O'Neil Confirmed

[b3h]

He said we were a little too gung-ho at some points. Don't reign it in too much Gaz, it was fun

 

[Wolvensam]

He's probably being fair there in all honesty - like Kilman trying to take on three United players after pressing the ball well...

 

[Templeton Peck]

Mark Robson not coming now - got a promotion at West Ham.

 

[Alan]

Mark Robson not coming now - got a promotion at West Ham.

How much do we care about this? Genuinely, not being snarky for once.

 

[Johnny75]

How much do we care about this? Genuinely, not being snarky for once.

You need a team of coaches or you can't be effective as a manager.

Imagine the Saints being without an AC or DC for the whole season.

 

[Tony Towner]

Well they just went one without a HC.

Boom, boom, tish

 

[Templeton Peck]

How much do we care about this? Genuinely, not being snarky for once.

Well as long as he gets someone in I suppose. He's obviously well regarded as West Ham have moved to keep hold of him.

 

[Alan]

Well as long as he gets someone in I suppose. He's obviously well regarded as West Ham have moved to keep hold of him.

Tbf I barely understand the difference between a manager and a head coach (and it confuses me to no end that some teams have both).

 

[C.L.D]

Imagine the Saints being without an AC or DC for the whole season.

Hells bells, thats a surefire highway to hell.

 

[Alan]

Technically OC/DC but it would be very funny if we called them “Attack Coordinators”.

 

[WsWolf]

Tbf I barely understand the difference between a manager and a head coach (and it confuses me to no end that some teams have both).

Managers are dying out with the rise in directors of football/sporting directors. Years ago, a manager would oversee everything at the club including transfers. Essentially GM & HC roles in NFL.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ten Hag is a manager no doubt (mainly as United have never ever managed to appoint a proper DoF) but most in the PL now are head coaches and have been for a long time.

I'd say Nuno was realistically a manager for us even though that wasn't his actual title, everyone since including Lop was a head coach.

 

[Alan]

Cheers, buds.

 

[C.L.D]

My basketball example is when Head Coaches are also made POBO. Never goes well because that's too much control given to one person.

"Manager" is definitely going the way of being a legacy way of describing head coaches in. In Europe there's always been that distinction? Like Germany have always called their HCs "trainers".

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

My basketball example is when Head Coaches are also made POBO. Never goes well because that's too much control given to one person.

"Manager" is definitely going the way of being a legacy way of describing head coaches in. In Europe there's always been that distinction? Like Germany have always called their HCs "trainers".

Yeah, the DoF/HC split has been there in German football for decades, like easily back to the 70s and 80s. Of course someone like Klopp at Dortmund as HC had far more clout than say, Bruno Labbadia had at Hamburg.

 

[Lupo]

My basketball example is when Head Coaches are also made POBO. Never goes well because that's too much control given to one person.

"Manager" is definitely going the way of being a legacy way of describing head coaches in. In Europe there's always been that distinction? Like Germany have always called their HCs "trainers".

Same in Italy, always been the Allenatore (Trainer) as the main public face with a General Team Manager looking after the non-training related matters and the national team is the Commissario Tecnico (CT)

 

[loppers86]

Vieira always seemed to me to be one of those managers who wasn't especially good but tried to play "pretty" football and got a pass for it. Even at NYCFC there were plenty of moments of disorganization in the side that went beyond "well it's a lower standard of football in general".

you do know that what happens in the USA isn’t actual football and is therefore completely irrelevant, don’t you?

 

[loppers86]

One of his biggest critics, yet I find I am warming to him.

Comes across well, players obviously like him, to put a performance like that, especially the work rate.

Yes actually warming to him, let hope he continues

i may start warming to him if we get a point or even better, a goal. Don’t see either on the horizon though.

 

[Alan]

you do know that what happens in the USA isn’t actual football and is therefore completely irrelevant, don’t you?

Just try and stop me from polluting this forum with MLS trivia! Muahahahhah

 

[Kenny]

Just try and stop me from polluting this forum with MLS trivia! Muahahahhah

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