The Dream Scenario

[Mystic]

As Gerrard as a player fades, he's becomes a coach with us, and eventually our manager. Succeeding Rodgers in 15 years after he's won everything for us 😉

Steven Gerrard: Managing Liverpool would be ‘a dream come true’


Thursday 5 Sep 2013 12:26 pm

Steven Gerrard is keen to sit in the Liverpool hot seat (Picture: AP)
Steven Gerrard has thrown his hat into the ring to succeed Brendan Rodgers as Liverpool manager.
The Reds skipper says he sees a future career in management and insists taking charge of Liverpool is his dream.
Gerrard’s current contract at Anfield expires at the end of the season and although he isn’t considering hanging up his boots just yet, the England captain has already given thought to life after playing.
‘The dream come true would be to manage Liverpool, when the Liverpool job becomes available,’ he said.
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‘There are world-class managers there ready already, but we’ll have to wait and see, it would be the icing on the cake.
‘When you get to a certain age… my age, you need to start thinking seriously about a life after football.’

Steven Gerrard is preparing to take his coaching badges (Picture: Reuters)
The 33-year-old is planning for the end of his playing days and is preparing to take his coaching badges before the start of next season.
‘I just signed a one-year extension, I need to start planning for the future. I am planning on doing my badges and qualifications over the next 12 months,’ he added.
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‘I definitely see myself as a manager rather than a coach, but that could change. I remember speaking to Jamie Carragher and he really fancied it but he’s decided media is what he wants to do.
‘It’ll be strange seeing him on Sky but I’m really delighted he’s doing it… He can leave managing Liverpool to me!’

 

[keniget]

I find it hard to see Gerrard as a manager.

 

[Mystic]

I find it hard to see Gerrard as a manager.

Really? He seems like manager material to me, especially with how he's been speaking the last two years. Certainly his reputation as a player will help no bounds.

 

[OLD_Lewy]

id much rather have carra tbh

 

[TSD]

If we're talking about ex-players, Sami would be my first in line. Stevie can be his assistant though.

 

[Rosco]

I find it hard to see Gerrard as a manager.

So do I.

He doesn't strike me as the type that would be great.

But then again - I would have backed Roy Keane to turn out a better manager than Chris Hughton.

 

[Karl Hungus]

id much rather have carra tbh

Yep, he seems a much better choice.

 

[gkmacca]

If he gets a great coach in to work alongside him, he'd might do well. He'd have a worldwide profile, would attract some good players and would be a great figurehead. It would be down to how good his decisions were, and there's zero basis for us to judge that at this stage.

 

[Brizzle]

Anyone else think he looks a bit like Ian Rush in that top pic?!

 

[Glen C]

So do I.

He doesn't strike me as the type that would be great.

But then again - I would have backed Roy Keane to turn out a better manager than Chris Hughton.

i thought barnes was going to be a great manager. Big time disappointed.

 

[Zlate]

Gerrard - Manager with Sami as his assistant.. sounds good

 

[Modo]

So Sami is getting demoted

 

[gkmacca]

Gerrard and Sami would certainly be the most melancholic-looking pair we could appoint.

 

[Athens]

Anyone else think he looks a bit like Ian Rush in that top pic?!

It's the way he's holding his mouth

 

[gkmacca]

He's not holding his mouth, you nit!

 

[Halmeister]

I can't imagine him being a good manager either. I can see it with Carra, though.

 

[Hyena]

Please let's not make the mistake of getting an ex player to be our manager just because he was a great player.
Souness, Barnes, Keane, Bruce, Molly, Di Canio , Heighway, Van Basten, Mfking Alan Shearer.

DO PEOPLE NEVER LEARN???!!?


No Carra. No Gerrard.

 

[Mystic]

Dalglish was alright

 

[Whirly]

Sami is the only one of the bunch I would have any real faith in to succeed at the job at this point. Maybe if Gerrard/Carra find success elsewhere then it's worth discussing seriously, but I'm not sure if I can see it happening.

 

[viingx]

If anything, Sami should be offered a job and Gerrard his understudy.

Sami is doing well at Leverkusen, no?

 

[Bob Loblaw]

let him manage a small club before he gets a run....like Everton!

 

[nealmac]

Anyone else think he looks a bit like Ian Rush in that top pic?!

Yep. Now that you mention it.

 

[Hyena]

Dalglish was alright

Dalglish, Cryuff, Guardiola.
The list of failures is much longer though...

 

[Hyena]

Yep. Now that you mention it.

I've been sat in front of the mirror the past 5 min trying to hold my mouth too

 

[Buddha]

My dream managerial scenario has already happened.

David Moyes, manager, Manchester United.

 

[Dreambeliever]

I'd rather he never touches our team. He'd be a failure and it would taint his reputation much like Souness and Dalglish to a lesser extent.

 

[Pesam]

He can become manager in 25 years time when Rodgers retires having turned us into a "Bastion of Invincibility!"

 

[Rafiagra]

He's had a good education from the likes of Houllier, Benitez, Sven and Capello.

Would be great if he could be manager, especially if it meant him finally winning the league

 

[rurikbird]

When it comes to turning great players into great coaches, we need to learn from the Italians. Let's take a look at Antonio Conte - a captain and leader of Juventus in his playing days who, like Gerrard, always wanted to be a coach. After retiring as a player, Conte started his new career as an assistant manager in Siena, his first head coaching job was Arezzo in serie B, then Bari, Atalanta, and Siena again, this time as a head coach. By the time he was appointed a manager of Juve, he had 6 years of experience working with smaller teams. It was not all a smooth ride: he got fired after his first season in Seria B and got relegated, abused by fans and fired after his first season in Serie A.

He led Juve to a scudetto in his first season in charge and is now considered a savior by fans - but would he have made it this far if he was thrown in the deep end of the pool before he learned to swim and then got his confidence and reputation destroyed at the very beginning of his career? Juve have benefitted from a system that allowed their former captain to learn the coaching trade away from the spotlight and brought him back to the club when he was 100% ready for the job. Now they have the best of both worlds: an iconic player who is loved by fans and understands the soul and traditions of the club, but also a good tactically savvy modern coach. Now that's a real dream scenario.

By the way in Italy every coach has complete rigorous training and pass an examination at a special school for coaches in Coverciano. This kind of system is why Italians keep managing the best teams in England while English managers could not collectively produce a single top 3 finish in England in the last 10 years (amazing, isn't it?). There is nothing more stupid than turning over the most important job in a big club to a complete novice just because he was a good player. So I wish Gerrard every success when he hangs up his boots and tries himself at managing, but there is no question that he should prove himself by managing other teams before we can even start the conversation about managing Liverpool.

 

[peterhague]

I think he'd be a lousy manager.