New Back Room Staff

[ozzjim]

He will have worked with Sherwood at Spurs indirectly as he was GK coach when Sherwood was Academy director, so they obviously know each other well, and he won GK coach of the year in 2013 at Spurs, so must be half decent.

Was that a Spurs in-house award or a national prize?

Dunno, but it is on every report I have read about it.

Better that he has it from somewhere!

[ozzjim]

From Norwich point of view... John Ruddy has spoken about it.

“I haven’t been asked for my opinion on that yet. I trust the club to appoint the right type of person. They did it with Parksy in the summer and I have no doubt they will do it now,” he said. “My initial reaction is firstly massive disappointment. I only worked with him from the start of the season and he is a great coach but more importantly a fantastic guy.

“He instilled confidence in me this year, like no-one else has, and a genuinely nice guy who had a big impact on me and everyone else in the changing room. He will be sorely missed but we wish him all the best.

“We had that bond and it won’t just be me who misses him. He brought a lot to the club and the changing room and was very encouraging to the lads. He has been brilliant in the six months he has been here.”

Neil could not stand in the way of Parks’ Premier League opportunity.

“Tony was a good and valued member of my team but he got an offer he couldn’t really refuse,” he said. “He had worked with Tim before at Spurs and they are close friends. To be fair, it was difficult for Tony because he had bonded well here and was enjoying the job but sometimes for financial and family reasons it is better for people to move on and that was the case with Tony.

“We hope to get something announced in the next couple of days. We have been working since we were aware of the situation. Tony knew that as wel so we haven’t left anything until the last minute.

“After the game on Saturday I made the players aware Tony would be moving on so it is completely amicable. He did a fantastic job for me working with John and I know he will miss him but that is the nature of football and the turnover is huge in terms of personnel. We wish him all the best at Aston Villa.”

[Ron Manager]

A distinctly average goalkeeper so I remember. I hope his coaching is better.

[dave.woodhall]

A distinctly average goalkeeper so I remember. I hope his coaching is better.

Alex Ferguson was a distinctly average player.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Mourinho wasn't a top class footballer either.

[PeterWithe]

I remember watching Parks's finest hour on telly back in the early 80s (84?). Penalty save hero in the UEFA cup final

I was just about to mention that, against Anderlecht wasn't it?

[Monty]

Most great managers weren't good players. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Dino Zoff, Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff as really good at both. Most great players make horrible managers, in fact - Maradona, Keane, Shearer - perhaps because they can't understand how their players could struggle to learn things which came so naturally to them.

[ozzjim]

Most great managers weren't good players. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Dino Zoff, Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff as really good at both. Most great players make horrible managers, in fact - Maradona, Keane, Shearer - perhaps because they can't understand how their players could struggle to learn things which came so naturally to them.

I think you are forgetting Sam Allardcici there Monty.

[Monty]

Most great managers weren't good players. Off the top of my head, I can only think of Dino Zoff, Franz Beckenbauer and Johann Cruyff as really good at both. Most great players make horrible managers, in fact - Maradona, Keane, Shearer - perhaps because they can't understand how their players could struggle to learn things which came so naturally to them.

I think you are forgetting Sam Allardcici there Monty.

Ah yes. The Didi of Dudley himself.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I remember watching Parks's finest hour on telly back in the early 80s (84?). Penalty save hero in the UEFA cup final

I was just about to mention that, against Anderlecht wasn't it?

Yep. I secretly liked him after that night ( probably helped by the Le Coq Sportif shirt he wore - only the best teams wore LeCoq kits in those days).

[pauliewalnuts]

I remember watching Parks's finest hour on telly back in the early 80s (84?). Penalty save hero in the UEFA cup final

I was just about to mention that, against Anderlecht wasn't it?

Yep. I secretly liked him after that night ( probably helped by the Le Coq Sportif shirt he wore - only the best teams wore LeCoq kits in those days).

God, I'd totally forgotten watching that match.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Mourinho wasn't a top class footballer either.

He was hardly a footballer.

[Toronto Villa]

I remember my calculus teacher telling us that Issac Newton at Cambridge while being a complete genius was regarded as a poor communicator and impatient Professor. The great ones don't always make the best coaches. No different to how none of the great golf coaches had great golf careers.

[Chico Hamilton III]

I remember my calculus teacher telling us that Issac Newton at Cambridge while being a complete genius was regarded as a poor communicator and impatient Professor. The great ones don't always make the best coaches. No different to how none of the great golf coaches had great golf careers.

Yes yes but Newton was great at narrowing the angle and commanding the six yard box

[Toronto Villa]

I remember watching Parks's finest hour on telly back in the early 80s (84?). Penalty save hero in the UEFA cup final

I was just about to mention that, against Anderlecht wasn't it?

Yep. I secretly liked him after that night ( probably helped by the Le Coq Sportif shirt he wore - only the best teams wore LeCoq kits in those days).

God, I'd totally forgotten watching that match.

That was a great night in fairness, in a very brief period (3-4 years) when liking Spurs seemed somewhat ok. That and the cup finals a few years prior, Ricky Villa/Ossie etc etc. Maybe I was too young to know any better.

Yes, and I also in favour of a return to Le Coq Sportif kits.