Vincent Kompany

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

I did take art at school as I though it would be a dodge, but then found out it came with history of art lessons, and those classes were delivered during the lunchbreak! Homework was horrendous too, and I had to write loads of essays. On balance it was worth it, as it got me into music/photography, etc., but my best subject was maths and I always aced the exams with 90% plus.

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I was awful at Art, absolutely shocking. I still took it as an option though, for the same reasons as you.

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Originally Posted by Wales-Bales

I did take art at school as I though it would be a dodge, but then found out it came with history of art lessons, and those classes were delivered during the lunchbreak! Homework was horrendous too, and I had to write loads of essays. On balance it was worth it, as it got me into music/photography, etc., but my best subject was maths and I always aced the exams with 90% plus.

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Couldn't help have a little chuckle at your "... aced the exams with 90% plus".
Even 95% at maths is considered 'Needs to do better' here in China.
I'm not knocking your prowess by the way (I had a GCSE 4 in maths! :hehe:).
Just that many Asian countries set the bar high, particularly for maths.

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Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five

Couldn't help have a little chuckle at your "... aced the exams with 90% plus".
Even 95% at maths is considered 'Needs to do better' here in China.
I'm not knocking your prowess by the way (I had a GCSE 4 in maths! :hehe:).
Just that many Asian countries set the bar high, particularly for maths.

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i should have added "without trying too hard" :biggrin: It got me into uni though, but my real true love was being out on the football pitch at every opportunity.

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Originally Posted by the other bob wilson

At the moment, Kompany is in danger of joining the Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney school of management where you keep on getting manager jobs because of what you did as a player. To be fair to Gerrard, he did manage Rangers to an unbeaten title winning season and Kompany did win what is widely regarded as the weakest Championship in ages, but not one of the four have earned the right to take charge of clubs like Bayern, Villa, Chelsea and Birmingham so early in their management careers.

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Couldn't help smiling seeing Birmingham put up there with Bayern, Chelsea and Villa

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Originally Posted by FormerlyJohnnyBreadhead

I don't think it's that strange. The Bayern hierarchy want their team to play a certain way, and Kompany is a manager that fits that mold. They've obviously realised that it could work for them as they have the players to play that way, unlike Burnley.

Of course, you could argue Kompany should have realised that and been more pragmatic, but philosophy and ideals are obviously more prominent in the modern game. If he ends up at Bayern, he'll have been proved right.

Bear in mind, too, that Bayern have already been turned down by their first three choices, and they only hire German-speaking managers. That limits their pool somewhat.

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Thats a good take on it, I didn't know that :thumbup:

Still sounds like a hell of a risk, especially with that league suddenly getting a little more competitive, it will be interesting to see how he does?