Greg Bobkin
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Could do a job
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[Albion] So is Lallana coming back into our setup
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Trouble is, how many do we need? Milner and Welbeck fill a similar role, and Dunk is likely to be getting less game time. I think he will make a wonderful manager, and that is undoubtedly the path he is mapping out. So, unless Fab needs him as an assistant, I am not really sure where he fits. I wish he had stayed and joined the coaching squad.Could do a job
Uh_huh_him
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Presumably not as a player?
355 minutes last season.
14 appearances
always subbed on or off.
Maximum number of minutes played in a game 60 ( 3 times)
He has been on a spiral of decreasing returns for the past 4 seasons.
Amazed he didn't announce his retirement last season.
Justice
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When Potter left and he was due to take a game with Crofts I was intrigued to see his line up. Didn’t happen as the queen passed away.
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Yep, it was a shame it all happened when it did, a few years later and he may have been ready to step into the roll. I suspect Lallana will be an excellent manager
papachris
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It's amazing that it seems that most of the highly or even moderately successful managers were not 'great players'.
Maybe not blessed with exceptional natural talent , but good team players themselves. It's what's going on upstairs that helped them develop into good coaches.
Maybe not blessed with exceptional natural talent , but good team players themselves. It's what's going on upstairs that helped them develop into good coaches.
Nobby Cybergoat
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Yes. There's no reason to think Lallana will be a good coach over and above any other retiring player.
He's got to prove it by coaching a team like everyone else.
Marshy
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i agree to some extent with this, but it was clear to see when Lallana played he was literally running the show in terms of organisation.
RDZ regularly called him his coach on the pitch
So he is certainly ahead of the game for me.
Disagree on the first part. I think there is a reason: Application. I'd argue that it depends on the appetite and attitude of the person as to whether they have a chance of succeeding. Lallana has been doing his badges, was already essentially a coach here and at Southampton.
No guarantee obviously, but the willingness to learn is critical. Too many big name players just "become managers", and so often fail because they haven't developed the structure or mindset.
Surely that alone is a reason why he'd more likely to be a good coach of other retiring players who don't?
Loved him when he was here, he was a joy to watch. Not up to playing at this level now but I would love to have him back at the club in a coaching capacity.
singing4seagulls
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medwayseagull reborn
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What position was she due to play in ?
Justice
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obviously goal all the crap kids went in goal
