Training them to Hoof it
Robin van Persie: Heerenveen head coach (Next Feyenoord coach)
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Training them to Hoof it
Apparently team briefings are held in the treatment room….
First manager to be ruled out with injury
Good luck RVP, the last world class player any of us witnessed for United.
He could have been killed by a football, now he is a manager. Well done lad
Good luck RvP!
A combination between A, D and E.
Not sure if he'll be a great manager. He acts like a gentleman now, but at heart he's still the little cnut that stole Van Hooijdonk's freekick. As soon as the press asks 3 annoying questions he'll headbutt them.
Some amount of coaching brains to pick from (if he needs too) from who he's played under. (Fergie, Wenger, Van Gaal, Hiddink, Advocaat)
Don't forget Moyes.
Harsh to leave out Moyes like that
United manager in a few years.
Got thrashed 9-1 by Alkmaar
a shame to see another promising manager decide to be dutch.
AZ. But yes. Apparently they kept attacking all game, which I suppose didn't help.
@BenitoSTARR can tell you stories about it.
Oh, Robin van Persie...
I'd 9-1 to be an Heerenveen fan
He can be RVN's assistant next season
Heerenveen have FC Twente next who have been struggling themselves
Another brilliant ex player who doesn't realise you can't play Totaalvoetbal with a team like Heerenveen.
9-1 
Christ
ChristPoor Robin. At least he responded well in his interview. He'll be sacked by november.
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9-1 is the new 8-2.
Is that kind of scoreline going to make him a national joke?
Parrot scored 4 in this and picked up a cracker
He just kept repeating himself it seems
Wouldn’t read too much into it unless he can repeat it regularly.
RVP must have felt sick.
Plays off the shoulder as well.
Nah, Van Persie is very respected. It does immediately rekindle the debate that some former top players cannot succeed at small clubs, because they have trouble realising the players they work with have only 1% of the natural talent they did.
It's commendable Van Persie wants to play from the back, but maybe stop doing it when you're trailing 6-1. Afterwards ge vety eloquently argued he has a certain style in mind and isnt going to change it just because they were annihilated 9-1, which is, again, commendable, but a bit unrealistic.
I'd still take him as Feyenoord's head coach in a heartbeat. I love him.
Why? Why is this the default narrative now for when teams constantly get beat by playing the same way and refusing to change?
Parroting on
I recall there’s always been tonkings in the Eredivisie, but 9-1 is steep! Does he just carry on as is after that or do you [Dutch] generally expect a team to play defensively and tighter after that?
Yeah, I don't get this either. Burnley kept trying it and it wasnt working for them last season but Kompany wouldn't change it
Because football is a spectator sport and attractive football is more fun to watch? Because in The Netherlands it doesn't count unless you have 65% possession?
I dunno.