Phil Neville: England Manager

[Patrick Thistle]

My jaw literally dropped when I read that

[Various Artist]

They might at least have offered a decent pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc.

[johnr]

Tonight's Women's Football Show on the BBC asked a few people 'what do you think of Neville's appointment?' and received the answer - paraphrasing a bit - 'it'd be great if there was a woman, but Phil can do a good job'. Nobody said 'I don't agree with his appointment'. I guess there's nobody who thinks that.

[Various Artist]

Probably all too stunned speechless to formulate a reply.

[Jah Womble]

More likely the female pundits have been 'advised' to button it: Alex Scott alluded to the complete wrongness of Neville's crass domestic violence comment on Saturday's Football Focus, which was very quickly brushed over by Dan Walker.

Had this been a race issue, we really - and rightly - wouldn't have come close to this appointment happening, would we? Can you imagine somebody trying to dismiss all that with 'it's not representative of who I am' (or whatever the glib excuse was)?

[Patrick Thistle]

I mentioned thd prosecco offer to a colleague (who self describes as a gym bunny) who jokes how she glazes over when I start talking about football, and she said that a free glass would get her interested in playing football. So clearly there is a demographic who would like that offer.

[Uros Predic]

Tonight's Women's Football Show on the BBC asked a few people 'what do you think of Neville's appointment?' and received the answer - paraphrasing a bit - 'it'd be great if there was a woman, but Phil can do a good job'. Nobody said 'I don't agree with his appointment'. I guess there's nobody who thinks that.

I've done a bit of work with Doncaster Rovers Belles over the last few years, so follow a fair number of their current and former players on twitter. They certainly didn't and don't agree with his appointment...

"Gutted! Hope the England Women's team provide him with the development and stepping stone he needs! ��"

"Loooool this is so disrespectful to managers within the women’s game"

[Etienne]

I don't think the Prosecco idea is a terrible one, really. Obviously it's a bit cliched, but it's not an offensive offer.

[johnr]

I've done a bit of work with Doncaster Rovers Belles over the last few years, so follow a fair number of their current and former players on twitter. They certainly didn't and don't agree with his appointment...

"Gutted! Hope the England Women's team provide him with the development and stepping stone he needs! ��"

"Loooool this is so disrespectful to managers within the women’s game"

Indeed. I've seen a bit of that too, but wasn't entirely surprised that the Beeb couldn't find room to include any of it.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

haha

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/o...oach-32nq79j89

[Patrick Thistle]

Got a notification for this thread. Completely forgot I'd started it.

[Satchmo Distel]

Were no non-shit coaches available?

[Toby Gymshorts]

Allardyce is, unfortunately, tied up elsewhere.

[Satchmo Distel]

And he's also employed by West Brom.

[jefe]

Miami fired their manager yesterday, FYI.

[Patrick Thistle]

Phil Neville was the answer to a question on the episode of Only Connect I watched today

[Gangster Octopus]

Yeah, I got a three pointer on that one.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

This is pretty brutal.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...d-open-for-him

[Sean of the Shed]

This is pretty brutal.

https://www.theguardian.com/football...d-open-for-him

Couple of points worth noting, the writer implies that Gary Neville being at Valencia helped Phil get the job there, but he had been a coach at the club five months before Gary turned up there as manager. Also he was only covering at Salford for just one game after the manager had been sacked.

[Bizarre Löw Triangle]

Couple of points worth noting, the writer implies that Gary Neville being at Valencia helped Phil get the job there, but he had been a coach at the club five months before Gary turned up there as manager. Also he was only covering at Salford for just one game after the manager had been sacked.

Yes, though Valencia was owned by Nevilles' business partner Peter Lim.