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.
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.
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.
So you are trying to tell me that football is the only industry that exists where 20 years of experience counts for nothing if you want to move into management, and you have to go back to the bottom rung of the ladder?
Moving away from football for a moment, you wouldn't take a qualified chef and put him on pot washing duties if you wanted to train him to be a manager, whereas with a trainee manager you would, so why would you start a player on the bottom rung of the coaching ladder who has been training profssionally for 20 years? Every profession is the same, or are you saying football is unique when it comes to skills not being transferable?
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
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.
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.