Socceroos post-Pim

[bjw]

Thread for rumours, speculation etc about the next national manager.

Vidmar has been announced as the new Assistant Manager and there are rumours that Zola will be the next head coach.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/i-want-the-job-declares-zola/2007/11/23/1195753308035.html

http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/65674,zola-perfect-for-roos.aspx

 

[Kareem]

yay no more pim!

zola...i'm not convinced that he is the man for the job




Sidenote: I hear Rafa is free

 

[priorpeter]

zofz.. Rafa, you are very fat, did you eat my sandwiches?

Aaaaaaaanyway, Zola has been apparently shopping for property in Sydney.

Also, another former chav - Ruud Guillt, has expressed his interest:

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/socceroos/news/1005535/Gullit-keen-on-Socceroos-job

I'd take him before Zola.

Marco van Basten, anyone?

 

[FFC Mariner]

Ruud boy would be good I reckon. Actually, Not being Pim is a great start.

 

[kevrenor]

Tip in the SMH is a Breton coach Paul Le Guen, currently coaching Cameroon in South Africa.

Wiki helps with:

During his playing career, Le Guen played at Stade Brest for six years, Nantes Atlantique for two years, before leaving Brittany for Paris St. Germain where he played for seven years (with 478 appearances and a Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1996).

At international level he played 17 times for France due to injuries and he was part of the team which lost out on a trip to the World Cup in 1994, along with Eric Cantona and David Ginola. He ended his playing career by taking part in a friendly where his home region of Brittany faced Cameroon on 21 May 1998.

Clubs coaching - Stade Rennes, Rangers FC, Lyon, Paris St Germain

 

[Sym]

OSSIE.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Le Guen,

Top job with Cameroon mate. V impressive.

Still, no Pim is a big plus in itself.

zola did well with Italian U23 and if he was our coach the vendetta against us by Italians might end

 

[fedelta]

Kevin Rudd to replace Pim Verbeek as the next Socceroos coach.
Exclusive scoop.

 

[Matt--Simon]

Kevin Rudd to replace Pim Verbeek as the next Socceroos coach.
Exclusive scoop.

Yeah Rudd and Verbeek are swapping jobs.
Verbeek is the new PM.

 

[jarrad]

Julia Gillard is actually Pim in disguise.

 

[FFC Mariner]

Julia Gillard is actually Pim in disguise.

Well as a Tardball lover she wont be doing our game any favours - like Pim, she probably cant stand the A League either

 

[Jolly_Roger]

Carlos Alberto Parreira

since we see to be splashing coin around

 

[Kareem]

Carlos Alberto Parreira

since we see to be splashing coin around

he has now retired
So on one hand, he is free...
BUt on other hand he is probs sick of coaching and ready to relax!

 

[Wombat]

Tip in the SMH is a Breton coach Paul Le Guen, currently coaching Cameroon in South Africa.

Wiki helps with:

During his playing career, Le Guen played at Stade Brest for six years, Nantes Atlantique for two years, before leaving Brittany for Paris St. Germain where he played for seven years (with 478 appearances and a Cup Winners' Cup medal in 1996).

At international level he played 17 times for France due to injuries and he was part of the team which lost out on a trip to the World Cup in 1994, along with Eric Cantona and David Ginola. He ended his playing career by taking part in a friendly where his home region of Brittany faced Cameroon on 21 May 1998.

Clubs coaching - Stade Rennes, Rangers FC, Lyon, Paris St Germain

This bloke is a Dud.  someone mentioned Sven on another site....please NOOOOO.

Van Basten would be good but i'd also be happy if we got off the Dutch trip the FFA seam to think is the only way to go.

 

[midfielder]

Fabio Cappello ... Poms want to piss him off ..

 

[jarrad]

Arsene Wenger, we all know he loves international football..

 

[Tassiemariner]

Javier Aguirre just left mexico. oh wait he's not dutch.

 

[RADINHO]

Frank Rijkaard, Johan Neeskens, they would suit us beautifully and they play attacking football, Le Guen would be useless, please don't hire him!

 

[pjennings]

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/philip-micallef/blog/1012593/Socceroos-reach-fork-in-the-road


In the above article the three questions asked by the author about our national coach were:-

1. Is it a high-profile celebrity who will give the game priceless publicity?

2. Is it a top coach who will make the Socceroos a strong side for two or three years and then nick off when his contract is up?

3. Or is it a recognised coach who is prepared for the long haul to groom the next generation of Socceroos?

My belief is that if we want to make a quantum leap the answer to all should be yes.

1) If we want to be on the back page regularly we need a coach who has celebrity.

2) Australians and the media are always after a competitive side.

3)We need to concentrate on youth.

The FFA have also said they want someone to be based largely in Australia.

Why not Johan Cruyff with Neeskens assisting him. He has been an immensely well respected coach for both Ajax and Barcelona as well as being one the world's greatest players. His coaching style promotes attacking football and the development of youth. While he has not offically coached for a number of years until his recent Catalan 'national' gig he has been a consultant at both Ajax and Barcelona over that time and is seen by many as the philosopher behind Barcelona.

Given his ties to these clubs (even on an informal basis) and his commitments with the Johan Cruyff Institute it is unlikely that he could spend the majority of time in Australia. This is where Neeskens comes in. Neeskens has played with Cruyff and worked alongside him at Barcelona - and said previously he would be happy to move to Australia. Given time, and once the systems and structures were in place then Neeskens could take over as National manager.

I know this is fanciful thinking. However, I think Cruyff is one of the very few that fit the criteria that was set in the article.

This is a time when we can really make great strides in our game within Australia and the chance to make such a visionary choice should not be lost.

 

[midfielder]

Johan Cruyff ... he would be an excellent choice ...