Quote Originally Posted by Notts78 View Post
Maynard and Wilshere are chalk n cheese? one played pub football whilst the other played for England. One captained BT Engineers FC, the other, one of the big 4.
Now don?t get me wrong I don?t know what I?d make of Wilshere the coach, after all he has little in the way of experience, but that fits with what the bros do.
Wilshere hasn?t jumped in to football management with a club but has been learning at academy and then a Championship club. Whilst I assume picking up his coaching badges.
Does playing experience necessarily equate to a more successful coaching career?

Players may well have heard of Wilshere over Maynard, but if someone of Wilsheres profile turns up and cannot communicate, delivers crap training and starts poorly, players will not care if he was Pele.

Also, on the premise of working in an academy, that is clearly an excellent grounding in coaching; but is there much real world football jeopardy in an elite academy environment? Or are they more geared toward development? Probably the latter.