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His ambitions were never title wins so the job would be perfect tor him.
A chance to win Rangers first title.
Where do you expect managers to start their career in senior football? He has experience at the youth level and now would be going into senior football at a low level.I thought these "he was a great player, let's make him head coach with basically zero experience" appointments were a thing of the past.
As I clarified in a later post I don't mind clubs promoting youth coaches from within their ranks, because they had the chance to assess them from every angle, German clubs do it all the time and it produced coaches like Tuchel and Nagelsmann. But I find it hard to believe that you can get the same kind of information about a coach from one season at another club and thus it seems to me like his reputation as a player is not a driving force here.Where do you expect managers to start their career in senior football? He has experience at the youth level and now would be going into senior football at a low level.
He does know a lot about clubs who used to win lots of league titles but now largely live on former glories.
You didn't answer where do you expect managers to get their first senior job? By your logic no new managers will ever get a job other than if they start at a club's youth team.As I clarified in a later post I don't mind clubs promoting youth coaches from within their ranks, because they had the chance to assess them from every angle, German clubs do it all the time and it produced coaches like Tuchel and Nagelsmann. But I find it hard to believe that you can get the same kind of information about a coach from one season at another club and thus it seems to me like his reputation as a player is not a driving force here.
Well, you’d think and hope that’s what would happen.They can watch Gerrard's team play over the season and like any job they will interview him. He will present his ideas and show his training, recruitment dossiers etc.
You make it sound so outrageous that coaches too will have to work their way up. And youth work is not the only option, they can also do so via lower divisions.You didn't answer where do you expect managers to get their first senior job? By your logic no new managers will ever get a job other than if they start at a club's youth team.
They can watch Gerrard's team play over the season and like any job they will interview him. He will present his ideas and show his training, recruitment dossiers etc.
So start low like at a club like Rangers in a low level league like the Scottish league then.You make it sound so outrageous that coaches too will have to work their way up. And youth work is not the only option, they can also do so via lower divisions.
And sure Rangers can take a look how he let the kids play and he can sell them some concept, but I don't think that makes it less of a gamble. If you're promoting from within you can at least look under the hood and try to extrapolate from that, but how will Rangers do that? Liverpool can look how he actually handles certain situations, Rangers can only ask him.
Ouch.. but you’re right, the Glasgow clubs may be well supported but the league is no better than league 1 level. Rangers have players who were struggling at the likes of Wigan but they’re 2nd in the league. Celtic are walking it because they have a few players who could play at PL midtable level and 1 striker who could potentially be a top 6 PL strikerSo start low like at a club like Rangers in a low level league like the Scottish league then.
The comedic potential in the build-up would be peak faulty towers.Slippy v Brendan: The Final Conflict
Totally agree. It's a poison chalice. They don't have the money to compete with Celtic but the expectation is still there.The problem if he fails is that the size and the profile of the club means he'll be at the bottom of the pile for any future jobs. Look at John Barnes, who did the same thing with Celtic, and it was pretty much the death knell for his career. Generally speaking he'll be better off getting out of the limelight where he can make the mistakes that any managerial novice will make without it tarring his reputation for years after. And whether the standard of the Scottish league is low or not, it's still a big club with high expectations and low tolerance levels for failing to win every week where the stigma for failure isn't easily shed.
I've stolen this and passed it off as my own on Facebook!Makes sense, seeing as he's the last man to foil a Brendan Rodgers title bid.
As much as I hate Gerrard and Liverpool, this statement is not true at all.His ambitions were never title wins so the job would be perfect tor him.
Gerrard was signing for chelsea but for the fact that death threats where given towards his family so he stayed. Not exactly the loyalty that some would perceive their to be.As much as I hate Gerrard and Liverpool, this statement is not true at all.
He had ambitions to win titles with his childhood team and they came close a couple of times. Loyalty to his club is far better then Owen being a snake and moving to United for a chance to win the PL.
How exactly was Owen a snake? He tried to engineer a move to Liverpool and they weren't interested. We were. He should have rejected us out of loyalty to a club that didn't want him? Or signed for a lesser club? Bollocks.As much as I hate Gerrard and Liverpool, this statement is not true at all.
He had ambitions to win titles with his childhood team and they came close a couple of times. Loyalty to his club is far better then Owen being a snake and moving to United for a chance to win the PL.
Nice.Makes sense, seeing as he's the last man to foil a Brendan Rodgers title bid.
That is not true. He rejected Chelsea to stay at Liverpool as he truly believed they would win the league while he was there.Gerrard was signing for chelsea but for the fact that death threats where given towards his family so he stayed. Not exactly the loyalty that some would perceive their to be.
Do you think Giggs, Scholes, Neville, would rather have signed for Liverpool over a lesser club if they had left Man United and player for Real Madrid? The same with Carragher or Gerrard.How exactly was Owen a snake? He tried to engineer a move to Liverpool and they weren't interested. We were. He should have rejected us out of loyalty to a club that didn't want him? Or signed for a lesser club? Bollocks.
If we had the opportunity to sign him and didn't? No, I wouldn't. Nor do I blame a player for choosing the best available option for his career. You would.That is not true. He rejected Chelsea to stay at Liverpool as he truly believed they would win the league while he was there.
Do you think Giggs, Scholes, Neville, would rather have signed for Liverpool over a lesser club if they had left Man United and player for Real Madrid? The same with Carragher or Gerrard.
No way does a player who came through the youth team of either club move to their arch rivals.
It is like marrying your brothers ex wife. Shouldn’t be happening. The fact that Owen could have probably went to most clubs, instead he chose Liverpools rivals, to play as a back up player.
It wasn’t as if he was signing a 200k a week deal to play as the main man.
You would change your tune if it was Beckham returing to England to play for Liverpool.
He stayed at Liverpool, clearly he wasn't that ambitious. And he wasn't that loyal either as others have said, although there's nothing wrong with moving to another club to win the title.As much as I hate Gerrard and Liverpool, this statement is not true at all.
He had ambitions to win titles with his childhood team and they came close a couple of times. Loyalty to his club is far better then Owen being a snake and moving to United for a chance to win the PL.
@The holy trinity 68Do you think Giggs would rather have signed for Liverpool over a lesser club if they had left Man United and player for Real Madrid?
It is like marrying your brothers ex wife. Shouldn’t be happening.
Why was he not ambitious? He wanted to win titles and trophies with his boyhood club. Just because he didn’t move to a better club doesn’t mean he wasn’t ambitious. Winning the CL with Liverpool and trying to win the PL with them would mean a lot more to him than winning things with Chelsea, a club he has no allegiance towards.He stayed at Liverpool, clearly he wasn't that ambitious. And he wasn't that loyal either as others have said, although there's nothing wrong with moving to another club to win the title.
Hahaha that wasn’t really my point but fair play mate@The holy trinity 68
And yes, a few of the absolutely would, that’s why they made it to the top, through pure ambition.
Understatement of the century.Rangers seem poorly run. Can’t see why any new manager would go there.