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Michael Beale – The New QPR Boss Ready to Transition From Assistant to Head Coach
For many clubs, appointing a head coach yet to take charge of a first-team game can be seen as a huge gamble. That gamble is more so for a side trying to weave their way out of the EFL Championship, which many would describe as the most difficult league in the world. For Queen’s…
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Steven Gerrard: From Rangers to Aston Villa, His Progression Curve as a Coach
English professional football manager and former player Steven George Gerrard MBE now serves as the head coach of the Aston Villa team that competes in the Premier League. He came into the world on May 30th, 1980. Gerrard played the majority of his professional career in the central midfield position for both Liverpool and…
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Rob Edwards – Can He Change the Club Culture at Watford?
Rob Edwards’ appointment as head coach of Watford is one that raises many eyebrows, despite the success of a title-winning season with Forest Green Rovers. With a notoriously trigger-happy owner in Gino Pozzo, the Hornets haven’t been a club that likes to stick with the project as such. This is why Edwards’ signing comes…
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Analyzing Luciano Spalletti’s First Season in Charge of Napoli
At the start of the season, very few Napoli fans had their sights set on finishing the season with their first league title in over 30 years. Luciano Spalletti was not the most attractive candidate for the head coaching role and many Napoli fans were against his appointment, but with 7 games to go, Napoli…
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How David Moyes Brought the Good Times Back to West Ham
David Moyes. The underappreciated Scottish chap from the streets of Glasgow whose roots run deep into English football courtesy of his tenures at Preston North End, Everton, Manchester United and Sunderland prior to taking charge of West Ham in November 2017 to replace Slaven Bilic, as the east London side sat in the relegation zone.…
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Carlo Ancelotti vs Pep Guardiola: A Battle Between Two of Europe’s Elites
The UEFA Champions League has its rich history of enthralling battles between players and managers, but very few are at the pedigree of the two managers locking horns in the Champions League semifinal. If there was ever a debate about the greatest manager of all time, you are assured of hearing at least one of…
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10 Candidates to Succeed Sean Dyche as Burnley FC Manager
“I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds”. A quote attributed to Phil Keoghan, the New Zealand TV presenter famous for hosting CBS’ The Amazing Race. It’s a quote that perfectly encapsulates the current status of Burnley FC in the English Premier League over the past fifteen years. Founded in…
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How Ange Postecoglou Has Turned the Tide at Celtic
Ange Postecoglou has transformed Celtic on & off the park. He’s provided a team who play relentlessly aggressive attacking football & united a fan base that was in despair following a shambolic season last year, and he deserves enormous credit for what he has achieved in less than twelve months. What Shape Were Celtic in…
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Domenico Tedesco: Profiling Leipzig’s Manager
At 36 years of age, Domenico Tedesco has already amassed a coaching resume that is paralleled by few, if any of his age mates. Born in Rossano, Italy, Tedesco’s family emigrated to Germany when he was two years old, with Tedesco completing his vocational training as a wholesale merchant and earning a bachelor’s degree in…
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Steven Gerrard’s Aston Villa: A Mini Liverpool
At just 41 years of age, Steven Gerrard has already served as Rangers manager, coaching 196 games, winning 64% of those games, and leading them to their first league title in a decade and ending Celtic’s domestic dominance. This resulted in his first-ever Premier League job, with Gerrard replacing Dean Smith as Aston Villa manager…