Even before Frankel took the job on I said for me him, Rooney & Slippy G are hyped up based on their playing days rather than their CV'S as managers.
I hope he does well here but fans need to wait until he achieves something before putting him on such a high pedestal that'll only break their hearts if it doesn't work out here.
Personally feel like Moshers caved in to fan demand rather than punting on a more proven manager like Kovac - European managers are vastly better than their English counterparts.
Its hard not to agree that his playing career shaped the job offer. But let’s looks at what he offers. He is charismatic, and respected. He appears driven and intelligent. He has played for the best managers in the world, won the big trophies, experienced the big game pressures.
He also was a player that made the most of his ability rather than being a naturally gifted footballers - by being tactically astute, arriving in the box at the right time and playing “simple” / the right passes. These are teachable skills for other players.
He was bought up in a football family.
In terms of raw ingredients he has the background for an great management career.
He also did a decent job a derby, did an okay job at Chelsea and it could be argued would have done better with longer time(which was only undermined by tunchel winning the champs league when he left).
For the position we are in we needed an up and coming manager who will stay with us for decent period.
From his position, he needed a club down on its luck but with the potential to rebuild his career.
He is still learning the trade but he has already shown his ability mix up his tactics to get results.
We are able to allow him two season of steady improvement before anyone questions his ability.
Is he perfect? No. But would another foreign manager with no alligence to the club been any better? I don’t think so. We have tried that with martinez, koeman, silva, benetez, and ancelotti. Let’s just hope we can grow together over the next few seasons.
