Hendo Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Rumoured to be interested? I am aroused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rellum Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I'm not, the guy has been far from stellar as a manager and can't last more than one season with a club before quitting or getting the sack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huzie Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sign him up! Don't care if we come last! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 I'm not, the guy has been far from stellar as a manager and can't last more than one season with a club before quitting or getting the sack. Truth. However, a) He is still relatively young. It's fucking Lothar c) His experience is second to none and would be great for our young lads and the club in general. d) Legend of the game. I'm bowing down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Lothar also comes with a 21 year old ukranian model wife. Yeww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hendo Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sack JVS, Lothar will lead us to finals glory. Anti-Nederland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woody Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Him or Klinnsmen plz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 if Klinsmann was our coach i would queef. sadly his wage demands probably equal our entire squad wages and then some Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 AFAIK Matthaus was also an applicant for the inaugural coaching job. he had a stellar playing career but the real question is whether he's the best applicant for the coaching job now. As others have pointed out, he hasn't had a stellar coaching career in a number of leagues. Here's what Wiki has to say: Coaching career One year after ending his illustrious playing days, Matthäus started a coaching career, which has so far been much less distinguished. In his print interviews and other media appearances he has been clear about his goal and desire to coach in the Bundesliga. His hope was that taking coaching jobs abroad would lead to offers from Germany. When none came his way even after multiple foreign appointements, he often complained about it in the German press in-between his coaching stints. In November 2009, he gave a lengthy interview to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in which he complained about what he considers to be inadequate treatment he receives in Germany as a former great. He also bemoaned the lack of coaching job offers extended to him in the Bundesliga – saying German clubs perceived him as being too much of a Bayern supporter and too closely linked with the influential Bild tabloid newspaper to give him a job.[5] His first head coaching experience was at Rapid Vienna. It lasted From September 2001 until May 2002 with mixed results.[6] [edit] FK Partizan In December 2002 he was hired by Partizan Belgrade during mid-season winter break to replace recently sacked Ljubiša Tumbaković, signing a 2-and-half-year contract set to expire in summer 2005. Inheriting a team at the top of the league table, Matthäus achieved the immediate goal by steering Partizan to the 2002–03 league title in convincing fashion, at one point even extending the lead over the second-placed rivals Red Star Belgrade to 19 points. Still, his finest hour with the club came in August 2003 when Partizan eliminated favourites Newcastle United in the Champions League 3rd qualifying round to reach the 2003–04 competition's group stage. Following the first leg 0–1 loss at home, the cause seemed lost, however Partizan improbably triumphed 0–1 away at St. James' Park, taking the tie to penalties. The penalty series brought further dramatic changes of momentum before Milivoje Ćirković's successful spot kick finally put Partizan through. Interestingly, Matthäus had his back turned to the pitch as couldn't bear to watch the drama of Ćirković's penalty. Though drawn in a tough group with powerhouse Real Madrid of the first galáctico era, eventual champions F.C. Porto, and Olympique de Marseille, Partizan played some inspired football that autumn, only narrowly missing out on the UEFA Cup spot. On Saturday 13 December 2003, right after finishing the final league match of the half-season (0–1 win away at FK Železnik) before the winter break, Matthäus abruptly resigned his post at Partizan by addressing the players and club leadership in private. He apparently told them that he's leaving the club for personal reasons.[7] Club spokesperson said Matthäus would clear everything up at a press conference that he scheduled for Monday (two days later), but it was already widely speculated through reports in the Hungarian press that the German had agreed terms with Hungarian Football Federation to coach their national team.[8] Next day, the rumours proved true as he officially signed the contract in Budapest and also got introduced to the media gathered at the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus.[9] Four months after leaving Belgrade, in mid-April 2004, the row over terms of Matthäus' contract with Partizan was opened with both parties publicly going back and forth at each other. It began with Matthäus, by now Hungarian national team head coach, giving a detailed interview to Serbian press in which he accused Partizan club leadership of breaching the additional terms of his contract.[10] It became known on that occasion that his initial contract with Partizan that was finalized on 1 January 2003 included a base guaranteed part as well additional premium clauses giving him between 5–10% from players' transfers and shirt sponsorships (as well as Champions League bonus incentives). Matthäus said that after none of that was honoured he gave up on asking for his percentages of the Danko Lazović and Zvonimir Vukić transfers as well as Superfund shirt sponsorship deal due to "not wanting to upset the team atmoshere during Champions League qualifying", but instead pushed for the additional terms to be renegotiated. After successful CL qualification, the additional terms were in fact renegotiated with Partizan's general secretary Žarko Zečević so that both parties agreed to put the previous additional terms out of effect and instead now give Matthäus 15% of the Igor Duljaj's (club's best young asset at the time) future transfer abroad as well as to allow Matthäus to leave the club any time he wanted without penalties. Duljaj was sold to Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2004 for US$4 million, and Matthaus claimed Partizan failed to pay him the agreed percentage ($600,000 or €469,500). The club responded two days later in a lengthy press release saying that they don't owe him any money.[11] One day after that, Matthäus decided to sue Partizan for the amount of US$600,000 before Sports Arbitration Court in Lausanne, Switzerland.[12] [edit] Hungary national team The country once synonymous with world class football was trying to return its national team on the path of former 1950s glory, and Matthäus was given the task of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. After being drawn in a tough group with Sweden, Croatia and Bulgaria that goal looked increasingly difficult. The campaign started in the autumn of 2004 and fairly quickly it became obvious Hungary were in over their heads. The opening 3–0 loss away at Croatia in early September was somewhat offset four days later by the 3–2 hard fought home win versus Iceland. A month later, Matthäus' Hungary faced another important test away from home, this time at Sweden. And once again it finished in disappointment with another demoralizing 3–0 loss. Before the winter break, Hungary managed to beat the minnows of the group Malta thus finishing the fall part of the qualifying in fourth place with six points, mathematically still within striking distance of the leading trio. As the qualifiers resumed in late March 2005, Hungary hosted Bulgaria in what was pretty much a must win match for Matthäus' squad, however they only managed a draw right at the end with the goal coming in 90th minute for a 1–1 final scoreline. As Croatia and Sweden both won on the same occasion, the leading duo of teams now tangibly separated themselves from the pack of chasers, all of which meant that in order to qualify Hungary would have to win all its remaining fixtures and even get some outside help in terms of favourable results elswehere. Such improbable scenario failed to materialize and they ended up in fourth place with 14 points from 10 matches, well behind Croatia and Sweden who earned 25 and 24 points, respectively. Somewhat unexpectedly, Matthäus was allowed to finish out the campaign behind the bench, and was even offered Hungarian citizenship, which he at the time said he would accept. There's no word whether he actually did. After he left the Hungary post Matthäus was vocally critical of the Hungarian Football Federation, accusing it in November 2007 of "not contributing, but exploting Hungarian football" and citing that "it's not coincidental that the Hungarian bid to host Euro 2012 didn't receive any votes".[13] [edit] Atlético Paranaense Matthäus signed a one-year contract to coach Brazilian club Atlético Paranaense from the city of Curitiba on 11 January 2006. However, after only 7 matches in charge (5 wins, 2 draws) from the start of the 2006 Paraná state championship he quit the club in March 2006 citing the need to be closer to his family. The way he left raised some questions about his professionalism. Apparently, only 5 weeks after signing a contract he informed club officials about a need to rush back to Europe in order to deal with an urgent personal problem, but assured them he'd be back in 3–4 days. After missing for two weeks, he faxed in his resignation on 20 March and never even went back to Brazil to pick up his personal belongings.[14] Some ten days later, Atlético put out a release mentioning that Matthäus ran up R$13,000 (US$5,915) in phone charges that the club wanted him to pay.[15][16] The club even posted the bill on their website.[17] [edit] Red Bull Salzburg On 19 May 2006, only two months following the bizarre Brazilian episode, Matthäus was announced as coach of Red Bull Salzburg (formerly Austria Salzburg) for the upcoming 2006–07 season. Shortly, the club also signed Giovanni Trapattoni (incidentally Matthäus' former coach at Inter Milan) to be their director of football. In practice, this meant that Trapattoni and Matthäus essentially shared coaching duties. Despite co-leading the team to the Austrian league title by a large margin, Matthäus would eventually be fired on 12 June 2007 by unanimous decision of the Red Bull Salzburg's board of directors. [edit] Maccabi Netanya On 13 April 2008, it was announced that Matthäus signed with Israeli side Maccabi Netanya to coach the club from the beginning of the 2008–09 season.[18] On 29 April 2009, with the Israeli league season still ongoing and Netanya sitting in fourth place, it was announced that Matthäus will not be back for the second season once the current one is finished. The reason cited was the financial trouble that the club was going through.[19][20] Matthäus' club finished the league season in fourth spot. Team From To Record P W D L Win % Maccabi Netanya 13 April 2008 1 June 2009 45 19 14 12 42.22 [edit] Bulgaria national team Lothar Matthäus during a friendly football match Bulgaria – Serbia ended 0–1, 17 November 2010, Sofia. On 21 September 2010, it was announced that Matthäus will be the new coach of the Bulgarian national team after the resignation of Stanimir Stoilov a few weeks earlier.[21] His contract was for one year with the option for a two-year extension. He started with a 1–0 win against Wales in Cardiff on his debut. Matthäus led Bulgaria to their first win in 2010 and in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualification campaign. On 12 October 2010, he led Bulgaria to a 2–0 win over Saudi Arabia in a friendly. On 17 November 2010, in a friendly played in Sofia, Bulgaria lost to Serbia with a score of 0–1. Despite winning his first match in the qualifiers against Wales, Bulgaria under Matthäus were unable to qualify for Euro 2012, following draws with Switzerland and Montenegro, as well as a home loss against England. On 19 September 2011, it was revealed that his contract with Bulgaria will not be extended. Team From To Record G W D L Win % F A Goal +/- Bulgaria October 2010 19 September 2011 11 3 3 5 27 8 12 −4 Update: 8 September 2011 [edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 would be a huge signing but as some have pointed out he hasn't exactly had a successful coaching career. Would definitely have us in the media a lot during the off season though am leaning more toward Krol because he has had success in his coaching career either option would be decent IMO. I would rather have Krol/Lother than Milicic/Aloisi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Klinnsman would be the ultimate wet dream tho wouldn't it..? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) Pass. These big name players are almost never worth it. We want a communicator and a thinker as well as a motivator. Edited March 21, 2012 by cadete 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Break it down. NT. He really couldn't do that much with both the Hungarian and Bulgarian national team squads, the draw also made the task harder than it was. He didn't do that bad with both national terms, considering the circumstances. Club. Partizan - Won the league, but the league was already won by the time he came in. Did knock out Newcastle and reach the UCL groupstages in 03/04. Salzburg - Won the Austrian League comfortably. Athletico P - Horrible, obviously made the wrong choice in going there. M. Netanya - Achieved what was expected. Pass. These big name players are almost never worth it. We want a communicator and a thinker as well as a motivator. P. Littsbarski did well last time I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 scott munn was asked on twitter whether Lothar would get the job and he said "unlikely" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Break it down. NT. He really couldn't do that much with both the Hungarian and Bulgarian national team squads, the draw also made the task harder than it was. He didn't do that bad with both national terms, considering the circumstances. Club. Partizan - Won the league, but the league was already won by the time he came in. Did knock out Newcastle and reach the UCL groupstages in 03/04. Salzburg - Won the Austrian League comfortably. Athletico P - Horrible, obviously made the wrong choice in going there. M. Netanya - Achieved what was expected. P. Littsbarski did well last time I remember. I doubt things would work out well... I cant really see him in his Hugo Boss down at La Trobe Uni anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caganer Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 There's a big difference between expressing interest in the role and being willing to accept the pay packet and conditions offered for the role. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 TBH his management career is alright in terms of results, but in terms of professionalism thats another matter, how long would he last before he decides he needs to go back to Europe? Anyway, probably too expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 TBH his management career is alright in terms of results, but in terms of professionalism thats another matter, how long would he last before he decides he needs to go back to Europe? Anyway, probably too expensive. He would demand a house in Portsea as well as the one in Brighton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Klinnsman would be the ultimate wet dream tho wouldn't it..? Klinnsy is happy living in LA as the US national coach. In any case he'd have the team all doing yoga, meditation and crystals. Ruud Krol would be a better choice, at least he has the pedigree as a player and coach, has also come from the Ajax system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted March 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Klinnsy is happy living in LA as the US national coach. In any case he'd have the team all doing yoga, meditation and crystals. Ruud Krol would be a better choice, at least he has the pedigree as a player and coach, has also come from the Ajax system. Krul would definitely be the better choice, but it's expected to act like a japanese school girl when LM is mentioned. All kinds of sexy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Matthäus was overlooked by Sydney’s technical director Gary Cole... (he) was willing to take the job for a figure in the low six figures. Then it goes on to say: It seems quite obvious to me that Ernie Merrick is earmarked for the Sydney job. There will be a couple of smokescreens and Merrick will end up being reunited with Gary at Sydney after their years together at Melbourne Victory. Very funking weird. http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/news/1098419/Matth%C3%A4us-snubbed-by-Sydney-FC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 (edited) low 6 figures? Interesting. Probably like 250-300k. Sign him. I dont see whats weird about Gary appointing his boy Ernie? Seems legit to me. Edited March 21, 2012 by Tesla Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted March 21, 2012 Report Share Posted March 21, 2012 Lothar has got a massive cock Lothar Lothar Etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted March 23, 2012 Report Share Posted March 23, 2012 Krul is absolutely fap worthy. Mathaus could be a decent appointment but far more risky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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