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"Wait and see" is right IMO. Stevie doesn't immediately strike me as manager material, but it isn't always those you'd expect to succeed at management who end up doing so.
No way. Wonderful player, but as a public speaker he makes the Four Yorkshiremen seem happy-go-lucky optimists.
I don't think he'll be a great coach - who knows, though, maybe he will - but I wouldn't be at all surprised if he becomes a good manager. I just hope he is allowed to come back as his own man, rather than being 'groomed' by Rodgers or whoever else is in charge. As an old-style manager, with a good coach as his assistant, he'd at the very least have the charisma, authority and pulling power to have a go at leading the club forward.
This is what I said in June last year:
I still think this way at this point. I think that in man management, Gerrard would have an edge over Carra, who would probably be too old school disciplinarian for modern players' liking. However, in terms of the X's and O's, my guess is that Carra is probably the stronger of the two. If you put them together, their skills would probably complement each other really well, but you've to wonder if a combo like that would ever come about as either man would probably reckon that he is the better person to take the lead role.
I still think this way at this point. I think that in man management, Gerrard would have an edge over Carra, who would probably be too old school disciplinarian for modern players' liking. However, in terms of the X's and O's, my guess is that Carra is probably the stronger of the two. If you put them together, their skills would probably complement each other really well, but you've to wonder if a combo like that would ever come about as either man would probably reckon that he is the better person to take the lead role.
Pundits need to be chatty, cheerful types. Steven has a wet weekend of an expression at the best of times. Can you imagine him leaping about touching the big screen all the time getting excited about Hull v Stoke on a dark Monday night? No chance.
He'll either be a manager or a Zidane/Viera style grandee. There are lots of other ex-players who one could imagine Gerrard teaming up with - Sami, Danny Murphy, Gary McAllister, even Xabi - but they'd all need a top class coach to work with them. One thing that Gerrard will hopefully have reflected on when he returns is his apparent belief that the best manager was the one who indulged him most. Rafa is barely mentioned when he discusses what he learned from his managers, probably because he pissed him off by pushing him harder and making him fit within a team plan rather than making the team plan fit around him. But hopefully, as the dust settles, he'll realise that Rafa taught him more than he so far realises.
He'll either be a manager or a Zidane/Viera style grandee. There are lots of other ex-players who one could imagine Gerrard teaming up with - Sami, Danny Murphy, Gary McAllister, even Xabi - but they'd all need a top class coach to work with them. One thing that Gerrard will hopefully have reflected on when he returns is his apparent belief that the best manager was the one who indulged him most. Rafa is barely mentioned when he discusses what he learned from his managers, probably because he pissed him off by pushing him harder and making him fit within a team plan rather than making the team plan fit around him. But hopefully, as the dust settles, he'll realise that Rafa taught him more than he so far realises.
It's because of the essential immaturity reflected in some of that that I wonder whether Stevie is management material. Even the kind of up-and-at-'em manager that you and some fellow posters can see Stevie becoming has to have enough about him to step back occasionally and think more deeply about the game and about the players at his disposal. I have yet be convinced that that applies to Stevie, though I hope it does if this is what he wants. Incidentally I do think it applies to Carra and I have little doubt that he would make a good manager if he decides to go that route.
I thought he would be a decent Coach at best.. Manager no.. I dont think he has what it takes to become a Top Manager..
Great players rarely make the transistion to making great managers..
Great players rarely make the transistion to making great managers..
How many make great coaches? I can't see why he'd be more likely to be a distinctive and successful coach, as such. It's usually someone like Rodgers who becomes a top coach.
Yea, I really don't see him doing more than the occasional appearance on sky sports.
Zidane is managing the Real reserves now isn't he? A part of me really wants to see Gerrard carry on where he left of as a player and manage Liverpool, I wonder if that's how he feels too.
I expect he'll return as a club ambassador and be involved in youth coaching to begin with,
Have you seen Paul Scholes as a pundit?
Stuff like that doesn't go unnoticed.
He completed it.
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