Parker, Lampard and Gerrard out of work.
English coaches are used to suffering
There are always elite mentors out of work, this is normal. There are coaches of well-known teams like Lev and Tite. Or former coaches of rich clubs like Pochettino, Enrique, Tuchel and Zidane. But these specialists have the cups behind them, Mauricio too, thanks to his work in PSG trophies appeared, not counting the final Champions League with “spurs”. But Gerrard and Lampard were still players of this level.
As coaches, young professionals rightly aren’t cited so well. Gerrard was sacked by Aston Villa in October. He left the team in 17th place, scoring 9 points out of a possible 33. It lasted less than a year, finishing 14th last spring. Without him, the Birmingham club, with the world champion in goal, climbed to 11th place, catching up with Graham Potter’s Chelsea.
This mentor is considered the strongest of the British. After the victory over the Germans in Champions League the head of the “aristocrats” Boely, with a bottle of beer in his hand, went to congratulate Potter. But we’ll see how their business relationship ends. At Chelsea with an English coach, whom Abramovich usually bypassed 10th street, inside Premier League two wins in ten games. Very modest results compared to costs.
Everton threw away less money on players than Chelsea but were catching up with Liverpool. As a result, Lampard left them to fight for survival. It is not yet clear who will be sacked, Leeds, West Ham or Everton. Bournemouth and Southampton also still have chances of salvation. Lampard and Gerrard have failed. Steven may not be trusted by Liverpool after Klopp, despite all the talk.
The older generation has not become the basis
Strong coaching schools have generations of mentors. Some hand over the reins to others. Lippi, Trappatoni and Capello did not leave Italy without strong local mentors. Spalletti, Pioli, Sarri, Conte and Allegri know how to drive in Serie A. The English have nothing like that. Ferguson is Scottish and Wenger is French. Blackburn champion trained by Kenny Dalglish. Scotsman, honorary spectator of Anfield Road.
Mourinho, Conte, Ranieri and Guardiola don’t speak with a British accent. Who could pass on the experience? Hodgson, Allardyce, Bruce, Redknapp and Pardew are not mentors of the transcendental level. They have not won European cups in batches. And they did not gather assistants of Arteta’s level around them. Bobby Robson raised a great coach, but his name is Jose Mourinho. Sir Alex Ferguson was able to break free from Manchester United a couple of mentors, but the elite ones are not visible yet.
It turned out like Romantsev in Spartak. You can find attempts like Keane, Solskjaer and Neville, but the result is not impressive. There were no people to competently convey experience, there is no school as such. heyday Premier League associated with foreigners. But Gerrard will never say that from coach he became a pupil of Benitez. And the unfortunate Lampard is not another Mourinho. This reflects consumerism Premier Leaguewhere everyone is in a hurry and calling the stars.
Liverpool have broken the title curse on Klopp. Manchester City won with Mancini and now with Guardila. Arsenal are not led by Tony Adams, but by Mikel Arteta. Premier League a league so interesting that experienced mentors like Emery go to work there. I went to the more successful Aston Villa and it’s not easy for the locals to break through there. Rather, they are not ready for the toughest challenges. No English coach Premier League She did not win.
Howe, Still and Carrick will try to break the record
Mister Zidane’s success has become the exception, not the rule. Like the successes of Beckenbauer, that he quickly gave up a dangerous profession. Or Cruyff, who he saw, won and walked away. Famous soccer players rarely become the best coaches in the world. Ferguson was a prolific striker, but not a player of Ancelotti’s level. Wenger played bad football. Guardiola was good, but next to him is Klopp, who played for Mainz for many years.
Famous players do not always show themselves in the coaching profession. Lampard and Gerrard may not become Champions League final managers. Even Rooney may not be able to handle it. Wayne was being treated for alcoholism. Football is so frenetic now that it is much more difficult for a person with a coaching addiction than it was seventy years ago. But there are English mentors who pleasantly surprise, regardless of age.
Carrick are third in the league with Middlesbrough. Heckingbottom’s Sheffield United are second. Although in the second division, the cunning legionnaire is above all. Burnley coached by Vincent Kompany. It’s inside Premier League of the British especially Howe, who is only 45 years old. Intelligent manager, Newcastle have a model and a style, even if the team is not as powerful as Manchester United or Chelsea. But Howe hasn’t won anything yet, and neither has Dyche at Everton.
We are also celebrating an Englishman with a Belgian passport. They talked about the thirty-year-old coach of Reims Still. He will be able to put together a season record of 18 consecutive victories in the elite championships. There will certainly be a great coach with a British passport from England. But even from the mentor of the Southgate national team, it is clear that he has not yet been pulled out of a specialist for the Champions League final. Gareth lacked class in decisive matches.
It’s more difficult to win at club level. The British are waiting for the generation of “golden” coaches. There were prejudices based on the success of foreigners in Premier League, but new specialists are growing. They spied on the champions. Finding the right manager is difficult, so neither Potter’s woes with Chelsea nor Parker’s resignation from Club Brugge after a terrible stretch and defeat at Benfica come as no surprise. So far, English coaches have a bad reputation.
