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Nfl where a lot of players are college educated?

Footballers are thick usually. Players get managers sacked a lot more in football than the NFL
The Premier League Elite Player Performance Plan in 2012 made a big change to that at the top level.
 
Nfl where a lot of players are college educated?

Footballers are thick usually. Players get managers sacked a lot more in football than the NFL
You are massively overestimating the education recieved by NCAA players. They do stripped down simple degrees like General Studies or something with sport in the title. The vast majority of which are pretty worthless in terms of education. It is effectively an excuse used to perpetuate the collegiate system, forcing athletes to work without real compensation.
 
Same was said about women in politics. Once players got over the initial novelty, they’d respond if they thought the manager was good.
Good point.
I don’t think you can group all top footballers together. DCL for example is clearly progressive and I can’t imagine him refusing to listen to a coach purely based on their gender.
Why.?
Because he wears a dress?
 
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I'm saying it would bring internal issues and very very likely be viewed as tokenism.

For instance... after a game, a manager would usually go into the dressing room to talk (or blast) his squad, so what happens in the dressing room when EH wants to walk in and do the same?? all the blokes are getting changed/bollocked naked (in the showers) etc etc. BUT "Sorry Ms Hayes, you must wait outside in the corridor until the players are ready", or "Nobody get's undressed until Ms Hayes has been into changing room and spoken to you all", while the players are dripping wet/freezing.

Managers usually have their own space/offices which players respect, but they also integrate closely with with the squad, getting changed themselves with the squad (in the same dressing room). A female manager would be totally cut adrift. This is just one small example.

Also, if she does a shit job and is ultimately sacked. News headlines... "They sacked me because I'm a woman" "Misogamy is rife is the mans game" yada yada yada :rolleyes:
Misogyny.

try learning the meaning and spelling, however you clearly revel in it. Grow up child and experience life a bit more and don’t just follow the sheep
 
I'm saying it would bring internal issues and very very likely be viewed as tokenism.

For instance... after a game, a manager would usually go into the dressing room to talk (or blast) his squad, so what happens in the dressing room when EH wants to walk in and do the same?? all the blokes are getting changed/bollocked naked (in the showers) etc etc. BUT "Sorry Ms Hayes, you must wait outside in the corridor until the players are ready", or "Nobody get's undressed until Ms Hayes has been into changing room and spoken to you all", while the players are dripping wet/freezing.

Managers usually have their own space/offices which players respect, but they also integrate closely with with the squad, getting changed themselves with the squad (in the same dressing room). A female manager would be totally cut adrift. This is just one small example.

Also, if she does a shit job and is ultimately sacked. News headlines... "They sacked me because I'm a woman" "Misogamy is rife is the mans game" yada yada yada :rolleyes:
If that was any issue at all youd think male managers in womens football would have had that issue by now
 
Misogyny.

try learning the meaning and spelling, however you clearly revel in it. Grow up child and experience life a bit more and don’t just follow the sheep
I'm doing fine sir thankyou, just fine. If I followed the sheep, I would be agreeing with you and of your ilk.

Oh... Spell checker changed it and I wasn't paying attention, I apologise.
If that was any issue at all youd think male managers in womens football would have had that issue by now
You would. Though a team of males in the dressing room is a completely different environment to that of a team of females.

Male managers in the WSL must be walking on egg shells likely being scrutinised by the PC bridgade.
 
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No reason why she couldn't join the men in the managerial merry-go-round.

She talks so knowlegably and has all her coaching badges, communicates effectively and would certainly command the respect of the players (just try taking the piss and see if she doesn't deal with them harshly).

I'd love to see her given an opportunity.
 
I think it would end in tears, there is an obvious male dynamic to mens football and that would be required to make a new space for a woman to be integrated into it, as others have pointed out, changing rooms, showers etc on top of that I just think there are just too many other moving parts that make this an almost impossible task, from fans to players to things being taken out of context and potentially special privileges being given (possibly valid and under the guise of protection) which will only grow resentment.
 
I think it would end in tears, there is an obvious male dynamic to mens football and that would be required to make a new space for a woman to be integrated into it, as others have pointed out, changing rooms, showers etc on top of that I just think there are just too many other moving parts that make this an almost impossible task, from fans to players to things being taken out of context and potentially special privileges being given (possibly valid and under the guise of protection) which will only grow resentment.
Don't waste your time mate, unless you post "YAY, would love to see this" you're a sexist, merely for spotting the obvious pitfalls and disagreeing.
 
Don't waste your time mate, unless you post "YAY, would love to see this" you're a sexist, merely for spotting the obvious pitfalls and disagreeing.
No, you are a sexist if your argument is that men don't and shouldn't respect women as they can't perform as well.
 
No, you are a sexist if your argument is that men don't and shouldn't respect women as they can't perform as well.

I could see a scenario where certain footballers would not respect a female coaches CV as their successes would be viewed in context. For example a player can be a 100 cap international, if his team is Luxembourg it fundamentally changes how that accolade will be viewed. Of course it isn't the individuals fault, they can only win in the competitions they're valid to compete in, but it is how some will view it.
 
Managers usually have their own space/offices which players respect, but they also integrate closely with with the squad, getting changed themselves with the squad (in the same dressing room). A female manager would be totally cut adrift. This is just one small example.

Most managers use them. You can even see it on the behind the scenes footage the SAFC upload. Players go one way, coaches and managers go the other.

It worked fine for Phil Neville managing England Ladies and they were pretty successful. It works fine for men managing women's teams.

Phil Neville's actually said only Fergie came immediately into the changing room and that was for literally a couple minutes before allowing players to have physio after he left.
He said Sven and Moyes would give the players time, letting the players calm whilst they spoke to their coaches before going in.

The only thing Neville did differently was have huddles on the pitch, but that was also influenced by FIFA saying players had to give interviews to the media in a zone immediately after the match, before they went to the changing rooms.

TLDR: I doubt what you're saying is true.
 
I could see a scenario where certain footballers would not respect a female coaches CV as their successes would be viewed in context. For example a player can be a 100 cap international, if his team is Luxembourg it fundamentally changes how that accolade will be viewed. Of course it isn't the individuals fault, they can only win in the competitions they're valid to compete in, but it is how some will view it.
Fair enough, it is a valid point (although possibly shouldn't be). There are almost certainly a number of players who would initially have an issue with a female manager. There is that player/manager dynamoc in any dressing room to a certain extent, and it would initially be amplified. A top quality manager should be able to win over the team, and move on anyone they can't.

There are a number of discussion points as to why it would be difficult. My issue is more with the mindset "of course she can't, she is a woman."
 
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