Sami Hyypia leaves FC Zurich

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Sami Hyypia leaves FC Zurich as 12-time champions struggle

Last Updated: 12/05/16 3:56pm

Sami Hyypia has left Swiss club FC Zurich
Sami Hyypia has left FC Zurich, one day after the 12-time champions slumped to the bottom of the Swiss league.

Hyypia's team was whistled and jeered on Wednesday after losing 4-0 at home to Lugano, who rose above Zurich by two points with three games left.
The former Liverpool stalwart leaves despite leading Zurich to the Swiss Cup final on May 29, where they will play Lugano.
Hyypia, who was appointed in August, began his coaching career at Bayer Leverkusen, where his playing career ended in 2011 having spent 10 seasons at Liverpool. He also spent six months in charge at Brighton in 2014 before being sacked in December of that year.

 

[Rosco]

So, is he a bad manager or has he just not been able to land in a good situation ?

 

[Buddha]

It's not looking too good for him.

 

[Dreambeliever]

Looks like he's not cut out for it doesn't it?

Would love him here as a defensive coach.

 

[Red Mullet]

Looks like he's not cut out for it doesn't it?

Would love him here as a defensive coach.

So you want our defense to be bad?

 

[Portly]

Sami was a supremely gifted defender, but whether he has the ability to pass on those skills to other players is another question.

 

[Silver Sean]

Honestly thought he'd make a good manager, but it looks like he's not. Shame.

 

[i_rushie]

As with Leverkusen and Brighton, he seems to have no idea how to arrest or remains extremely passive in the face of any slide in form. One of Brighton fans' main gripes was that he just didn't seem to care when the team was going through a bad patch.

 

[Best Believe It]

He was only in a coaching role for a year before taking up the manager's post at Leverkusen, which isn't a great deal of time. He may well have been spending more time thinking about that side of the game in the last few years of his playing career but having a long successful playing career doesn't automatically translate into being a good manager and it seems he's had quite a limited experience of coaching to draw on when things don't go to plan.

 

[Judge Jules]

Honestly thought he'd make a good manager, but it looks like he's not. Shame.

Same here. As well as having had a great playing career, Sami's a bright guy and I'd have bet on him doing well in management, but he just hasn't.

Might make a decent coach yet though. I wouldn't be averse to letting him take a few sessions here, at the Academy first maybe, to see how it goes.

 

[Woland]

Defo. If he was a good enough coach at Leverkusen that they promoted him internally then he must have been decent on the training ground, but that doesn't always mean you're cut out for management.

 

[Woland]

...but, we don't really need one any more do we? We concede loads less now, and when we do it's mostly down to errors more than tactics. Under Brodge I wanted a new defensive coach in but I don't think we need one now.

 

[Judge Jules]

Wouldn't disagree with that. Initially it would be by way of a helping hand for the guy, then if (a) it went well and (b) we needed another bod on the coaching staff we could look at doing something more.

 

[Woland]

I'd like him back at the club just because of who he is. I was just trying to separate that out from the defence issue. I mean I normally talk about Klopp in terms of the fluid attack, but Toure and Lovren look great playing for him. So much better now.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

I'd like him back in an ambassador role and possibly helping coach very young uns, but I reckon he'd see that as a big step down.

 

[gkmacca]

He's never going to be an inspirational motivator, that's for sure. He sounds like Stephen Hawking's voicebox after it's been accidentally doused with water. Great player and a Liverpool legend, but he's not shown any real aptitude for being a manager.

 

[Judge Jules]

I'd like him back at the club just because of who he is. I was just trying to separate that out from the defence issue. I mean I normally talk about Klopp in terms of the fluid attack, but Toure and Lovren look great playing for him. So much better now.

Again, no disagreement from me. If we ended up taking him on the staff it wouldn't have to be only on the defensive side.