So called football ‘pundit’ Robbie Savage has gone on a rant about Swansea City’s decision to ignore Ryan Giggs in their search for a new manager.
He’s proven to be an idiot – yet again – criticising our decision to ignore Ryan Giggs and is complete lack of managerial experience, and go with American Bob Bradley instead – someone who has actually managed for quite a few years now.
Robbie Savage said in his column that it’s ‘nonsense’ if Giggs didn’t get the Swansea manager’s job simply because of his poor interview.
Savage – you are an idiot!
Ryan Giggs was immediately not a favourable choice amongst fans, he has no managerial experience and he doesn’t come across as the most confidence and motivating individual. So it’s no surprise that he failed the interview having shown an interest in the position vacated by Monday’s sacking of Francesco Guidolin.
Another idiotic comment was: ‘what kind of message does that send young British managers trying to make their way in the game?’
I don’t think Swansea care about the message it sends out to young British managers. It’s not our job to care about it, it’s simply our job to find the best man for the job, and if the club felt that it wasn’t Ryan Giggs then so be it.
It makes Savage despair – maybe he should go for a lie down. At least the likes of Giggs are looking for managerial work eh Robbie?
It makes me despair if Ryan Giggs missed out on becoming Swansea City`s new manager because his job interview was allegedly not up to scratch.
Giggs lost out to former United States coach Bob Bradley in the race to succeed Francesco Guidolin at the Liberty Stadium.
That`s Swansea`s call, and good luck to Bradley, but what kind of message does that send young British managers trying to make their way in the game?
Giggs played nearly 1,000 games for Manchester United spread over 24 years. What he doesn`t know about the Premier League, and what Swansea need to do if they want to stay in it, probably isn`t worth knowing.
His stupid comments continue, like he did on BBC Radio 5 Live when he had fellow pundit Chris Sutton backing him up. Apparently, Ryan Giggs doesn’t even need an interview! No, because why on earth would we want to know about our potential new manager before offering him a lucrative long-term contract? Especially when we’ve had to sack our last 3 and pay off their deals?
I was not present at Giggs` interview, so I don`t know the reasons why he missed the boat.
But if he didn`t tick enough boxes because there was no power-point presentation, or he hadn`t completed some human resources online module, football is going mad.
Surely Giggs` experience at Old Trafford and his knowledge of the terrain at Premier League level – where he operated all his career – is worth a punt?
Surely his two years as Louis van Gaal`s assistant, another season as player-coach under David Moyes and his month as caretaker when Moyes was sacked in 2014, counts for something?
Maybe Savage should realise that not all great players make great managers. According to Savage, simply because he played so many years at the top in the Premier League, that the Swans should automatically take him on as manager – someone to get us out from the bottom four in one of the toughest domestic leagues in World football. No pressure in your first job!
Savage also believes that he’d rather Giggs in the dugout, rather than his words – ‘Premier League virgin’ Bob Bradley. He’d run through more brick walls for Giggs than Bradley apparently.
When Swansea players are sat in the dressing room under new management next Saturday, hoping to get something against Arsenal, would they be more inspired by Giggs – who played 50 games against the Gunners alone in his career – or Premier League virgin Bradley?
I know who would make me run through more brick walls.
This is nothing personal against Bradley. He may turn out to be an inspired appointment and I hope I am wrong about him.
It`s ridiculous if managers are being appointed on how well they perform at interview instead of their knowledge of the terrain, their football philosophy and their contacts in the game.
Look, Giggs has no divine right to stroll into a big Premier League club and expect the manager`s job at the drop of a hat.
But his rejection by Swansea is another kick in the teeth for aspiring young British managers because Bradley`s arrival blocks another route to the top for home-grown coaches.
What is the point of senior players going on courses and taking their coaching badges, in the hope of forging a career in management, if there are no jobs for them at the end of the rainbow?
He says there that it’s ridiculous if managers are appointed based on their interview and not on their knowledge or football philosophy. But isn’t an interview when clubs get to know what their vision, ambitions and philosophy is?
Savage also wonders Giggs should start out at the lower leagues because he doesn’t have experience of League 2.
His comments really aren’t surprising, but they’re stupid and make little sense if any. It’s obvious that as a pundit for the BBC, they’re desperate for more British managers in the Premier League, but it’s becoming clear that there’s a lack of British managers out there that are an attractive appointment. In fairness, a lot of them are in the lower leagues where they are gaining some valuable experience before moving up to a higher League. Why on earth shouldn’t a young, inexperienced manager try himself out in a lower league, rather than jumping in at the very top where it can be very difficult to gain success early on.
To think a part of our license fee pays for his wages to speak utter drivel even if this was his newspaper column, he ranted on saying the exact same things on BBC radio – along with Chris Sutton for over an hour – painful.
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