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Careers in football

Arnau

Arnau

NGR LVR
Juventino;3439466 said:
For your credibility it's better if you played at the level you aspire to manage/coach at. What are you going to teach a professional player or a great talent if you didn't play at a significant level yourself? Of course there are exceptions, but I think there aren't many.

I think Cruijff also talked about this. Of course Ajax is one of the greatest youth academies in the world, but I think he only wants ex-pros (preferably from the Ajax academy themselves) coaching their youth.
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This is bullshit, there are a lot of former football players that doesn't understand the game, are not well prepared or simply doesn't has talent to be coach and they keep getting chances in the elite just because contacts or name (Michel an example).

I had the chance to know people like Dani Fernandez (Espanyol u-18 and the best Catalan coach after Guardiola) Adrián Cervera (Marbella) or Fran Ruiz (former Elche youth) and they are better than some managers in the elite, they will probably be there in a future. The last one of the list were 1 week at Real Madrid training seasons invited by Mourinho.

 
Back Door Skip

Back Door Skip

Pedro
Staff member
ShiftyPowers;3439802 said:
Mourinho looks like shit
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He looks like he went binge drinking binge eating and just got done throwing up.

Other than that, I have nothing of value to offer in this thread.
 
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Filipower

Bunburyist
Me and a mate looked for manager courses, you get them to the FPF here. But they were too expensive, plus you had to take a test if you didn't have a professional playing background. It's not a tough test though, apparently.
 
yoyo913

yoyo913

Team Captain
Filipower;3440297 said:
plus you had to take a test if you didn't have a professional playing background. It's not a tough test though, apparently.
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Question1:

If your opposing team is playing with attacking full-backs, how should you deploy your wingers to counter attack this?

Question2:

It's the cup final and your star player has a hamstring injury but can continue playing. Do you take him off or continue him?
 
Arnau

Arnau

NGR LVR
There isn't any proper crack this year and i won't buy a pc game. I played it in the past, very addictive.
 
Mus

Mus

Fan Favourite
I'd assume it would be a good thing to involve your players in and improve their footballing intelligence
 
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1966+2006

nvm
After school I wanted to devote a year to football before starting with my studies.
I got an internship at the youth department of a Bundesliga club to work in the offices. I got that through a contact. Gradually, I pretty much got involved everywhere.
I was an assistant coach for the U11s, coached in youth holiday camps etc.

Contacts are definitely the way to go. But you can also definitely follow the previously mentioned advice about offering free labour. You never know if there's a young team that needs an extra coach for a few weeks. If you leave a good impression, then that can lead to more.
A lot of the coaches I know got in via an internship, or because they knew someone.

I miss it now. Especially the coaching side.

yoyo913;3439829 said:
Do you have any original ideas of football you like to push?
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I found that you usually have to tailor your expectations to the specific squad.
I put emphasis on technique & coordination, because that's really important for that age group.
Also, when doing an exercise, I like to get the general ideas across, so that every player knows why they're doing what, be it coordination, technique, shooting etc. I try to get my players to think for themselves and ask as many questions as they can (e.g. why make that run etc.)
 
Arnau

Arnau

NGR LVR
Mus;3443483 said:
I'd assume it would be a good thing to involve your players in and improve their footballing intelligence
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Tactical culture is taught by training and playing. Also there are player that doesn't want to think, they want you to tell them what to do, the sentence "Footballers are not only running but thinking all the time" is false, this is an action-reaction sport, players are taking decisions all the time and those decisions are more related to training and innate cognitive abilities that thought.
 
Mus

Mus

Fan Favourite
Yes, but you can't train and play 100% of the time, immersing yourself deeper would help you improve your understanding at the very least a subconscious level
 
Arnau

Arnau

NGR LVR
Olympia coach has been sacked, i'm in charge. 6 games left, we are 10 points behind the last team avoiding relegation. The youngest player in the squad has my age.
 
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Xifio

The Von Trapps
Arnau;3472366 said:
Olympia coach has been sacked, i'm in charge. 6 games left, we are 10 points behind the last team avoiding relegation. The youngest player in the squad has my age.
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wow no way?! do us proud with prosaic one-nil's ...
 
ShiftyPowers

ShiftyPowers

Make America Great Again
Hahaha, yeah man, you're in a tough spot remember to be PRAGMATIC. Maybe bring in a couple really tall guys and hoof the ball at them.
 
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