2021/22 Dele Alli

[PhilRegan]

Makes perfect sense, get rid of any sort of creativity in the squad. Perfect sense. Silly me.

That's the least of moshiris concern

 

[TheBigIguana]

Does it? Can you give me an example of a successful head coach in another sport who never played that sport at a high level?

Bill Belichick mate. Among many in the US

 

[Curtis]

Why aren't you managing a football club?

His mom has a curfew set for 5pm he has to be back by dinner and that obligation prevents him from attending games

 

[Curtis]

Bill Belichick mate. Among many in the US

Back to this sport Wasn't Mourinho a gym teacher before he became a interpreter for Bobby Robson and he played professional football in Portugal but was pretty forgettable. So I agree you don't need to be a gifted athlete to be a savvy manager

 

[TheBigIguana]

"It doesn't suit my argument anymore, so they don't matter"

No mate, I never thought the mattered. I said he got the job because he was a good player and someone said it was because he had the badges. But obviously it isn't since anyone can get them. He got the job because he was a good player. Or at least that's why he got his start where he did.

Some people will say that's fine. Some won't. Regardless he needs to stop playing Dele out wide because he's too slow for it.

 

[TheBigIguana]

Back to this sport Wasn't Mourinho a gym teacher before he became a interpreter for Bobby Robson and he played professional football in Portugal but was pretty forgettable. So I agree you don't need to be a gifted athlete to be a savvy manager

Nagelsmann too.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Back to this sport Wasn't Mourinho a gym teacher before he became a interpreter for Bobby Robson and he played professional football in Portugal but was pretty forgettable. So I agree you don't need to be a gifted athlete to be a savvy manager

"Played professional football" is the key there.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Nagelsmann too.

Nagelsman had to quit playing as a youngster due to injuries, then he turned to coaching.

 

[Papa Shango]

Back to this sport Wasn't Mourinho a gym teacher before he became a interpreter for Bobby Robson and he played professional football in Portugal but was pretty forgettable. So I agree you don't need to be a gifted athlete to be a savvy manager

In many ways it can be a hindrance. I remember reading about how Alan Ball struggled in his time at Southampton because he could not get his head around how his players could not do the things he could as a player.

Ferguson, Mourinho, Hitzfeld, the idiot across the park, none of them were particularly good players.

 

[Lobster Johnson]

In many ways it can be a hindrance. I remember reading about how Alan Ball struggled in his time at Southampton because he could not get his head around how his players could not do the things he could as a player.

Ferguson, Mourinho, Hitzfeld, the idiot across the park, none of them were particularly good players.

For clarity, I'm meaning being in the mileau of professional football.

Ferguson scored more than 1 in 2 in Scotland for over a decade.

 

[Lawrence]

in Australian Rugby League quite a few of the elite coaches never played at what you would call a decent level.

 

[GP_Monty]

Tuchel wasn't much of a player, neither was Mourinho. Nagelsmann at Bayern too.

 

[Simon Buttle]

Tuchel wasn't much of a player, neither was Mourinho. Nagelsmann at Bayern too.

Mourinho is from a famous footballing family and is also a trained sports psychologist.

 

[Neiler]

I like quality.

 

[sd_1992]

Don’t play him on the wing and see the best out of him.