Kenshin
Player Valuation: £40m
What important role does the assistant play at the football club?
In troubling times the flack of any bad run of form is given to the manager and rightly so. After all it is his job to manage the team to victory and when the team fails, the buck stops with him. Reflecting on Silva right now, no matter which way you look at it, the form is down to him. However the assistant manager conundrum is quite an interesting concept that i think a lot of us fans don't consider. After all, what exactly do they do? They can't just be like Dave Dodds running about like a churchill dog to earn their money, there must be more to it. In this way of thinking, perhaps given Silva's position, there may be more under the surface than meets the eye.
I remember back when Alan Irvine got the Preston job and bid goodbye to his partnership with Moyes. None of us really paid too much attention to it, with the arrival of Steve round and his headset met with as much joy as replacing the Tea lady at Finch Farm. No-one really cared about the change but what followed was a little bit more significant. The form that season fell off a cliff and what was once a competent team suddenly started struggling, almost like Irvine had a bigger role than we considered.
So reflecting now, Luis Boa Morte seemed to hail in from the back end of nowhere to become the new assistant and for those who are old enough, remember him as a decent little player in his time. So a great up coming coach maybe? There must have been a reason for Silva to hire him? Given the form we have had thus far under this new partnership, there does seem to be something missing, with performances and results not mirroing up with the end of last season.
Looking at it another way though, a famous manager once started out as a translator for the great bobby robson before becoming an assistant manager himself. This young man had tactical nous and before long he was in charge of the biggest club in Portugal, winning the champions league. From then on he went country to country winning leagues , all from the humble beginning of a lowly assistant manager.
You probably guessed i am refering to Jose Mourinho, the portugese manager. What does have to do with anything you may ask? Well he has just joined Spurs and recuited as his assistant a young portuguese man by the name of Jao Sacremento at only 30 years old. This young man did his graft in wales, earned respect for tactical understanding. Coaching people older than him at 22 and impressing with his knowledge of the game and tactics.
So to ask again, what is the actual role of the assistant manager? Because for every Boa Morte or Round who seem like they bring nothing, good managers are pulling tactical masterminds as their assistants. Perhaps, the power of the manager isnt always in their own head, but from their assistant instead?
Sorry for the long post, interesting to know your thoughts on the impact the assistant manager has on the team.
In troubling times the flack of any bad run of form is given to the manager and rightly so. After all it is his job to manage the team to victory and when the team fails, the buck stops with him. Reflecting on Silva right now, no matter which way you look at it, the form is down to him. However the assistant manager conundrum is quite an interesting concept that i think a lot of us fans don't consider. After all, what exactly do they do? They can't just be like Dave Dodds running about like a churchill dog to earn their money, there must be more to it. In this way of thinking, perhaps given Silva's position, there may be more under the surface than meets the eye.
I remember back when Alan Irvine got the Preston job and bid goodbye to his partnership with Moyes. None of us really paid too much attention to it, with the arrival of Steve round and his headset met with as much joy as replacing the Tea lady at Finch Farm. No-one really cared about the change but what followed was a little bit more significant. The form that season fell off a cliff and what was once a competent team suddenly started struggling, almost like Irvine had a bigger role than we considered.
So reflecting now, Luis Boa Morte seemed to hail in from the back end of nowhere to become the new assistant and for those who are old enough, remember him as a decent little player in his time. So a great up coming coach maybe? There must have been a reason for Silva to hire him? Given the form we have had thus far under this new partnership, there does seem to be something missing, with performances and results not mirroing up with the end of last season.
Looking at it another way though, a famous manager once started out as a translator for the great bobby robson before becoming an assistant manager himself. This young man had tactical nous and before long he was in charge of the biggest club in Portugal, winning the champions league. From then on he went country to country winning leagues , all from the humble beginning of a lowly assistant manager.
You probably guessed i am refering to Jose Mourinho, the portugese manager. What does have to do with anything you may ask? Well he has just joined Spurs and recuited as his assistant a young portuguese man by the name of Jao Sacremento at only 30 years old. This young man did his graft in wales, earned respect for tactical understanding. Coaching people older than him at 22 and impressing with his knowledge of the game and tactics.
So to ask again, what is the actual role of the assistant manager? Because for every Boa Morte or Round who seem like they bring nothing, good managers are pulling tactical masterminds as their assistants. Perhaps, the power of the manager isnt always in their own head, but from their assistant instead?
Sorry for the long post, interesting to know your thoughts on the impact the assistant manager has on the team.
