Definitely charismatic, is a leader on the pitch, would anyone agree that we need to keep him until he retires, then encourage him (if he wants) to take his coaching badges, stay at the club and even potentially be a future manager?
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Definitely charismatic, is a leader on the pitch, would anyone agree that we need to keep him until he retires, then encourage him (if he wants) to take his coaching badges, stay at the club and even potentially be a future manager?
Agree that he's been a great player for us, but I don't think you should parachute anyone into a managerial position until they have plenty of experience coaching. Start with the u16s and work the way up from there.
Definitely.
Inspirational and a natural leader.
He said recently that after a pretty nomadic footballing career, he and his family were settled in Cardiff.
I have been thinking about this myself recently. Yes, I feel Bamba has the character to become a good manager one day. Of course, he needs to get his coaching badges but I disagree that he needs to start off on the bottom rung coaching kids.
I was only saying this to my better half yesterday. Perhaps he could step into Neil’s shoes and keep the same backing staff.
I was hoping that Bellers would take over, any news on the investigation
Apart from his rant when he got sent off in his early days he's been a credit to the club
Playing and managing are completely separate, you're no longer one of the lads, you have to make some tough decisions and please people who you really don't like. I find it quite amusing that people are basing Bamba's managerial credentials based on his on field persona, He may be talking a pile of shit that nobody takes any notice of, he may animate himself in order to motivate himself not the other players around him. If we're going to base a players managerial prospects based on their ability to encourage and be vocal, them Peter Schmeichel should be manager of Real Madrid. We don't know if Bamba has the ability to get his message across.
True, when I was playing we had the ‘hand clappers’ & ‘shouters’ , may have looked & sounded good from the touchline but on the pitch it was ‘shut the f*ck up’ & concentrate on your game. Not knocking Sol at all, he has been marvellous in his time at the club, but the shouters & screamers do it sometimes to mask their own shortcomings.
I never said playing and managing was the same, I just don't think a professional football player with many years of experience needs to start on the bottom rung of the coaching ladder, especially if he is getting paid for it. I can see the value of preparing young players for the first team like the role Bellamy has, but most younger age group players never make it, so it is a waste of resources.
They are two different things mate, most U16's don't make the grade, while the U18's are supposed to be on the periphery of the 1st team, and need professional guidance to make the final step. This is where players like Sol Bamba would be most effective, before they move into to senior management.
He might be effective or he might not be effective, but that is where I would place an ex-player with many years of playing experience, who would probably be on a decent coaching salary too. I don't see the point in assigning a player with his level of experience to the younger age groups, as most of them don't make it and end up playing for Barry Town or lower. It would be a total waste of money.
Go and read the first post again very carefully. This is a hypothetical thread about Sol Bamba being a good manager. Somebody suggested he should start on the bottom rung weeding out those who aren't team players, or have personality issues. Others (me included) agreed it wasn't necessary ... hypothetically speaking.
Why would you want your most experienced ex-players on high coaching salaries focusing on the kids who aren't going to make it? There are others who can do the (weeding out) job for less money. At a minimum, I would start a player of Bamba's stature and potential in the Bellamy U18's role.
Maybe because he may need to learn how to coach players, maybe he couldn't handle the pressure of coaching the first team, who knows? He wouldn't be a high earner either, not in his first coaching roll where he is completely unproven. U18's is generally 16-17 year olds-classed as kids.
Being a leader on the pitch and being one off the pitch are two very different things. See Roy Keane.
I have seen Sol on various panel shows and he does speak well. I do think he could become a good manager. I have absolutely no idea if he would or even if he would want to.
Wales Bales :hehe:
Plenty of players fail and top class players for that matter managing is a completely different ball game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pep_Gu...agerial_career
That was hard. Do you ever get tired of being wrong? It must be hard knowing that everyone is laughing at you in this thread?