Frank Lampard.
Oh boy...
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Frank Lampard.
Oh boy...
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Jobs for the boys. At least we can count them out for next season.
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John Terry, first signing, surely
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being a great player does not make you a great manager
but we cant moan about young English managers getting a chance (first club or bigger club) then criticise this
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Nice to see he has served his apprenticeship with a short career in punditry............perfect preparation
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No but we can still moan about young English black managers not getting a chance #poorsolcampbellOriginally Posted by AceOfBlades
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...or any of the young experienced talented managers in L1 and L2 having their hard earned cv's passed over so they can put a shiny beginner in over the top of them? Wonder if Lampard would have got this if Gerrard hadn't got the Rangers job..?
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We can, because young English managers shouldn't be getting their first job at a top-end Championship club on name alone.
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I don't mind Frank Lampard at all. TOP player and seems humble. I wish him well except when they play us. Would not wish failure upon him. Gerrard on the other hand. Cant stand him.
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It's not about your petty likes and dislikes of players, it's about everyone being given a fair crack of the whip. Granted, Frank Lampard has started his coaching badges (he's not got the Pro licence yet mind, although that didn't stop Gareth Southgate being given the Premiership job at Middlesbrough) but he has absolutely no experience of management, just like Gerrard.
Other managers have either had to start in the lower leagues (Tufty, Rowett) or have been thrust into the management of a club due to being a warm body (Darren Moore). I'm a firm believer in the right man for the right job, and wouldn't want someone to get promotion or a new job just purely based on time served (you end up with the usual merry go-round of has-been managers continually getting new jobs that way), but people like Lampard and Gerrard getting these jobs at big clubs is just ludicrous. Same with the likes of Giggs thinking he should have been given the Manchester United job. What exactly have they done to prove they deserve it?
Obviously, given my family ties I hope that Derby do well (albeit not as well as us), but I think it's a massive and stupid gamble, much like the one KK took when he gave Robson the job (and yes, I'm aware that Robson was already a proven failure, despite keeping West Brom up, whereas Lampard is more of an unknown quantity). The weight of expectation on that club is massive, and despite Morris saying that there's no objective of promotion this year, that won't wash with the 20 odd thousand season ticket holders who've ploughed their money into the club only for Morris to go for the glamour signing.
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