My friend who happens to be a reporter hates Liverpool as he's a Manc. Yet he said that Gerard is a good guy. ?
I would say i agree with him being a spoilt child and his tantrums. As for perservering with difficult situations (I haven't been listening to the ITK or anything) but from what i can see i will summarise: Porto - took them to the top, left on a high Chelsea - Took them to the top, probably could have perservered in that 3rd season although commentators will say he was sacked in which case he wasn't given the opportunity Inter - Took them to the top, left on a high. Maybe the bricks would have come falling down the season after BUT we will never know Real - Took off after it was difficult although tbf it was a difficult 3 seasons for him in spain, he just didn't get on Chelsea - Sacked So really you could only accuse him of running off AT most from Real and Chelsea first time. I have to disagree with him not trying to turn thing around
Heres what i dont get. 1. gerrard is toast. his legs are completely gone and his mls record was less than special. 2. why whore yourself around scotland say to play more football and ruin your rep. its already getting to the point where it could be called a sad end. hes not beckham. no psg is knocking on his door to hand him his elusive league medal. celtic are knocked ffs 3. why would anyone coach when sky will pay 4mil a year to henry???? thats as nuch as la galaxy paid him. 4. hes not got the badges to be a serious coach yet. So...... all in all. he really ought to go enjoy himself and do a bit of punditry. easy cash there. if he chases a scottish league medal it really is sad imo.. sorry but it is.
The fact you think he'd be a good pundit. The few times he's been there he's basically michael owen in another body. Yea he will get paid but he'll get slaughtered for being boring
I wanted him to stay with you the last time. I said as much on here at the time because I was genuinely interested to see if he could overcome a tricky situation. He just cut and ran. I'd never liked him much as a (football) personality because I thought him too self-centred, though obviously I thought you had to respect his achievements. That changed my mind a lot. I think he's only ok when things run the way he wants them. None of the examples you've mentioned show him being able to surmount significant obstacles.
I never said hed be good. Im just saying sky will pay him for his name Henry has been awful Owen is so dull. Gerrard would sound poor on sky yes and i think hed be worse than owen.
I agree, he's not really shown that he can get through a bad situation and he has that 3 year tag bandied around. My point was, he's not really had the opportunity to get through a really bad period as he's either left at the top or been sacked.
I might agree solely on porto. but its not like they were that awful in tbe first place and it was a late away goal plus a virtual open run the got porti there. Chelsea... sorry but ino what was sone qith that money to a side already second was nothing special. Inter.. again leg work largely done and champions in italy as well. he built nothing and left an aged side and laughed. Real. very political. very difficult job. under achieved really. For me the guy built his rep at chelsea with every advantage but it was inter triple that btw was unopposed in italy.. that set up up as genius. His work at real and then chelsea really has tarnished him. if he gets utd wrong he will be regarded as a guy who is what atsro calls him. I mean his trophies look great but mos5 look bought.
Carragher sounds a bit rough but hes doing far more analysis for his bucks than henry. no way will we see gerrard doing what carragher does. Souness is best on sky right now imo but then i am old so his sarky attitude to the prima donnas works for me. Neville is second best then carragher. Redknapp and henry are pointless. put them on gillette soccer saturday.
lol i think you are missing the point in my post MITO. Saint was saying how Jose runs off when the going gets tough. I was pointing out when the going gets tough, hes normally sacked so its not him running off, he's not had the opportunity to work at it
Well... my point is hes been picking jobs with great conditions and set up and not improving them at all long term. Hes gone to places where he is only the coach not really in charge of anything else too i must be said. he lasted longer than expected at real and it got snide and nasty frankly. At inter the club was looking like it was imploding and he picked fights to ensure he got sacked... this is what he does. i honestly think at chelsea hes also picked fights and went out of his way last year to be sacked. If i were utd fans i woyld want to be seeing utd need more than a coach.
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Although it went badly eventually you could take Madrid as an example of Jose's 'win at all costs' mentality. He was appointed to try and wreck the dominance of the best club side of the decade (perhaps that we'll see for a long time)... he was made a fool by Barca a few times, but he still won a La Liga when Messi, Xavi etc were at their height. I wonder how much of Madrid's success in Europe since he left is attributable to that? Jose's issue may be that he burns clubs out... he has never recycled a successful side. Is this his fault given the rinse and repeat ethos in top clubs nowadays? I think the main criticism from the outside has to be that he doesn't help himself - defensive football, inflexibility, awful attitude and a humour which has soured. He looks tired and we are tired of him. He seems to be proving himself to someone every time he speaks now. Ps... Will he be Portugal's manager before the World Cup?
