Pretty Boy Lee wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:Im_Spartacus wrote:If it's generally accepted that he will be the manager one day, then I don't understand those who say he's 'not ready'
He isn't going to become any more ready by managing a kids team, whether he does it for 1 more year or 5 more.
That works on the very unlikely assumption that he would simply manage kids for 5 more seasons and learn nothing else. Do I need to point out the numerous flaws in that line of thinking?
Managers get their first job.
You apparently want him to go somewhere else and do that first. Others believe he might be worth a punt given he was one of the top 10 footballers of the last 30 years.
I think, like Zidane, he's taking his time to make sure he doesn't pull a fucking Shearer and walk into something with his cock out and be totally exposed for being absolutely out of his depth. However, most of us believe he's a million times smarter than that to begin with and the risk is lessened. It's still there tho....but it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to have Vieira appointed and have bought Pogba this summer and a couple other players. I'd be 100% fine with that.
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I don't think he has to go elsewhere, we have the structure to bring someone along organically and truly lessen the risk. At this stage we simply have a bunch of people begging for someone they have no idea will pan out, at a club not renowned for its patience with managers.
Why can't he join pellers staff if we keep him on? Then if we were serious about 3 year cycles bring in a top coach for him to leave under as number 2 for the next cycle then if he's ready give him the job.
No good identifying someone who was thrown in too soon yet think it won't happen here. It can and will if we don't give him right tools.
Do you have any evidence to cite that proves that a person who has a long stint behind the scenes at a club subsequently does better than other managers when promoted?
Guardiola did a year at Barcelona and he did ok, yet you expect Vieira to hang around as heir apparent for 6 or 7 years to learn the job - utter horseshit.
The reality is that as a top coach, you either have leadership qualities and tactical nous or you don't, and if being captain of France and Arsenal for god knows how long doesn't equip you with leadership skills, no amount of learning will.
All this about him 'learning' off this manager or that manager is bollocks, he must be happy where he is right now as if he was really ambitious for first team management he wouldn't sit around for another 3/4/5 years unless he was being extremely well paid or unless he wasn't all that interested in he job at this stage of his career