Oh wow, I saw his age at first glance and just assumed there might've been some underlying situation. That's me told. How awful.
The previous incumbent at Forest Green Rovers (Darren Ferguson) lasted six momths. I wonder what will be considered to be a succes whtn Hannah Dingley takes over given that managerial appointments seem to be so short these days? I would be really keen to see her succeed and see how this mixed things up in English football. There is no reason for it not to become the norm given the number of women heading big business.
She's only a caretaker and doesn't have the job permanently. Therefore I expect she'll be in charge for a month or so at maximum.
Only problem I have with females managing in mens football , especially at high levels. Is at that times they'll be asking male players to do things that females very likely physically couldn't do themselves. Could see a few certain players losing there **** in the heat of the moment if they're losing or having a bad game. Cant ever see it working tbh.
How many of those things do you believe that Barry Fry could physically do, as an example? Managed for 30 years.
At that age he could of physically done them if he wished to. A female would never of been able to they're simply not built for it. I'm not making a sexist comment, I'm stating a scientific fact.
Fry barely had a professional career. There is no time in his life when he'd have been the physical equal of the players he managed. I sincerely doubt that players respect managers on the basis of their mediocre athletic accomplishments from decades earlier. You're an NFL fan if memory serves: do you think that those players, physical specimens all, look at Andy Reid's nearly spherical form (save for the overhang of his abundant bosom) and think "I will give my all for him because he was a middling community college backup offensive lineman 40 years ago"? Of course not, that would be really silly. They do it because he's their coach and he's good at coaching, even if he is about as athletic as the continent of South America.
This is not based on any one person specifically, think you're missing the point. I'm saying how can you expect someone do something you couldn't do yourself, period. Especially in high level sport, read all the books and have all the A license you like. If she was barking orders at me telling me to be stronger in the tackle, or why didn't you sprint after that lost ball , I'm end up telling her to **** off. Women bossing mens football will not work. Egos are to big, and the respect wont be there amongst alot of players. See trouble ahead!
You'd accept a man who couldn't physically do any of those things on the basis that some completely different man could do those things, but you'd tell a woman to **** off under the same circumstances? Well, I'm afraid that seems utterly pathetic to me.
Yeah this is a pretty stupid take imo. I actually agree that women cannot walk into the mens game and manage at any decent level and do well - but not because of their ability as players. Look at Mourinho for example, never played at a high level but one of the most successful managers of all time. A female manager would have to take the same route as almost everyone else - start in coaching roles at a low level and work your way up after doing well in those roles. So the example of Hannah Dingley is the right way to go and could work as it is only a caretaker role. What is ridiculous is when people think the likes of Emma Hayes or Sabrina Weigman should get a top job in mens football. Realistically they'd probably have to start at league 2 or below as well.
