I think it’s a good thing - would much rather see This type of appointment rather than people like Hughes, Pardew or McLaren....Manager who constantly fail, get sacked and end up in another job.
I think it’s a good thing - would much rather see This type of appointment rather than people like Hughes, Pardew or McLaren....Manager who constantly fail, get sacked and end up in another job.
totally agree with this, Woodgate has been first team coach and academy coach so clearly has something about him
Good luck to him, youngish British manager far better than some obscure, dare I say, Johnny Foreigner, with no no track record.
Certainly seeing clubs breaking from the norm a little bit more;
Graham Potter @ Brighton Steve Cooper @ Swansea Jonathan Woodgate @ Middlesbrough
Nice to see rather than the old guard like Pardew | Allardyce | Pulis getting constant jobs
Graeme Jones - Luton. First managerial job. Scott Parker - Fulham. First managerial job. Lampard. Gerrard. Bowyer. Joey Barton. Matt Taylor at Exeter.
Plus Sol Campbell at Macclesfield
Woodgate has built up to this, he was already coaching there, which is also how Bowyer and Parker got their jobs. Campbell by contrast has done all sorts of things since retirement, rather than finding a coaching position somewhere and waiting for the manager to leave/be sacked.
Isolating his football from the other stuff I always thought Woodgate was a seriously good player.
I alway thought he was over rated. Had a good couple of yrs for Leeds in a good team. One season at Newcastle and he was injured for a lot of it but somehow ended up at Madrid. Crazy time at Madrid if you ask me. Im not saying i am a better judge than their scout/recruiter.
Johnathan Woodgate was s bad influence on a young impressionable Lee Bowyer.
Well done to Lee for overcoming such hurdles in his early career.
Bowyer was hardly an angel in his younger days was he? I don't recall Woodgate being around when Bowyer tested positive for drugs or smashed up that McDonalds.
Johnathan Woodgate was s bad influence on a young impressionable Lee Bowyer.
Well done to Lee for overcoming such hurdles in his early career.
Bowyer was hardly an angel in his younger days was he? I don't recall Woodgate being around when Bowyer tested positive for drugs or smashed up that McDonalds.
Lee clearly suffered the effects of passive smoking, hence the unfortunate failure.
The McDonald's incident was exaggerated. He probably just forgot to clear his table or something.
The advantage of appointing an unknown manager is that they are yet to fail so could be great. The disadvantage is that they are unknown so could be crap.
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Just got to hope that if they do well there is a path to bigger things
good that he’s been given a chance, no idea how he’ll do.
Well done to Lee for overcoming such hurdles in his early career.
Graham Potter @ Brighton
Steve Cooper @ Swansea
Jonathan Woodgate @ Middlesbrough
Nice to see rather than the old guard like Pardew | Allardyce | Pulis getting constant jobs
Bowyer is three years older than Woodgate.
Scott Parker - Fulham. First managerial job.
Lampard.
Gerrard.
Bowyer.
Joey Barton.
Matt Taylor at Exeter.
Woodgate has built up to this, he was already coaching there, which is also how Bowyer and Parker got their jobs. Campbell by contrast has done all sorts of things since retirement, rather than finding a coaching position somewhere and waiting for the manager to leave/be sacked.
Decided to ignore the others because the appointments were last season
Notice that Derby | Rangers | Charlton | Fleetwood | Exeter all finished in the top halves of their respective Leagues too
None were involved in a relegation battle
Nobby Vinegar is allowed though
The McDonald's incident was exaggerated. He probably just forgot to clear his table or something.
like Bowyer, an excellent player in his day
like Bowyer, some fans will struggle to look past his off the field antics until he starts doing well
good luck to him