He's coming

[blades14]

The coaching and development of young players I assume. Where they come from isn't that relevant in this case, is it?

But there are no stand out players which leipzig have produced so what is so good about the coaching and development?

 

[Champagneblade]

He did some impressive things in the youth setup at RB Leipzig sandwiched in between retiring as a player & taking over at Oostende. He had a good reputation in Germany & then did very well in his first season in Belgium.

The attraction is probably that he's cheap & will work within a budget & infrastructure which places Jan Van Winckel quite highly.

I think the attraction is, if you look closely at his CV, his name isn't Paul Heckingbottom and there is at least the chance he will not persist in replicating the exact same tactics and selections which have, and which continue to serve us so poorly this season.

 

[Aganarama]

Paul Casey and Chris Short are German born

And Mo Besic

 

[Yogi]

But there are no stand out players which leipzig have produced so what is so good about the coaching and development?

Interesting article on it here

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seems like the reasoning is the first team far outstripped the academy following the red bull takeover and it’s taken years of intakes to get it up to speed and they hope this current crop roughly the last ones blessin will have worked with are the ones to finally bridge that gap.

 

[Deadly_D'Jaffo]

Blessin‘s CV looks incredibly underwhelming...in fact it’s crap.
He’s only played at small clubs at a low level....he retired when he was 38.

For the defence I would like to present exhibits Mourinho Wenger, Ferguson and our very own, Wilder.

 

[ormester]

Jokanovic is my preferred option

 

[broomhillblade]

If ever there was a hint that Alexander Blessin was destined to work for the Prince it has to be in that his name is an anagram of "Bin Laden Sex Laser".

Could be a blessin in disguise...

 

[ancientblade]

Jokanovic is my preferred option

and mine

 

[broomhillblade]

For the defence I would like to present exhibits Mourinho Wenger, Ferguson and our very own, Wilder.

... and David Weir?

 

[Sean Thornton]

Apparently he’s a big fan of Norwood and the lazy Scouser......

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Hoping its similar to Xisco at Watford ...

 

[Geordie Blade]

Paul Casey and Chris Short are German born

Madness! You'll be telling us that Jack O'Connell grew up in Spain next...

 

[mattbianco1]

Well someone who drinks Belgian beer I’m sure that counts. The Irish one is a bloke in south London who had a Guinness once I know that

Bloody hell. Ball_Sup (Phil) gets everywhere

 

[N20 Blade]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Ertl was indeed Austrian. Jordan Amissah in the youth set up (goalkeeper) is German/Ghanaian; if you're stretching the definition then Chris Short (centre half, played under Warnock) was born in Münster but to English parents.

Wasn't Chris right back under Kendall? Craig, the brother, was the centre half Colin signed.

 

[Farnboroughblade]

As both Blessin and Jokanovic have done well in the respective leagues, owzabout Blessin in as Head Coach and Jokanovic in as DoF? Dream ticket and sure that combo would get us back up in one season.
I shouldn't start drinking so early in the day.

 

[Silent Blade]

Wasn't Chris right back under Kendall? Craig, the brother, was the centre half Colin signed.

Yes, Craig was born in England though

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Jokanovic is my preferred option

And even he has plenty of question marks.
Very expensive for an out of favour coach who’s touted as a sure thing yet no one has broken their necks to get him for the past few seasons. He’s now left to try and drum up interest through his representatives in a desperate attempt to get back.

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

I hope WBA stay up.

 

[ZLB]

Prefer Brown myself.

Are you allowed to say that?

 

[Athens Blade]

Yes, Craig was born in England though

In Bridlington I think

 

[Suomi_Blade]

I take it they never ran the story on Talksport in the end?

 

[Hartley Hare]

The late great Marvin Gaye took refuge in Ostend in the early 80's when at a low ebb in his life and career.

HH

 

[1987]

Im quietly excited or at least intrigued about this guy.

I suppose, theres a certain ambition about taking this chance on an unknown like this over some more well known, safer names (jokanovic excluded). A bit all or nothing, really good or really shite, and im here for it.

 

[bornablade]

The late great Marvin Gaye took refuge in Ostend in the early 80's when at a low ebb in his life and career.

HH

It's an omen..

'What's Going On?' - related to the events at the Lane.

'I heard it through the Grapevine'. - a tribute to our ITK.

 

[SouthEssexBlade]

It's an omen..

'What's Going On?' - related to the events at the Lane.

'I heard it through the Grapevine'. - a tribute to our ITK.

"Ego tripping out" over at S6

 

[BladeInAustria]

Altogether now...

,, Wir sind mit Blessins Armee auf dem Vormarsch, ja im Ehrlichkeit werden wir nicht nach Wembley fahren aber wir geben keinen Scheiß, es ist uns komplett Wurst dass die Blades nicht Tabellenführer sind, weil United die beste Fußballmannschaft ist. Alle zusammen jetzt..."

 

[Rodley]

Because he learned his trade as a coach in the RB Leipzig youth/development system, which is very highly regarded around the world and produced Hasenhuttl.

Learnt his trade as a youth coach. We’re basically appointing RB Leipzig’s equivalent of Derek Geary after a 6 month stint at Motherwell. I’m fine for it, if we’re skint roll the dice but he’s got no track record so it’s an absolute shot in the dark.

 

[Rodley]

For the defence I would like to present exhibits Mourinho Wenger, Ferguson and our very own, Wilder.

TBF Ferguson won 3 SPL titles and UEFA Cup Winners Cup at Aberdeen, Wenger won the league at Monaco, Wilder had done well wherever he’d been and just won a League 2 title. Mourinho admittedly was a gamble for Benfica, but had been an Assistant at Barca.

Ironically the biggest local similarity is Leeds givingHeckingbottom a crack (!) - successful at youth team level, did well in a short stint at Barnsley in his first gig.

 

[dc_blade]

Learnt his trade as a youth coach. We’re basically appointing RB Leipzig’s equivalent of Derek Geary after a 6 month stint at Motherwell. I’m fine for it, if we’re skint roll the dice but he’s got no track record so it’s an absolute shot in the dark.

Yeah, I'm not going to bat for the guy, just explaining what I think is the appeal for our board. I like the look of him but you're right to say it's a gamble. We just need to get someone through the door at this point and stop the rot.

 

[Rodley]

Yeah, I'm not going to bat for the guy, just explaining what I think is the appeal for our board. I like the look of him but you're right to say it's a gamble. We just need to get someone through the door at this point and stop the rot.

I know DC, but there’s no discernible track record with the guy. I think it’s a fair comment to struggle to grasp the appeal apart from he’s different from his predecessor. It’s an enormous gamble trusting our parachute payments to an unknown. Arguably a bigger one than Weir IMHO who at least had some pedigree in the U.K. and potential to maybe bring in some players from former clubs.

Let’s hope he’s our David Wagner / Daniel Farke and can get us up. The reality though is the board need to find some more investment in the next 3 years as we’ll either (a) run out of parachute payments, or (b) we’ll get up and just fall at the quality hurdle again.