This is why we can't have nice thingsTJR wrote:Yeah, I doubt we'll renew his contract. He seems to have found his level in league 1.golasambi wrote:hes on loan bt contratctt runnin out n nt much chance of bein renenwed. cnt imagine him playinfor us again
I do think we should bring Shola back. He would be a great replacement for Cathro. Doesn't get much better than starting your coaching career under Rafa.
He doesn't have to come in as assistant. Could promote one of the existing members of staff then bring Shola in below them.Colback's Orange Tufts wrote:You are serious?TJR wrote:
Yeah, I doubt we'll renew his contract. He seems to have found his level in league 1.
I do think we should bring Shola back. He would be a great replacement for Cathro. Doesn't get much better than starting your coaching career under Rafa.I'd be supportive of Shola as a junior coach, but as assistant?! Waaay too soon, let him work his way up and get someone more qualified as assistant manager in the meantime.
Oh well that makes much more sense, your OP was suggesting he directly replace Cathro. What you've said above is eminently sensible and I agree with itTJR wrote:He doesn't have to come in as assistant. Could promote one of the existing members of staff then bring Shola in below them.Colback's Orange Tufts wrote:
You are serious?
He the club better than most and has seen just about everything during his time here. He's supposedly very intelligent as well. He's been doing his coaching badges and has said in the past he'd like to manage us one day.
His presence alone would be a massive benefit to everyone at the club and who better to learn off than Rafa.
Toondes wrote: He was a s*** footballer so what makes you think he'll be a decent coach?
Are you seriously mentioning Shola in the same sentence as those haha. Shola made a career for being a joke. I certainly don't want him coaching players on how to finish ect. We'd be shinning nearly every goal.Beatski wrote:Toondes wrote: He was a s*** footballer so what makes you think he'll be a decent coach?
Remind me again about the Balon D'Or-esque exploits of Ferguson, Mourinho, Saachi etc.
Or perhaps the managerial master that is Maradona
He definitely had ability to finish and if it wasn't for the hip problem he played with under Roeder he might well have had a better career. But if you watch his goals compilation on youtube it is disturbing how many he scuffed inColly wrote:Shola was a limited player (largely by injuries caused by playing through issues while alleged superstars warmed treatment tables) but to call him s*** is a massive overstatement, especially given that many of his qualities were the same ones everyone's praising Mitrovic for in the transfer thread. He was a solid backup on the Premier League and would have bossed our last Championship season were it not for yet another injury. His finishing certainly wasn't s***, not many players with a penalty record like his.
I'd definitely have him as a coach at some level of he'd put himself through the necessary training.
Except his goal record is terrible. If he weren't a local lad who was happy being a sub for that long because it was his boyhood club, he never would have had as long a career with us as he did - it isn't as if anyone else wanted him. He seems like a nice guy, who got along with everyone, and he certainly fulfilled a role. But he has yet to do anything post-career to suggest he's ready for a serious coaching role, and if an equivalent player with a career at a different club were talked up for a senior coaching role with us, people would think it ridiculous.Colly wrote:A goals a goal, he could have scored half of them with his arse as long they cross the line...
ThisI'm over Colo wrote:Except his goal record is terrible. If he weren't a local lad who was happy being a sub for that long because it was his boyhood club, he never would have had as long a career with us as he did - it isn't as if anyone else wanted him. He seems like a nice guy, who got along with everyone, and he certainly fulfilled a role. But he has yet to do anything post-career to suggest he's ready for a serious coaching role, and if an equivalent player with a career at a different club were talked up for a senior coaching role with us, people would think it ridiculous.Colly wrote:A goals a goal, he could have scored half of them with his arse as long they cross the line...
He had one hell of a left butt cheek.Colly wrote:A goals a goal, he could have scored half of them with his arse as long they cross the line...
are you seriously not getting the point?Toondes wrote:Are you seriously mentioning Shola in the same sentence as those haha. Shola made a career for being a joke. I certainly don't want him coaching players on how to finish ect. We'd be shinning nearly every goal.Beatski wrote:
Remind me again about the Balon D'Or-esque exploits of Ferguson, Mourinho, Saachi etc.
Or perhaps the managerial master that is Maradona
Yeah .......but Shola.Beatski wrote:are you seriously not getting the point?Toondes wrote: Are you seriously mentioning Shola in the same sentence as those haha. Shola made a career for being a joke. I certainly don't want him coaching players on how to finish ect. We'd be shinning nearly every goal.
I think beatski's trying to say a one's playing career has absolutely no relationship with their ability as a coach or manager.Toondes wrote:Yeah .......but Shola.Beatski wrote:
are you seriously not getting the point?
Actually no I don't , what is your point ? You think Shola would be decent because of those mentioned above weren't great in their playing days either?
People have short memories , he was a laughing stock for years. People used to abuse him constantly for his shocking displays. Now he's gone he's some kind of cult hero who "some" want back as a coach. Each to their own but not for me personally.
Yes I know , I was just trying to be clever. I honestly don't think he has what it takes to be a coach but football is all about opinions !!MultipleJesuses wrote:I think beatski's trying to say a one's playing career has absolutely no relationship with their ability as a coach or manager.Toondes wrote: Yeah .......but Shola.
Actually no I don't , what is your point ? You think Shola would be decent because of those mentioned above weren't great in their playing days either?
People have short memories , he was a laughing stock for years. People used to abuse him constantly for his shocking displays. Now he's gone he's some kind of cult hero who "some" want back as a coach. Each to their own but not for me personally.
