[Nicky91]

i think Klaas Jan Huntelaar, a dutch international and current Schalke 04 player, would make a good manager for a football club


but also for me Ibrahim Afellay i guess




i see something of a manager or trainer in Afellay, won't you agree with me


but also Ryan Giggs as Manchester United manager instead of Van Gaal

[Nicky91]

well i would like to see this happening that Afellay becomes a manager after his football career

[Shaun]

I wouldn't really think any of the recent English players would make good managers with the exception perhaps of Lampard... but even then that's just a gut feeling

[Denver]

I'd like to see Kolo Toure become a manager he is a great role model and leader

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Adam.

I'd like to see Kolo Toure become a manager he is a great role model and leader

and what do you think of Ibrahim Afellay as a manager, can he do that?

if you this picture of Afellay in a suit, and manager wear suits right, do you think he can be a good manager

[Will.]

Ibrahim for me.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Will.

Ibrahim for me.

yeah, do you think he could be a good manager?


i could already see him as a manager, coaching from the sideline in a suit

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I wouldn't really think any of the recent English players would make good managers with the exception perhaps of Lampard... but even then that's just a gut feeling

Controversial opinion : I think English players generally aren't intelligent enough to go on to mangement and this is huge mistake England makes. Mourinho, Wenger and Roy Hodgeson were all crap players but brilliant/ decent managers. Ex English players and football world seem to think all a manager needs to be is an ex player.

Stephen Gerrard says he wants to manage. Hope not. Good LFC captain but lacks true charisma and intelligence to manage. Coaching and managing a two very very different beasts.

This week in an interview Leicester City Jamie Vardy admitted he was shocked at how much preparation Ranieri did for matches compared to predecessor Nigel Pearson. He said Ranieri was up all night formulating tactics and analyisng opposition.

Managing is man management, setting team up, press conference talk, guiding the youth, keeping the squad players up for it, maintaining the older players, charisma, motivation, tactical know how, having a vision, managing transfers, mind games, inspiration, making the players want to play for you, transfer understanding. Very few ex English players know this. Tim Sherwood can talk a good game , motivate but he's tactically hopeless. In Portugal they league have taken their cue from Mourinho and several top managers are either failed players or non players. The sad thing is if the English answer to Pep/ Sir Alex / Mourinho was not an Rx player he'd be rejected.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

Controversial opinion : I think English players generally aren't intelligent enough to go on to mangement and this is huge mistake England makes. Mourinho, Wenger and Roy Hodgeson were all crap players but brilliant/ decent managers. Ex English players and football world seem to think all a manager needs to be is an ex player.

Stephen Gerrard says he wants to manage. Hope not. Good LFC captain but lacks true charisma and intelligence to manage. Coaching and managing a two very very different beasts.

This week in an interview Leicester City Jamie Vardy admitted he was shocked at how much preparation Ranieri did for matches compared to predecessor Nigel Pearson. He said Ranieri was up all night formulating tactics and analyisng opposition.

Managing is man management, setting team up, press conference talk, guiding the youth, keeping the squad players up for it, maintaining the older players, charisma, motivation, tactical know how, having a vision, managing transfers, mind games, inspiration, making the players want to play for you, transfer understanding. Very few ex English players know this. Tim Sherwood can talk a good game , motivate but he's tactically hopeless. In Portugal they league have taken their cue from Mourinho and several top managers are either failed players or non players. The sad thing is if the English answer to Pep/ Sir Alex / Mourinho was not an Rx player he'd be rejected.

well Alex, what do you think, could Afellay be a good manager?

[Mystic Mock]

Frank Lampard could make a good Manager as he seems sensible and intelligent enough to have a competitive side.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Anyone with a good belt

[Ninastar]

Stevie G

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Anyone with a good belt

well Ibrahim Afellay belongs to that category, and Klaas Jan huntelaar as well i think

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Stevie G

but You'll never walk alone, Nina

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by Ninastar

Stevie G

Stevie "charisma bypass " Gerrard.

Stevie G who can barely string a sentence together, let alone communicate strategy. Jose Mourinho speaks better English

Not a fan of ex players necessarily, but to be a manager, an English player needs to have played @ least 2 teams, and 1 abroad, to get a feel of different club environments.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

Stevie "charisma bypass " Gerrard.

and Alex, what do you think about Afellay, could he be a manager?

[Ninastar]

Stevie G will be the next Klopp

[Denver]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

Stevie "charisma bypass " Gerrard.

Stevie G who can barely string a sentence together, let alone communicate strategy. Jose Mourinho speaks better English

Not a fan of ex players necessarily, but to be a manager, an English player needs to have played @ least 2 teams, and 1 abroad, to get a feel of different club environments.

You do realise most managers were players at some point in their career ?

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by Adam.

You do realise most managers were players at some point in their career ?

Yes but foreign. However, the British ex players just don't cut it. Pundits in a nice warm studio is their level, wish it were different as bar Poch foreign managers ignore British players if I hey have a choice.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

Yes but foreign. However, the British ex players just don't cut it. Pundits in a nice warm studio is their level, wish it were different as bar Poch foreign managers ignore British players if I hey have a choice.

It's the foreign owners who are to blame tbh

Foriegn managers have only really been a thing in Britain over the last 10/15 years

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by Adam.

It's the foreign owners who are to blame tbh

Foriegn managers have only really been a thing in Britain over the last 10/15 years

Wenger will celebrate 20 years at Arsenal ina few months.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

Wenger will celebrate 20 years at Arsenal ina few months.

He is a rare example I think he was one of if not the first foreign managers in the premier league

[MTVN]

Carlton Cole

[Drew.]

Welbeck

[GiRTh]

Ravel Morrison