopping too!
Sounds good. Have fun.Yeah for a friend's birthday - so I'm gonna be there for the weekend. Hopefully do a bit of shopping too!
Thanks x
Hope ti goes badly for him. The cheating, handballing, invicible, baguette munching twat.
I don't want to break your heart but Thierry Henry won't be there.Yeah for a friend's birthday - so I'm gonna be there for the weekend. Hopefully do a bit of shopping too!
How has managed to land this? Being French?
Very risky move for Monaco, and to be honest, I think it'll be a fatal one.
Very risky move for Monaco, and to be honest, I think it'll be a fatal one.
I can see some good signs.
Henry started his career there as a football player. Deschamps the same but as a coach.
The France NT coach Deschamps will be replaced by Zidane who will be replaced by Henry.
Henry started his career there as a football player. Deschamps the same but as a coach.
The France NT coach Deschamps will be replaced by Zidane who will be replaced by Henry.
Okay, he played for them and was a good footballer. I still don't see how that qualifies him as a manager though. He's had pretty much zero managerial experience and I bet he's been chosen over other lesser known guys who've got more experience. As someone said earlier, this is Gary Neville 2.0.
Zidane 2.0 I'd say
We'll re-visit this in one year and see who looks like they're going to be right. Game on.
He's handsome though, so that's a positive for him. x
Sure
Will either be the greatest manager they've had, the worst or somewhere in between.
Covering all bases.
I think you'll be proved right
Do you even read what you write
? Of course it was all new as he was the main man at Arsenal and was playing as a central striker. At Barca he had to change his game almost completely and work harder than ever before to suit Pep's requirements.Besides that time and now, how many years have passed ? What makes you think his managerial brain hasn't developed since then
?you cant even compare G. Neville to Henry, Henry started his career there, speaks French and will work with a good bunch of players, he can easily save them in the league, they need a new impulse and it will come with him. I am not saying he will become a top manager but he's got a much bigger chance than Gaz who didnt speak the language.
Some of the posts in this thread are crazy to me. Henry chosen "over the lesser known guys who've got more experience", so what ? Comparing this with Neville's situations shows who understands football and who is clueless. Not saying Henry will be a success but the 2 situations are completely different from the start
? Comparing this with Neville's situations shows who understands football and who is clueless. Not saying Henry will be a success but the 2 situations are completely different from the startBeing a good player doesn't necessarily make a good manager. Monaco going for a nostalgia hard-on is what I see. That's all I'm saying.
It's not different to Deschamps or Blanc getting their first jobs at Monaco or Bordeaux. I understand why Kouroux reacts that way, for us it's a fairly common appointment in french football.
2:20 Mbappe with a Cruyff turn to lay it on a plate for the customary 'open the body and into far corner' Henry TM finish.
Am I missing something? What’s the deal with the X’s and lovehearts followed by green smilies.
Drogba seems like a genuinely nice & down to earth bloke. Big family guy, does a lot for charity, etc. Can't hate on him at all.
The only time I would bring myself to dislike Drogba was when we were directing competing for things against his Chelsea team. Once you look past that, he was an absolute monster of a player, who is one of the most stand up guys around with all the charity work he does and what not.
Another player who played for our rivals but I’m a huge fan of is Fabregas. IMO he was the most naturally gifted midfielder to play in the PL from the late 2000s until he left for Barcelona. Thankfully his arsenal team were never really up to much, so I was able to enjoy watching him play.
This would probably be a good idea for a thread, rival players who you enjoyed watching.
Hope the "Giggs has no experience" crowd are put in their place
Let's revisit in a year. Let's end this dumb myth that managers need prior experience managing.
+ utterly pompous
Yes! Finally, high-five.
Not that I’m an avid Henry listener, and I’ve no idea what kind of coach he is, but I’ve literally never heard him say anything particularly smart about football, or at all.
I always re-read what I write before I hit the "reply" button.Do you even read what you write
Besides that time and now, how many years have passed ? What makes you think his managerial brain hasn't developed since then
Henry played striker so he should not be aware that wingers can work hard after being involved in football all his life? He narrated it like it never came close to his imagination, like a kid who discovered a candy shop, which makes me question his tactical mind set.
Take Zidane as a counter example. He famously criticized Madrid's management for selling Makelele and replacing the engine with another layer of gold paint or whatever the exact quote was. Then he comes back to Madrid as manager and replaces James Rodriguez with Casemiro, a pure defensive midfield destroyer which Madrid rarely ever used.
He was aware of it but he was highlighting that this wasn't easy on him because he wasn't used to it. Knowing something is hard and experiencing it personally are two very different things.
Besides that was 10 years ago, you are making it sound like that the chances he hasn't learned anything else since then are low. Come on, that is such a weird way of looking at things.
Regarding, of course a manager is gonna his previous experience of player when it comes to making a simple tactical adjustments like that but he didn't just carbon copy it (That RM were a 4-4-2 team but this one plays with 3 in midfield). Zidane used his experience + current football standards and he improved, maybe (or maybe not) Henry will attempt the same.
I'm just saying, there is no way to know what he'll do as this is his first ever real managerial job, his experience as a player will help but he'll have to adapt
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I can understand why french posters are up in arms about some comments here when that is a usual thing occuring in french football.
I guess it very much depends on the country. RM and Barca did it with greath success, yet this thing never happens at a top 6 club in England. They always want the proven thing from the outside.
In Germany it is quite common to appoint the U23/U18 manager as an interim manager and give him the permanent job if he does well. But, this never happens at the biggest clubs, almost exclusively at mid table / lower table clubs. To have a rookie coming from outside the club to take over is very rare. The big clubs especially like to get managerial talent from smaller clubs whenever they can, also because getting foreign talent is very difficult if you are not Bayern Munich or if it‘s not a german speaking manager (swiss / austrian / dutch / former BL player like Kovac).
The biggest clubs like Bayern, Dortmund, Schalke never go for the youth manager solution, they want someone who has shown great performances at a smaller club first. Bayern fans cried when they signed Kovac because they thought he wasn‘t proven, despite winning Frankfurt‘s first ever title in 30 years, and that wasn‘t a fluke if you factor in that he got Frankfurt to the Cup final the year before as well.
I guess it very much depends on the country. RM and Barca did it with greath success, yet this thing never happens at a top 6 club in England. They always want the proven thing from the outside.
In Germany it is quite common to appoint the U23/U18 manager as an interim manager and give him the permanent job if he does well. But, this never happens at the biggest clubs, almost exclusively at mid table / lower table clubs. To have a rookie coming from outside the club to take over is very rare. The big clubs especially like to get managerial talent from smaller clubs whenever they can, also because getting foreign talent is very difficult if you are not Bayern Munich or if it‘s not a german speaking manager (swiss / austrian / dutch / former BL player like Kovac).
The biggest clubs like Bayern, Dortmund, Schalke never go for the youth manager solution, they want someone who has shown great performances at a smaller club first. Bayern fans cried when they signed Kovac because they thought he wasn‘t proven, despite winning Frankfurt‘s first ever title in 30 years, and that wasn‘t a fluke if you factor in that he got Frankfurt to the Cup final the year before as well.
Aside from being a football player or a manager, I can also see him doing really well as a Sandwich Artist. No offense but yes, He'll do really well as a Sandwich Artist.