Agree with this, which is why I think the first appointment should be Nicola Cortese who was them man making all these decisions.
Frank De Boer: rescued Ajax after Martin Jol's disaster, he a very good tactician who would like nothing more then to manage in the premier league, his record at Ajax since taking over has been 2nd to none,Thanks
Quote from: Duncan Shaw on April 23, 2014, 11:42:36 AMAgree with this, which is why I think the first appointment should be Nicola Cortese who was them man making all these decisions.The main question mark about him is that they now owe a lot of money due to the transfer dealings under his stewardship. Furthermore the youth coaches eff-ed off to Fulham when he joined (I think) so he may inadvertantly have messed up the production line of youth players too.Regardless a football man of that job description is required, whether he is the man is hard to say from our position outside the game.My wild card for this role would be Southgate. He has an affiliation with the club, has studied the development side of football whilst with the FA and seemingly is not interested in going into club management preferring to focus his attention in building the structure required for success (if his quotes are to be believed). I'd even let him carry on with the U21 gig (as it'd be the perfect way to tap up players).
British coaching and managing style has become way too stale and stagnated, which IMO is partly the reason why english haven't really had top world class players in years. Tactically, with very rare exceptions, british managers are too inflexible and are still stuck on the traditional "English"-style of football and especially coaching.When you look at many british managers who rise to the premier league, they have one or two good seasons and then they get found out and for some reason are unable or unwilling to change the way their teams play.
Quote from: abc123cox on April 23, 2014, 10:13:26 AMFrank De Boer: rescued Ajax after Martin Jol's disaster, he a very good tactician who would like nothing more then to manage in the premier league, his record at Ajax since taking over has been 2nd to none,ThanksVery good record at Ajax, so might be wanted by some of Europe's elite. Saying that, if the rumoured takeover happens (very big if) then who knows. He'd be my number one choice, as he is a big name in European football and would be coming from a club with a world renowned academy system. The fact that he would have no baggage with any other English clubs would be a plus as well.