QPR Have A Managerial Behemoth In Their Midst Daniel Taylor November 26, 2013 Comments Off QPR Have A Managerial Behemoth In Their Midst Football is heading in a brilliant direction. Itâs a long way away from where we are now, and itâs a scary thought for our naïve and unimaginative minds; but we need to embrace the change and appreciate the beauty of the world in which we will soon live. Alex Fergusonâs departure from the dugout will go down in the history books as a landmark moment, where our innocence was revealed and we were finally able to see the flaws that Ferguson, as a managerial model, represented. In the current day and age, top managers are awarded their status because they win games, develop talent, and help their team achieve its potential â these are dark days my friends. The judgment of a top manager in the footballing future is an altogether more progressive, informed, and abstract system. The only real way to explain this system is through the use of a classic case study. This man is a perfect example of how a top manager of the future is far removed from our current âtop managersâ; he predicted his upcoming rise to prominence, but was mocked for doing so â that man is, of course, Sir Joey Barton. Barton, or, as he will come to be known, The Admiral â is without question one of the greatest talents to ever grace the touchline of a pitch. This is why ⦠Communication has always been key, one of the most underrated assets in our current age will not be overlooked so flippantly in the years to come. The issues are there, in the open for us to see, weâre just not paying attention. Mancini â he couldnât talk his players. He may well have led Man City to their first league title for 44 years, and, consequently, itâs maybe acceptable that he kept his job into the next season; but the writing was on the wall from the moment he opened his mouth, and he was eventually sacked the following season thanks in no small part to the breakdown of communication with the board and his players. This was a very enlightened move from the Man City board, showing that the ability to overlook success even as early as 2012 was more the present. You may well see the problem already though; 1 step forward followed by 1 step back as they replaced Mancini with a 59 year old from Santiago, Chile. I mean, seriously, I donât care how well Southampton are doing or how many of their players have broken into the England team â it really shows just how backward we are when a Premier League team can be managed by a man who needs to take his translator to a press conference. Barton, as most have noticed, but few have appreciated, has already begun to showcase his aptitude for communication. Despite being raised in Merseyside, a modest communicational upbringing by anyoneâs reckoning, Barton has outdone himself time and again, always willing to go above and beyond when making sure he gets his point across. These days we consider charades a form of communication, Bartonâs ahead of the game; why bother wiggling your hands around in front of someoneâs face when you can connect much easier through an actual hand to face connection? The attitude that has led to the multiple lawsuits that have landed on his doorstep as a player, is the same attitude that makes him one the most revered man-managers the game has ever seen. Physical actions have their merits, but language is always key, that doesnât change, and Barton has already begun to tap into the shift in the system of accents. No longer will you hear the correct language spoken in a foreign accent, thatâs just silly; the future of accents is one where a man abroad talks in his own language (widening the possibilities of what he may say), but does so in a foreign accent (making it recognisable to those he is talking to). Barton has dabbled with this system during his days playing in the French League, but his ability to do this, and the need for him to do this, will only increase as his illustrious career progresses. Sublime communicative skills will get you a long way in the future, but not all the way; Bartonâs ability to speak like God is not the only thing that will get him to the top, he canât neglect to thank his feet for that. Football is football, whether youâre in the stands, on the touchline, or on the pitch. The managerial models we currently admire tell us that a good manager need not necessarily have been a good player. Ferguson â bounced around from one uninspiring Scottish team to the next for his entire playing career, struggling to hold down a regular place in any team, yet lorded over as one of the best managers the game has ever seen. Mourinho â hardly any playing career to speak of, let alone be impressed by; he went almost instantly into coaching and management, yet is hailed as having effectively revolutionised the role of the coach. Barton â despite being one of the most underrated men to every play the game, has still enjoyed top-flight football throughout the vast majority of his career and has done so both at home in the Premier League as well as overseas. Although England managers have been cautious about using Barton in their squads, fearing he may make the national side too dependent on his talent, the risk was eventually taken by the foolhardy, genius, eccentric that is Steve McClaren; during the 11 minutes he was given against Spain, he did enough to prove that using him again would be immoral in such a team-centric sport. As Barton evolved from a player into a manager, he was finally able exercise his individual brilliance in order to achieve the success his talent deserves. While his rugged individualism has often stunted the progress of his career as a player, itâs this quality that has allowed him push the boundaries of managerial field. He makes no friends, that never changes, the idea that he should make friends does, however, disappear. All the great leaders throughout history have ruled through fear: be it Mao, be it Stalin, be it Hitler; all the great leaders of men get results through the fundamental principle that if you step a toe out of line, you could well be killed â that, above all else, is why the Barton Babes work so well. Respect always has been and always will be a feature of a top manager â nobody commands more respect than the Admiral. The likes of Ferguson and Mourinho earned respect by winning games, that mode of commanding respect is antiquated; Barton earns his respect through an entirely different medium â Twitter. The power of Twitter has allowed Joey Bartonâs influence to quite rightly reach levels previously unseen by the common footballer. Whether heâs wading into political debate over free speech or just jesting at footballing unknowns like Beckham, Shearer, and Lineker â Bartonâs quick wit and unnervingly good judgement on almost every matter worth talking about, has more than earned him his role not only as leader of his team, but as the leader of his generation. We may not be able to see it know, but Joey Barton is on an unstoppable path to greatness. He unquestionably has all the makings of a top manager of the future; we need to begin recognising his brilliance or weâll be made to look as stupid as he is currently made out to be.
was this written by joey himself. if joey goes into management good luck to him but to say he will brilliant is a bit premature.
Why include the word "smart"? I doubt very much if he will ever manage at Championship level or above, and even if he does it will end up like Paolo Di Canio/Sunderland.
Seriously..If you ran a club...ANY club...Would you hire him..? May be alright on the door or Broadway Boulevard though !!
