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No way will GeRRard come to us
If you read my post, you'd see that I said players who played at the very highest level tend to get a head start in their managerial career due to that playing experience. You can argue whether that's correct or not, but I'd suggest that's the reason why they are considered for jobs at the likes of Derby/Rangers. If you look at a manager like Mourinho who had no real playing career of any relevance, he had to work his way up to bigger and better jobs.
I did read your post - I missed the bit about the players (rightly or wrongly) getting a leg up.
Wasn't Mourinho's first managerial role at Benfica? I'd call that a pretty big job.
His sister turned them down I heard.
How old is this bloke?!.....fuck me....
But that's ignoring his coaching at top level mens teams before getting that job. So he did low level coaching and scouting, then got a job as an interpreter for Bobby Robson at Sporting Lisbon. He then became assistant manager to Robson at Porto and then Barcelona. He was then Louis Van Gaal's assistant at Barca. Then he was an assistant at Benfica before getting the top job.
I believe that in the future, a woman coach could follow a similar path to this and get a chance to manage a fairly big team as a result. Obviously, if they then start to win as Mourinho did, they can get bigger and better jobs.
Boss and Gaffer.This thread is going to be a LOT of fun.
Do we know what pronouns she uses?
Don’t be sexist
So he didn’t start at Benfica then???
Comedy Gold
Nobody said he did.
Perhaps looking at whatsapp all day has affected your eyesight. His first managerial role WAS though at Benfica. That is a fact.
Says the bloke who created a whatsapp group to foul vote people (and listen to Ahab wanking).You’d really wonder
You're so stupid. My post is factual.lol lol lol lol lol
I mean, that was his first job as the head coach/manager. But he clearly worked his way up to that position under the guidance of top managers at high level clubs. And even then, some weird politics or something at Benfic meant he had to resign quite early, then he took over a lesser Potuguese club and did pretty well, which gave him the opportunity at Porto. And the rest is history.