Episode 51 is a discussion about the benefits of being an ex-professional soccer player coaching professional soccer vs non-ex-professional soccer player coaching professional soccer.

We look at an interview by Alanyaspor head coach Francesco Farioli and what his opinions on the subject are. We also look at a passage from Michael Cox's book "Zonal Marking" that discusses Italian coaching education and what Arrigo Sacchi brought to the table.

More information regarding the interview can be found on Twitter via @stirling_j 

Thanks once again for tuning in to Episode 50 - today's episode is on something that can be very frustrating. My aim with today's episode is to almost talk to a younger version of myself. I've now started a video format version of this Podcast which can be found on the Youtube Coaching Board.

Episode 49 - Soccer Books - Zonal Marking & Team Building plus first filmed recording. Today's episode is a book review episode looking at Michael Cox's book Zonal Marking and Rinus Michaels Book Team Building. I also filmed this episode for Coaching Board on Youtube.

https://www.amazon.com/Teambuilding-road-success-Rinus-Michels/dp/1890946737

https://www.amazon.com/Zonal-Marking-Zidane-Making-Modern/dp/1568589336/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LGT8TWKYJMGI&keywords=zonal+marking&qid=1643242824&s=books&sprefix=zonal+marking%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1 

Coaching Board Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCef_jEUCnE2XAmNw6bEEWdw

What can we learn from Erik Ten Hag “I want to work for an organization with a clear philosophy, attainable ambitions and honest people. If I don’t have that idea, I don’t start it. The last thing I want is to look over my shoulder to make sure they don’t shoot me in the back.”  Erik Ten Hag https://twitter.com/HalfSpaceNatt

Happy 2022! Today's episode is about my experience trying, failing and succeeding at getting jobs in soccer. It can be very frustrating sometimes and I hope the episode gives you a little encouragement.

This episode is about the first session coaching professional men's soccer for Bury FC. Not everything went smoothly and looking back it was a disaster but luckily it was exactly what I needed at the time. Also talk about Kevin Blackwell and his words of advice.

Episode 45 I'm talking about the manager merry-go-round specifically Nuno Espirito Santo, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Unai Emery, Antonio Conte. 

Watching James Bond - No Time To Die starring Daniel Craig this week made me look at the past 15 years. Daniel Craig has been James Bond since 2006 starting in his 30's but now at 53. Daniel Craig finished his last movie as 007 and it got me thinking!

Episode 43 is about the popular Apple original Ted Lasso, I've loved the show since I started watching it last year. I think there's some important thing that we can learn from it and hope to highlight them during the episode.

Work-life balance in Soccer isn't a thing apparently...well it is but you're probably not what AFC Fylde are looking for. 

Below is the glossary from https://jobsinfootball.com/job/20310/general-manager-football/ AFC Fylde Job Listing

GLOSSARY

‘Office Lurkers’

People who find every reason possible to stay in their office and NOT to get out and meet people face to face, be they customers, suppliers or our employee’s.

‘Delegators’

Those managers who “delegate” any job that is boring, mundane, difficult, detailed or indeed they consider to be below their status to someone else down the food chain without FIRST understanding how to do the job themselves. This is particularly prevalent in football, where most people want to spend the day pontificating with whoever will listen about players, tactics and in fact anything but that for which they are responsible. We call them ‘football romantics’.

‘Work life Balance’

A modern, commonly used term that can mean many different things to different people. However, from our experience, in simple terms we have found this means the ability to work from home some days a week, start late some days or leave early. Since the pandemic, the requests to work from home have increased and in fact many of our employees did work from home, but now we have returned to normal. Our working hours throughout the whole of the group are 8am-5pm Monday – Friday, with exception of Saturdays in football, where you take a day off during the week to compensate.