Gary MacAllister for coach?

Spreading the morning joy ... so Gary Mac is confirmed.

The underwhelming coaching team is now complete ...

 

Now now Jimmy the easily sacked coaching team you mean.

We all dream of klipp klopp for the kop

 

More footballing experience than any of our other coaches so should be able to help players from his own experiences while playing.

Just what we need I think.

 

Dunno about that. Yes a wealth of playing experience yes but coaching is not playing.

Mourinho proves that

 

But he's not the manager. From a coaching perspective, it's useful to have that knowledge of the game from personal experience. Not saying it's crucial as others proves it's not, but he can put himself in players shoes a lot easier and understand if going through bad patch etc

 

What Mourinho does isn't coaching either

He tells people what to do, if they don't do it to his liking he sells them and buys someone else to try

 

Well happy with this. Macca is such a nice guy and he's already given me loads of Werther's Originals too

 

He's grooming you jonno.... run... Oh wait you can't.

Hobble on you crutches.. as fast as they can carry you

 

Was there a box of Kleenex next to the Werther's Originals?

 

Gerrard: Why I owe Gary Mac a lot
12th Jul 2015 - Latest News

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Author:
David Lynch
Gary McAllister begins a new chapter of his Liverpool story after taking up the role of first-team coach over a decade on from his departure as player.
There will be no late derby winners or famous European goals this time around, with the Scot now focused on making an impact at Melwood rather than Anfield.
But McAllister already has form for improving players at the Reds' training ground, according to one former colleague.
Steven Gerrard was a fresh-faced 20-year-old fighting for a place in the first team when Gary joined the club from Coventry City in the summer of 2000.
And he has revealed just how much he learned from the former Scotland midfielder after overcoming the fear that he was set to take his starting berth.
Gerrard recalled: "I was devastated to be honest. I was thinking he’s going to come and take my place and I wasn’t going to play so my initial reaction was another top international midfielder to fight with.
"At the time I was trying to move Paul Ince and Jamie Redknapp out the way to establish myself and then (Gerard) Houllier went and bought Gary McAllister who was on the same level as the two I was trying to move.
"So it made my job an awful lot harder but when I first met him and trained with him my reaction changed because I knew he was going to help me an awful lot.
"I knew there was a player there that I could learn off both on and off the pitch. He took a shine to me and helped me a lot to progress as a footballer on the pitch but also how to be humble and be a decent person off it.
"So I owe Gary Mac an awful lot."
Despite McAllister only spending two years with the Reds in his first stint, he is considered a legendary figure in the club's history for his role in the treble-winning 2000-01 campaign.
Gerrard admits he did not anticipate just how big an impression Gary would make, but believes the midfielder's professional approach was the key to his success.
"Well I don’t think anyone at the time thought he was going to have the influence and didn’t think he was going to contribute as much as he did," he said.
"Maybe even him himself didn’t realise it was going to go so well - it was like a dream for him.
"Everything he touched sort of turned to gold in the short time that he was here.
"But that was a credit to how well he looked after himself, how hard he trained and the sacrifices he made while he was here – I thought he was fantastic."
In fact, the former skipper's only regret is that Liverpool did not move for McAllister earlier in his career.
"I think the fans opinion on it is the same as mine, that Liverpool were probably eight-ten years too late buying him," he continued.
"I think if we’d have bought Gary at a young age when he was shining at Leeds, we’d of had a top player here for ten years rather than a couple.
"But it wasn’t to be, but Gary McAllister was a Liverpool player for sure.
"He was a top footballer who could pass and move. He had great vision, a lovely touch and as I say to you, all the top midfielders are one or two steps ahead of most on the pitch.
"You look at Scholes, Lampard - those type of players - and Gary’s in that mould where he was very clever."
Tagged: gary mcallister , gerrard , mcallister , steven gerrard
http://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/latest-news/188660-gerrard-why-i-owe-gary-mac-a-lot

 

Just knocked this up on the phone

 

The influence he had on the young players when he arrived will be a big bonus as should have similar impact from a playing perspective as a coach, offering insight that our other coaches can't give

 

Ashamed to say I cant remember the song and its driving me mad!
anyone remember the rest?
To the tune of alouette
gary macker, gary gary macker,
gary macker, gary gary mack
yer something (derby?) goal
yer baldy head
Etc

 

Completely irrelevant.

What we needed were coaches with technical understanding of the game to develop the players into better ones.

Him telling the players stories of winning trophies when he was younger has little relevance or impact.

And I saw a comment on Mourinho and his impact - incorrect. He's a tactical and defensive genius. He has other top class coaches teaching players or other things but to say Mourinho doesn't coach is wrong.

 

Agreed.

It would be like saying benetiz didn't either.

Perhaps it is a tactical straight jacket but when you see hazard work back you can't deny it's a coaching change

 

We have plenty of technical coaches, we have no one with real experience of being out on the pitch in those big games and can pass on the experience, can't empathise with players when form is dipping etc... I never said you need to be a top player to be good coaches as a lot of the best weren't, but to have that experience on the pitch can only be a better thing than not having it.

 

OOhhh! Gary Macca, Gary Gary Macca, Gary Macca, Gary Gary Mac
Oh we went and won all 3 (Oh we went and won all 3)
Yer came on a free, (yer came on a free)
From Coventry, (From Coventry)
Yer sweet right foot, (yer sweet right foot)
yer Dortmund Pen, (yer Dortmund Pen)
yer Bradford Goal, (yer Bradford Goal)
yer Coventry Goal, (yer Coventry Goal)
yer Spurs Peno, (yer Spurs Peno)
yer Barca Pen, (yer Barca Pen)
yer Derby Goal, (yer Derby Goal)
yer Baldy 'ead, (yer Baldy 'ead)
You're Gary Mac, (You're Gary Mac)
OOhhh! Gary Macca, Gary Gary Macca, Gary Macca, Gary Gary Mac

 

We don't have enough quality coaches. It's why pretty much 90% of our players regressed last season, why we have no tactical structure or discipline, why we concede off set plays and why our defence is awful.

It's a similar argument with the playing staff - quite a few fans want older players because of their experience. Experience is not the issue, it's lack of underlying quality.

 

So you don't think a quality coach with top level experience, is better than a quality coach with no top level experience?

 

If it was a choice between the two, then of course pick the one with high level experience.

Problem is - we've signed two coaches who have had stints at Villa, Forest, Bristol City.

In fact, the Gary Mac signing makes the SOD signing look half decent now.