Comolli Sacked

[Daniel 7]

What a load of guff.

[sean_lfc]

Id doubt it very very very very very +100,000000 very`s much that Rafa would take any role other than manager whilst he is in his prime.

And I don't blame him, or any half decent manager. What's the point when you're the footballing expert having to 'healthily debate' your point of view? I think it's bollocks. Complete bollocks.

"I want to win, I do this, we win."

"I'm not too sure, when I was back at XYZ club, we did it differently, maybe you should take that into account."

"I've won leagues, European Cups, who the **** are you?"

What I also don't like with regards to the position of 'director of football' is that they are pretty much there for a long time, i.e. the manager gets sacked first. And if there's a big disagreement (as there would be with any type of winning mentality manager (Ferguson, Rafa, etc.)) they'd get the sack first. ****. That.

[Craig_H]

Sounds far-fetched to me in fairness, sure they're probably interested but it'll never happen.

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[wavydavy]

Son played for Man U.

[BobTheCharmer]

Aye possibly my two favourite managers of Liverpool working together in recent memory working together, safe to say it got me a bit excited.

but it couldn't work. both are too single minded. unfair on either of them.

I'd like rafa to get a job at someone like Preston and get them up to the premier league. We've had Bolton, Burnely, Blackpool but poor old PNE have missed out. With Preston being my second team, its a win win.

[sean_lfc]

lol, Bob, you're quite a Bob.

[JHP]

Son played for Man U.

But he was different class to his son. Maybe he still is.

[Charly]

What I also don't like with regards to the position of 'director of football' is that they are pretty much there for a long time, i.e. the manager gets sacked first. And if there's a big disagreement (as there would be with any type of winning mentality manager (Ferguson, Rafa, etc.)) they'd get the sack first. ****. That.

Thats the idea, but in my experience the reverse happens, at least in this country

[kingfunk]

And I don't blame him, or any half decent manager. What's the point when you're the footballing expert having to 'healthily debate' your point of view? I think it's bollocks. Complete bollocks.

"I want to win, I do this, we win."

"I'm not too sure, when I was back at XYZ club, we did it differently, maybe you should take that into account."

"I've won leagues, European Cups, who the **** are you?"

What I also don't like with regards to the position of 'director of football' is that they are pretty much there for a long time, i.e. the manager gets sacked first. And if there's a big disagreement (as there would be with any type of winning mentality manager (Ferguson, Rafa, etc.)) they'd get the sack first. ****. That.

Aye.

[Gibbo]

but it couldn't work. both are too single minded. unfair on either of them.

I'd like rafa to get a job at someone like Preston and get them up to the premier league. We've had Bolton, Burnely, Blackpool but poor old PNE have missed out. With Preston being my second team, its a win win.

I know the chances are it wont happen

Hull City are my second team, he's more than welcome there

[wavydavy]

Cruyff can probably take most credit for the Barca team/system that now exists. Whether he'd be a good thing? **** knows.Sounds fanciful to me.

[Craig_H]

Problem with Cruyff (not the only problem) is that the kind of system like he set up at Barca takes years to develop and he's not exactly young.

[Lisburn Red]

Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.

Not gonna lie i was ****ing excited

Just came back from walking the dog........ feck !

Can't say Cruyff floats my boat but Sean is right:

Twitter ****ter crap

[sean_lfc]

Cruyff can probably take most credit for the Barca team/system that now exists. Whether he'd be a good thing? **** knows.Sounds fanciful to me.

I think it wouldn't be a good thing.

In his last 2 seasons he won **** all as manager of Barcelona and got sacked. He also fell out with the Chairman and vowed never to coach again. Yet he has deep convictions with regards to the philosophy of the game. [according to wiki]

So having him onboard, with such deep convictions about the philosophy of the game, yet him not wanting to manage any more will inevitably lead to his falling out with the manager, if 'his philosophy' isn't employed - for me that is a logical progression of thought, it'd be 'My way or the highway'. I don't like it. Is his view on the philosophy of the game just basically a dinner-time topic? I don't think so.

Imagine how hard it is to change your own point of view, imagine how hard it is to say to yourself 'Yea, that's wrong, I'm going to change my whole outlook on this/that/the other'. Now imagine all the people on this forum, imagine changing Craig_H's view on anything or Mattshark (There are other things than journals and papers!) and then imagine any manager coming in, with decades of experience, sitting down and having a lecture on the philosophy of football by your superior? You'd think '**** off mate?'

[sean_lfc]

Problem with Cruyff (not the only problem) is that the kind of system like he set up at Barca takes years to develop and he's not exactly young.

And had heart surgery for smoking massively.