The Case for Steve Round (Assistant)

newyddion

newyddion

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Recently released from Arsenal.. could be just what we need right now.. experienced, highly qualified and an integral part of the most successful period of the clubs history.

Below is an interview he did for one of the GPS tracker firms. The interview is 28 minutes long.. here’s a quick summary.

  • He was a trailblazer back in the day, one of the youngest coaches to pass his A licence.
  • He sees himself as an innovator. He was one of the first to work with Prozone. One of the first to embrace true video analysis, cutting clips himself in 1994 on a double VHS. One of the first to work in a modern football structure.
  • He’s very, very qualified. He took a degree in sport science, he loves psychology, he recently took a masters in sporting directorship (Is it too late!)
  • He is all about the high-performance culture. Creating environments that foster hard work, rapid development and results.
  • His view on training is that you have to bring players things that work, otherwise they won’t pay attention to you. One of his examples, when he was at Derby way back when, centred around him building out a player room with robot massage chairs, he’d use that dead time while they were relaxing to show the players clips. Seems like a smart way to foster engagement with new ideas.
  • He also spoke about the American model (2016 interview) of specialist coaches. Having specialists across defence, midfield and attack. I thought that was interesting, as European sport often borrows from the states in the end. The challenge, football is chaos and benefits from cohesion, so there’s a balance.
He’s highly experienced, he’s a very measured, he needs to be innovating to feel satisfied with his job, and he shares similar values to Carrick. The assistant is there to help the leader realise their vision. He’s not there as a yes man, he’s there as the operations guy that works the message through the groups.

 
Got to wonder why nobody has ever given him a chance considering how long he's been around the game. My worry is we go for an old school manager to steady the ship and go back over (If Carrick was to leave) Dean Smith would be my choice at the moment
 
Sergio said:
Got to wonder why nobody has ever given him a chance considering how long he's been around the game. My worry is we go for an old school manager to steady the ship and go back over (If Carrick was to leave) Dean Smith would be my choice at the moment
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I mean.. Everton, Man Utd, Aston Villa, Newcastle, Arsenal.. these are not small clubs by any stretch of the imagination.

Assistant Coach is a very important and respected role.. also the idea of specific coaching rolls for specific areas of the pitch.. might suit.
 
Some people don't want to be in charge
Sergio said:
Got to wonder why nobody has ever given him a chance considering how long he's been around the game. My worry is we go for an old school manager to steady the ship and go back over (If Carrick was to leave) Dean Smith would be my choice at the moment
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some people just don't fancy taking control of the ship but are happy in keeping it afloat. I'm sure there's some good examples out there
 
I don't think it is fair to suddenly blame Woodgate for our failings. Carrick is the no. 1 and rightly makes the key decisions. Everyone was applauding Woodgate last year, stating what a guy he was, coming in as no. 2 to a club where he had recently been manager. I think our problems are a lot worse than having Woodgate as a coach. BTW. He's reasonably experienced now.
 
MVBoro said:
I don't think it is fair to suddenly blame Woodgate for our failings. Carrick is the no. 1 and rightly makes the key decisions. Everyone was applauding Woodgate last year, stating what a guy he was, coming in as no. 2 to a club where he had recently been manager. I think our problems are a lot worse than having Woodgate as a coach. BTW. He's reasonably experienced now.
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I was most certainly not applauding Woodgate last year.

There’s good experience and bad experience….
 
Mwelolo said:
I was most certainly not applauding Woodgate last year.

There’s good experience and bad experience….
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Neither was I. I was appalled by his appointment.

But we have to get behind the whole team and I’ll be doing that. Would Steve Round bring more to the table than Woodgate - I’m sure he would. He’s an educated professional.

Woodgate isn’t necessarily the problem. I doubt he is.
 
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