Keiron Dyer as a Town manager prospect ?
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 10:41 am
https://www.eadt.co.uk/sport/ipswich-to ... ch-6866654
Now I know I've often been viewed as a town fan with Blue tinted glasses. I am Blue to the Bone, 'tis true. But for some reason I cant quite get on this Kieron Dyer for next Town manager, bandwagon.
This interview with him in todays EADT, left me pondering really. Yes he's got his class A&B Coaching Badges, and I see there is plenty of name dropping by KD about his potential "contacts" in the game which "opens doors" apparently . This might be true. But when he left the Club a year ago it was to go and broaden his coaching horizons. You would have expected him to have got a job at a lower league Club to achieve this . Miles under the belt as they say . Hard experience. But no, he says he spoke to a few individuals at one or two PL Clubs and watched how they approached the game.
I know a relative of his . He lives next door to my uncle, and I've often asked "how's Keiron doing, and what's he doing" over the last year. The response was this. Oh he left Town because he hated coaching the kids and he left to go and coach senior players. But he's largely done nothing over the last 12 months. He then just 2 months ago, was all set to join the "Celebrity SAS" programme, ( I suppose undertaking that would enhance his fitness!), but then we learn things had changed behind the scenes at the Club, with Nash moving to a more senior role, and the next thing is he's jacked that tv programme in and has re-joined the club, suddenly "a much better coach" (his words).
So call me a sceptic, but I'm really not sure how KD is anywhere near the finished article to become Town manager anytime soon. He has minimal coaching experience of anything above U18's to my knowledge, but reading his interview he's certainly trying to use his previous playing career
(mostly injured) and associations to past big names in the game. He talks a good game for sure. But is it transferrable into the senior game ?
Frankly Id be worried in Evans employed him in a senior role at this stage. I think he needs to go and coach at League Two and other League One club levels first . Obviously its Just my view though .
What do others feel about this …..?
Now I know I've often been viewed as a town fan with Blue tinted glasses. I am Blue to the Bone, 'tis true. But for some reason I cant quite get on this Kieron Dyer for next Town manager, bandwagon.
This interview with him in todays EADT, left me pondering really. Yes he's got his class A&B Coaching Badges, and I see there is plenty of name dropping by KD about his potential "contacts" in the game which "opens doors" apparently . This might be true. But when he left the Club a year ago it was to go and broaden his coaching horizons. You would have expected him to have got a job at a lower league Club to achieve this . Miles under the belt as they say . Hard experience. But no, he says he spoke to a few individuals at one or two PL Clubs and watched how they approached the game.
I know a relative of his . He lives next door to my uncle, and I've often asked "how's Keiron doing, and what's he doing" over the last year. The response was this. Oh he left Town because he hated coaching the kids and he left to go and coach senior players. But he's largely done nothing over the last 12 months. He then just 2 months ago, was all set to join the "Celebrity SAS" programme, ( I suppose undertaking that would enhance his fitness!), but then we learn things had changed behind the scenes at the Club, with Nash moving to a more senior role, and the next thing is he's jacked that tv programme in and has re-joined the club, suddenly "a much better coach" (his words).
So call me a sceptic, but I'm really not sure how KD is anywhere near the finished article to become Town manager anytime soon. He has minimal coaching experience of anything above U18's to my knowledge, but reading his interview he's certainly trying to use his previous playing career
(mostly injured) and associations to past big names in the game. He talks a good game for sure. But is it transferrable into the senior game ?
Frankly Id be worried in Evans employed him in a senior role at this stage. I think he needs to go and coach at League Two and other League One club levels first . Obviously its Just my view though .
What do others feel about this …..?