New Back Room Staff

[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?

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).

I remember thinking Anderlecht must be pretty cool as they played with a sweeper, he then missed the important penalty. Olson I think his name was.

[ozzjim]

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).

I remember thinking Anderlecht must be pretty cool as they played with a sweeper, he then missed the important penalty. Olson I think his name was.

I wasn't even 2. Was it a good match?

[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.

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

I can imagine him losing it with our defenders for not understanding that if you are going to foul a player do it outside the box and not in the box late on vs Stoke. The team talk afterwards would include an illustration of the semi circle:

The equation of a semicircle with midpoint (x_0,y_0) on the diameter between its endpoints and which is entirely concave from below is
y=y_0+\sqrt{r^2-(x-x_0)^2}.
If it is entirely concave from above, the equation is

y=y_0-\sqrt{r^2-(x-x_0)^2}.

Foul him there not in the fucking rectangle!!

[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).

I remember thinking Anderlecht must be pretty cool as they played with a sweeper, he then missed the important penalty. Olson I think his name was.

I wasn't even 2. Was it a good match?

It felt a lot like the night we beat Inter Milan at Villa Park on penalties. Except we didn't get a cup at the end

[Ron Manager]

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

Alex Ferguson was a distinctly average player.

Touche.

[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?

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).

I remember thinking Anderlecht must be pretty cool as they played with a sweeper, he then missed the important penalty. Olson I think his name was.

I wasn't even 2. Was it a good match?

No idea. I can remember the name of a sweeper of a team I have no interest in from 30 years ago but not what I'm going up the stairs for today.

[LeeB]

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

Yes, but everybody only remembers him for the apple he missed.

[Malandro]

Sherwood should get the staff and players together for two or three days in Spain, go through tactics and try and get some confidence in the weak feckers.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sherwood should get the staff and players together for two or three days in Spain, go through tactics and try and get some confidence in the weak feckers.

Spain? If you'd said Milton Keynes or Rotherham where they could be playing next season I'd agree with you.

[OCD]

Sherwood should get the staff and players together for two or three days in Spain, go through tactics and try and get some confidence in the weak feckers.

Spain? If you'd said Milton Keynes or Rotherham where they could be playing next season I'd agree with you.

If you're going in that direction, take them to the Sty. That should be good motivation.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Sherwood should get the staff and players together for two or three days in Spain, go through tactics and try and get some confidence in the weak feckers.

Spain? If you'd said Milton Keynes or Rotherham where they could be playing next season I'd agree with you.

If you're going in that direction, take them to the Sty. That should be good motivation.

I'd forgotten about that lot. Out of sight, out of mind.

[Damo70]

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?

I must admit that award was a new one on me.

[Damo70]

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).

I remember thinking Anderlecht must be pretty cool as they played with a sweeper, he then missed the important penalty. Olson I think his name was.

I wasn't even 2. Was it a good match?

No idea. I can remember the name of a sweeper of a team I have no interest in from 30 years ago but not what I'm going up the stairs for today.

Morten Olsen played against us in '82. In fact he seemed to play for Anderlecht and Denmark for about thirty years. I remember that final. I think Graham Roberts scored in a 1-1 draw after the first leg had finished 1-1 too. I think the Grobelaar wobbly legs final was the the following week. I always remember thinking Tony Parks was small for a keeper.

[MONCABA]

What exactly  does a GK do? Its not as if Brad or Shay are novices at catching, throwing, diving or kicking a ball.

[SteveN]

I always thought of Olsen as Beckenbauer light. Decent player though, wasn't he manager of Denmark for ages?