Hoddle may never manage again

[Bulletspur]

Give over, I'm not talking about his playing ability. Of course I know he's one of the greatest.

I'm disagreeing with the fact that he would be a good DOF, as arguably he made some terrible signings and decisions with the players that were already here.

A certain Mr Rebrov comes to mind. Glenn nearly killed his career.

 

[Kendall]

Man management is bigger in academy & dof roles, if you haven't got decent enough man management in top managerial positions where the players are (for the most part) fully developed, then you can't possibly hope to succeed in nurturing kids.

 

[Kyras]

I'm with you on that RM, and I think, probably the majority of posters in this thread.

The concept that Hoddle has taken and is riding with has merit. Take discarded young professionals that Clubs have no time to nurture and mature in to fine players and before they get lost and disillusioned in non-league football, he will re-acadamise them.

If hoddle polishes one rough and raw kid in to a gem he's done this country a service.

If his concept works and he grows in to his work, there may very well be a place for him back in mainstream football, and why not at Spurs as head of our own Academy?

I think it's without doubt that he already could get a place in mainstream football, but he seems to be enjoying what he's doing, really helping kids out, some of them would have just dropped into obscurity, if they become a tenth of the player Glenn was they could play premiership football. Fair play and good luck to him. :clap:

 

[C0YS]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! honestly I couldnt give a toss

 

[thfcsteff]

Tosh. His first 11 at spurs only lost 3 game in 29. trouble is the buying policy was flawed old and injured and our spending wasn't anywhere near as great as it is now or under jol.

you'll not hear a bad word against Hoddle from the likes of King and Keane and Ian Wright (a staunch gooner) said the BEST manager/coached he worked with was Hoddle. I personnaly think the most controlled football we've played as a nation recently was under hoddle and at time our 352 formation passed teams to submission. He unfortunately had a transistional generation and if he hadn't said such stupid things about handicapped reicarantions he'd have had a chacne to work with gerard, lampard, cole, lennon, rooney, Terry (yuk) etc at international level not to mention an older becks, scholes and owen. we wouldn't be at home watching the euros if hoddle was still coach.

hopefully the downside of his maganerial qualities (man maangement) won't be an issue with younger lads that are less likely to rebel as he's giving them a second chance. The man is a great man and what he's doing now is very commendable and i hope and expect it to be a resounding success.

COYS!!!

Outstanding. Agree 100%. He WAS the future for England, but that **** from The Times allowed himself to be used by those ****s from the FA to stitch him up...

 

[Rupstoh]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! honestly I couldnt give a toss

Why post then?

 

[Rupstoh]

Outstanding. Agree 100%. He WAS the future for England, but that **** from The Times allowed himself to be used by those ****s from the FA to stitch him up...

I agree with both posts

 

[Rupstoh]

Wenger can't be wrong

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/fa_cup/1264655.stm


A meeting of minds?

The respect is mutual and so is the goal. When Glenn Hoddle faces Arsene Wenger's Arsenal in his first match in charge of Tottenham, both managers will be chasing a spot in the FA Cup final.
But neither is keen to inflict a personal defeat on the other.
Hoddle readily acknowledges the debt he owes Wenger for helping to coax him into coaching in the first place - when they were manager and player together at Monaco.
"Arsene saw something in me that I didn't see in myself at the time when I was playing.

"He saw I thought about the game even as a player, that I was an extension of his thoughts as a coach on the pitch.
"He felt I would be able to coach and do well. I didn't see it until I had an injury and was out for a year.
"Then I looked with a different pair of eyes, a coach's eyes, and it all fell into place."
Hoddle retains a fondness for the boss of Spurs' most bitter opponents and does not expect north London rivalry to damage this.
"I've always got respect for him and will always be a friend of his. Sometimes in life you just gel with someone and it was a meeting of two minds.
"We've just never had enough time to get together socially. That would be nice but it might be a bit more difficult now we are both with Spurs and Arsenal.

 

[Sbix]

"Hopefully these guys would say: `Glenn, you run the football side. You work hand in hand with the chief executive and you have three or four people full-time on the scouting side.' The way they do it at the moment is amateurish."

OK, so he was a god on the field! But certainly lacked a bit of man management skills in his manager style. And he's totally wrong with the above quote. If anything we're more professional now!

 

[CosmicHotspur]

I don't think Glen should become a born-again manager.

He could out-think most on the pitch but not off it. The two jobs require entirely different talents. As a coach, yes, demonstrating and improving the skills of upcoming players.

Karmically speaking...

 

[zepstar]

Hoddle i believe was, is and always will be a competent manager, however due to the fact that the press have it in for him and that he allegedly shows players up in training (we all remember him showing Beckham how to take a free kick) i'd say that led to his dismissals.