Nicky Butt gets the head of academy gig

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ead-of-academy

The beginning of a hostile CO92 takeover of the club?

Originally Posted by saffers

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ead-of-academy

The beginning of a hostile CO92 takeover of the club?

Yea that's what it'll be.

More likely a boost to the Mourinho in boys - he doesn't take a major interest in the academy stuff does he?

Good news that . He seems to have more about him than the rest of Co92.

Good luck, Nicky. You'll £#%&!ing need it.

butt...head.

Another jobs for the boys appointment

So much for a revolution of our youth setup

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Another jobs for the boys appointment

So much for a revolution of our youth setup

A) it doesn't need a 'revolution'

B) how exactly do you know what Nicky Butt is and isn't capable of?

Brave

Originally Posted by Ashley's Grime

Good news that . He seems to have more about him than the rest of Co92.

agreed. Him and Giggs are the only credible ones. Scholes as well to an extent when he's not being a moaning arse.

Hope the Nevilles get ran over by a vespa on the streets of Balencia.

Originally Posted by Part 36 Offer

agreed. Him and Giggs are the only credible ones. Scholes as well to an extent when he's not being a moaning arse.

Hope the Nevilles get ran over by a vespa on the streets of Balencia.

All of them are thick as £#%&! tbh and i wouldn't trust them to train a #@&%!er spaniel let alone a top footballer.

But whatevs.

Originally Posted by Sparky***

All of them are thick as £#%&! tbh and i wouldn't trust them to train a #@&%!er spaniel let alone a top footballer.

But whatevs.

I wouldn't call any of them thick tbf. They all seem fairly switched on for footballers.

Originally Posted by Ethers

A) it doesn't need a 'revolution'

B) how exactly do you know what Nicky Butt is and isn't capable of?

Personally I didn't want an internal appointment I wanted us to appoint someone who is experienced and has an excellent track record as a head of youth development at a football club
Maybe Butt will be great appointment (although I doubt it) but I'm sure he's got the job because he's the cheap option

Oh and our youth setup badly needs to be revolutionised

Got lots of thoughts about this but gonna save them for Pures thread in the morning.

Can see him doing a decent job. He seemed to be a bit more clued up than the lot of them on that programme when Giggs took over for a bit.
He's played in a European cup final, he's won trophies and he's a product of the clubs youth team.

Originally Posted by Switching Off

Got lots of thoughts about this but gonna save them for Pures thread in the morning.

My first thought was that this will mean Giggsy will get the managers job now. I thought 'head of accadamy' was nailed on for him when Louis gets binned off in summer.

Originally Posted by ZiggyStardust

Personally I didn't want an internal appointment I wanted us to appoint someone who is experienced and has an excellent track record as a head of youth development at a football club
Maybe Butt will be great appointment (although I doubt it) but I'm sure he's got the job because he's the cheap option

Oh and our youth setup badly needs to be revolutionised

So who did you want appointed? Name names please.

Oh and, it doesn't. It needs some changes, NQAT. Revolutionised? You're just saying things to make it look like you know what you're talking about.

I'm cautiously optimistic about this. There is a wave of modernity in the approach to Academy-level coaching, and while I think 90% of it is very good, I think it could also be good to have the defenders at least trained in a more traditional style - i.e., learn to £#%&!ing defend first, before passing out of the back.

So it took them a year to evaluate that Nicky Butt, the guy who has been working with the academy since 2012, is the right man for the job?

Originally Posted by Clarkie

So it took them a year to evaluate that Nicky Butt, the guy who has been working with the academy since 2012, is the right man for the job?

Brian McClair left last year the head of the academy left last year.