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Di Matteo started off in the championship and got West Brom promoted.Giggs should swallow his pride if he wants to become a manager at all. Di Matteo is about to embark on a journey in the Championship (no offence) despite having managed elsewhere and more importantly, won the bloody Champions League. It makes zero sense sitting around waiting for an opportunity when the footballing landscape has turned into a rigid turnover-hungry one. There's little chance we'd take a shot at having him as the manager following the sub-par performances of more experienced managers the past three years.
That's my point, you very rarely (if ever!) start off at the top. Take the opportunity and work at a different club and shape your managerial identity, instead of being a yes-man nexto to anyone coming in as a manager here.Di Matteo started off in the championship and got West Brom promoted.
Even the FSW is in the championship now. It won't be easy for Giggs.
Good for him then if he decides he wants to go into management. Can surely only help him to develop and spread his wings.Tweet
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That and Owen Coyle getting the Blackburn job, not Warren Joyce.So United offer him a role in the U21s or a coaching role and he feels like he suddenly has a "strong desire" to be a manager.
Reality must have hit him hard.
Gaz has ambitions to become manager too same as Phil.I think Jose will bring in another former player as part of his staff. My guess is either Rio or Gaz. Either of them would be great.
Thats because he has been bloody awful though at every job he has gone to subsequently such that his UCL win is losing its lustre.Giggs should swallow his pride if he wants to become a manager at all. Di Matteo is about to embark on a journey in the Championship (no offence) despite having managed elsewhere and more importantly, won the bloody Champions League. It makes zero sense sitting around waiting for an opportunity when the footballing landscape has turned into a rigid turnover-hungry one. There's little chance we'd take a shot at having him as the manager following the sub-par performances of more experienced managers the past three years.
Giggs on the other hand was a crucial member in two successful administrations (LVG and Moyes)Thats because he has been bloody awful though at every job he has gone to subsequently such that his UCL win is losing its lustre.
Exactly. Also his regular interactions with the media have aptly demonstrated his keen tactical nous and man management skills. He has also proved his loyalty beyond any doubt by regularly coming out to assure fans that all is well within the dressing room when ever there were rumors of unrest during the Moyes and LVG era.Giggs on the other hand was a crucial member in two successful administrations (LVG and Moyes)
Come on @devilishGiggs on the other hand was a crucial member in two successful administrations
Regardless or who we look at, my point still stands. With a very few exceptions (Heynckes springs to mind), managers do not start off at the very, very top.Thats because he has been bloody awful though at every job he has gone to subsequently such that his UCL win is losing its lustre.
When did any Assistant Manager ever become "crucial"?Giggs on the other hand was a crucial member in two successful administrations (LVG and Moyes)
Not disappointed at all. His status as a club legend as a player is cemented, but there is always a time to move on and this is it for Giggs. He knows nothing about the outside world football wise and you can't just rely on having been schooled in management from Sir Alex to understand what being a manager is all about. For his own good and for his own next challenge he needs to discover himself at another club, preferably at a Championship side which is a dam difficult league. He might prove to be a huge success, which will bode well for his aspirations to manager United. On the other hand, he/we might discover that he is a 'middling manager', similar to Hughes, Bruce etc in which case, he should never manage United but be remembered for the brilliant player that he was.How many on here would actually be disappointed if/when Giggs leaves?
He's been a part of 2 hugely damaging regimes all the while lurking in the background plotting and scheming for his own management opportunity.
Do.not.want.
It was meant in jest.When did any Assistant Manager ever become "crucial"?
It wasn't meant to be an unnecessary shot. What I am saying is that if he gets an offer from a decent Championship side then he would get it. Actually it would be a better learning experience for him then taking the United or Valencia job as he can do his share of rookie mistakes without having the media breathing at his neck.Come on @devilish
That comment had nothing to do with Giggs. I said it more in passing.
I dont want him as manager as much as the next guy and have been adamant of that from the beginning, but thats an unnecessary shot against him.
While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.He needs to go and earn his spurs on his own merit, not just waltzing into the job because he's been at the club the longest.
Managing isn't about knowing how the club works off the pitch, it's what matters on it. So far he hasn't proved or shown he's got the tactical acumen to make a difference, he needs to go to a team without a stonking budget and get a team playing good football first, grinding out wins when necessary. THEN he should be considered.
I strongly disagree.While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.
Look at Steve Bruce, proven at Championship level but unlikely to be considered for a higher up job. Likewise, Keane's second autobiography painted a pretty grim picture of life at these clubs. A mix of journey men and prima donnas. The hunger isn't there and the players don't hold themselves to the same high standard as United players do.
So effectively you're on a hiding to nothing and plenty of managers who might be effective at a club where they will work with top facilities and players end up with a tarnished reputation where no club will take a chance on them. Its evident in how few managers are available at the top level.
The results doesn't lie, both of Bruce and Keane are shit manager, and they're not good enough for United.While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.
Look at Steve Bruce, proven at Championship level but unlikely to be considered for a higher up job. Likewise, Keane's second autobiography painted a pretty grim picture of life at these clubs. A mix of journey men and prima donnas. The hunger isn't there and the players don't hold themselves to the same high standard as United players do.
So effectively you're on a hiding to nothing and plenty of managers who might be effective at a club where they will work with top facilities and players end up with a tarnished reputation where no club will take a chance on them. Its evident in how few managers are available at the top level.
He's Madrid bound in a few years, guaranteed. And from then on you're a certified big manager you can get any job and not looking out of place. So all and all I don't think it's very hard to climb that ladder, his biggest achievement if he manages Madrid one day is Southampton, not Tottenham.I strongly disagree.
Most top managers in football started with low teams. Simeone, Mourinho, Conte, Clough, SAF, Klopp etc and then they worked their way up. Its very simple, a rookie gets a managerial job with a small club, he overachieves, and someone would spot him and give him a better job. The managerial role is a precarious job so if a manager is good enough and he shows it on the pitch then he will get his chance.
Having said that very few people are able to become top quality managers so most managers will get stuck to their level along the way while the best ones keeps growing. Take Pocchetino as an example. He done well with Southampton and he moved to Spurs. If he keeps doing well then soon enough he will move to a better club.
Well that's incredibly harsh...The results doesn't lie, both of Bruce and Keane are shit manager, and they're not good enough for United.
Bruce didn't get the job not because he took the low level job, but simply because he's not good enough to even surpass the low level challenge.
Well I believe we both agree thatHe's Madrid bound in a few years, guaranteed. And from then on you're a certified big manager you can get any job and not looking out of place. So all and all I don't think it's very hard to climb that ladder, his biggest achievement if he manages Madrid one day is Southampton, not Tottenham.
The idea of 'mediocre' or 'less hungry' players being an issue for a young manager is such a weird complaint and really doesn't stand up to reason in my book. I mean, that's what a major part of management is (adapting to your current circumstances). The idea that it tells you nothing about their ability to manage a big club is just a flat out lie - its a starting point and it's an indication.The results doesn't lie, both of Bruce and Keane are shit manager, and they're not good enough for United.
Bruce didn't get the job not because he took the low level job, but simply because he's not good enough to even surpass the low level challenge.
I agree. However they are not top club quality.Well that's incredibly harsh...
Isn't this part of the growing process itself, acquiring and using the ability to impose your own standards on a football club? Not every manager who starts from the bottom has to succeed and the few that do are a testament to their abilities that marks them as a select few. Upward progression is not for everyone.While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.
Look at Steve Bruce, proven at Championship level but unlikely to be considered for a higher up job. Likewise, Keane's second autobiography painted a pretty grim picture of life at these clubs. A mix of journey men and prima donnas. The hunger isn't there and the players don't hold themselves to the same high standard as United players do.
So effectively you're on a hiding to nothing and plenty of managers who might be effective at a club where they will work with top facilities and players end up with a tarnished reputation where no club will take a chance on them. Its evident in how few managers are available at the top level.
Ah, just noticed this post. You're absolutely spot on.While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.
Look at Steve Bruce, proven at Championship level but unlikely to be considered for a higher up job. Likewise, Keane's second autobiography painted a pretty grim picture of life at these clubs. A mix of journey men and prima donnas. The hunger isn't there and the players don't hold themselves to the same high standard as United players do.
So effectively you're on a hiding to nothing and plenty of managers who might be effective at a club where they will work with top facilities and players end up with a tarnished reputation where no club will take a chance on them. Its evident in how few managers are available at the top level.
My point exactly, only an elite succeed as to get to the top you need to overachieve and sometimes that's just not possible with certain clubs. Pocchetino has impressed but he has been given opportunities at top tier clubs from the off. Maybe he would have struggled with hull and be seen as a yoyo manager. Do you think he would have been better served managing in the Championship before Espanyol, Southampton and Spurs? Quite the opposite, he could have been tarnished with a crap team.I strongly disagree.
Most top managers in football started with low teams. Simeone, Mourinho, Conte, Clough, SAF, Klopp etc and then they worked their way up. Its very simple, a rookie gets a managerial job with a small club, he overachieves, and someone would spot him and give him a better job. The managerial role is a precarious job so if a manager is good enough and he shows it on the pitch then he will get his chance.
Having said that very few people are able to become top quality managers so most managers will get stuck to their level along the way while the best ones keeps growing. Take Pocchetino as an example. He done well with Southampton and he moved to Spurs. If he keeps doing well then soon enough he will move to a better club.
I am not talking about them being right for United but just in general examples of how ex players have faired in the championship. Both have had teams promoted which is no easy feat but have had issues then afterwards which pretty much ruled them out of any top jobs. My point being its probably more detrimental to your career to take on a job in the Championship as its such an unpredictable league with a significant gulf in class when you step up to the Premiership.The results doesn't lie, both of Bruce and Keane are shit manager, and they're not good enough for United.
Bruce didn't get the job not because he took the low level job, but simply because he's not good enough to even surpass the low level challenge.
Yes but this could be done at a mid-level premier league club. Giggs could go to Southampton and impress and show he is capable. Or he may have ended up at somewhere like Aston Villa which despite its prestige has a lot of off the field problems. He'd look crap by association.Isn't this part of the growing process itself, acquiring and using the ability to impose your own standards on a football club? Not every manager who starts from the bottom has to succeed and the few that do are a testament to their abilities that marks them as a select few. Upward progression is not for everyone.
Ah, just noticed this post. You're absolutely spot on.While I am not suggesting Giggs should be given a shot at united I am just not sure if managing a low level team will put him in any better stead to manage United.
Look at Steve Bruce, proven at Championship level but unlikely to be considered for a higher up job. Likewise, Keane's second autobiography painted a pretty grim picture of life at these clubs. A mix of journey men and prima donnas. The hunger isn't there and the players don't hold themselves to the same high standard as United players do.
So effectively you're on a hiding to nothing and plenty of managers who might be effective at a club where they will work with top facilities and players end up with a tarnished reputation where no club will take a chance on them. Its evident in how few managers are available at the top level.