Quote Originally Posted by hopelesslyoptimistic View Post
Still not sure why we don’t seem to promote home grown talent in the coaching sphere as much as we might. There look to be some good, bright exciting coaches in the lower leagues who don’t get much chance of stepping up.
Was reading there has never been a WC winning team that was Managed by someone from a different nationality & with regard to domestic football certainly no German coaches in French Ligue 1 currently.

Defo problems in England of the ‘fast-tracking’ of ex-players malarkey through special PFA (compensated) coaching courses which allow players to become A licence & Pro licence qualified coaches in a matter of weeks which is a total joke as FA fast tracking denies coaches of the invaluable-experience required, imo, as without grafting through the many mental coaching experiences, the lacking of them only leaves young coaches with the belief that if you fail, you are a "failure" which is ridiculous.

So no real surprise why folks like Tony Adams, Paul Ince, Shearer, even Southgate (all getting high profile jobs) ended in failure.

This kinda ‘fixed mindset’ is clearly preventing younger English coaches from developing into potentially great ones so they should'nt be given a quick route into jobs they aren’t ready for & they should not take such failure as confirmation of their poor quality either,imo.

With English lower leagues full of English coaches then the real issue gotta be that the PL "top flight clubs are risk averse" surely.

So if any young English coaches get a non-traditional PL team they'll need a miracle upon their hands to even stay up & forge a reputation for themselves, although Eddie Howe managed it eventually to be fair (but not at Burnley).

The problem is always gonna be that your Bournemouths & Palaces are always gonna prefer an Iraola or a Glasner as they have the money & the PL pull to get coaches from other top leagues so why wouldn't they ?

Also add, imo, today far too many ex-players take the safer easy route into media-punditry to weekly spout off the same diatribe of top experienced coaches alleged weaknesses without actually doing any coaching themselves at any levels is a negative scenario upon budding coaches too, likewise upon budding match officials.

I note now that the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) & Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) have announced a new scheme to provide former players with a route into refereeing, which could see them reach the PL in a shorter timeframe now too. 😬
https://www.espn.co.uk/football/stor...ecome-referees

Just saying. 🤗