Gary Neville old Valencia manager

[Norbs]

He clearly doesn't know quite as much about the game as he thought he did though

[Boogs]

Or they could have an incredibly **** team and he isn't able to get his message across because he doesn't speak the lingo

[dww]

I think you have to at least see what he gets done in January. Clearly something was wrong with the squad/team before he arrived.

[Assassin]

Neville is clueless.....no further explanation required

[Vermilion]

Phil is going to be pissed off at Gary getting all the praise!

You'd think he'd be used to it by now.

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

No chance you can judge him or any manger over such a short period of time! I think he'd be a decent long term manager for a club but results are usually 'fake' when a manager comes in. Kenny here for example, we looked like playing some great football for the first few months but it didn't last.

[Chazza]

Gary Neville tells Sky Sports his future does not lie in management

Valencia head coach Gary Neville has revealed in an exclusive interview with Sky Sports that his future does not lie in management.

The former Manchester United defender is in charge of the La Liga club until the end of the season, but is yet to win a game in the league.

His side face Real Madrid - live on Sky Sports 3 HD at 7pm on Sunday - following the 1-0 defeat by Villarreal on New Year's Eve. Valencia currently sit 11 points off the Champions League spots.

But the Englishman's long-term future is clear in his head, and speaking with Sky Sports' Geoff Shreeves, Neville said: "I'm not going to say where I want to end up, and it isn't in management or head coaching, so I want to be clear about that.

"That's not my ultimate goal of where I want to be. From my point of view, I was really enjoying what I was doing, I really was, the multiple things I had on, even though I knew it was coming to a point where I had to make decisions at the end of this season.

"This came at the right time, because it has allowed me to think: 'OK, four, five years out of football, I've experienced a lot in the different facets of football.'

"Whether media, broadcasting, head coach, assistant manager with England, being a part-owner of a football club and seeing it from that side, and the other business stuff I do.

"I've always wanted to experience as many things as possible. But it was getting to that point where I need to come away from everything and concentrate on certain things."

England assistant manager Neville will continue in his role with the national side going into Euro 2016, with manager Roy Hodgson's contract due to expire after the tournament.

But Neville told the Daily Telegraph earlier in the week that the Valencia job was not a stepping stone to becoming England or Manchester United manager, and the 40-year-old reiterated his stance with Shreeves.

"Having been in the media for four or five years, I've seen people dance around those questions, playing it coy, making it look like they are keeping their options open," he said.

"But I just wanted to nip it in the bud, and just tell it how it is, and how it is going to be. It's just not going to happen. I didn't want to blag my way through the answer."

Valencia lost Neville's first game in charge last month, exiting the Champions League at the group stage following a 2-0 defeat by Lyon.

They have since drawn two La Liga games, as well as beating Barakaldo in the Copa del Rey, but the defeat by rivals Villarreal meant the year ended in disappointment.

They have the chance to start 2016 on a high as they host former Valencia manager Rafael Benitez and his Real Madrid side, and the clash means Neville will be reunited with former team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

Neville said: "I know how good [Ronaldo] is. I've not spent a massive amount of time thinking about him, and that's not paying disrespect to him.

"When you're playing against Cristiano Ronaldo you can plan all you like for it, but on his day he can do something special; a free-kick from 40 yards, something ridiculous on the ball.

"I'm more thinking about the positions the defenders need to be in to give themselves the best chances of stopping him, and the midfielders.

"But that means you've got to do that for 90 minutes, and you still might not stop him, that's the way football goes with players like him. It's a great challenge."

Neville teamed up with brother Phil, a coach at Valencia since the summer, and is learning Spanish quickly in order to communicate with the players.

But when asked what challenges he has faced during his short tenure to date, Neville admitted working through a translator at half-time was by far and away the biggest.

He said: "Without a shadow of a doubt the biggest challenge has been half-time, having to communicate through a translator, it's the most frustrating thing.

"The team talk, because it is well prepared and planned is fine. But half-time obviously it just frustrating, you want to be able to speak and for people to react.

"But it's my problem, I knew what I was getting into but that is the biggest frustration and challenge so far."

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11827/10117977/gary-neville-tells-sky-sports-his-future-does-not-lie-in-management

[Bender]

Valencia 0-1 Real Madrid: Benzema scores
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[Chazza]

1-1

[Chazza]

2-1 Bale cracking header.

[Chazza]

2-2!!!!!

[Chris]

Nothing manager and a cunt.

[peekay]

No win in the La Liga yet. Lost at home to a team which lost the last 7 away games. Booed at the end.

[danperkins]

I watched the game, they absolutely battered Gijon. Absolutely horrific finishing cost them. Was a very good performance to be fair to them but yeah he's having a mare.

[rodo]

back on sky before the end of season