Sol Campbell

Well, that's one of the two relegation slots confirmed then....
 
Interesting to note that this brings the number of BAME managers to 8 out of 92 - which is a lot higher than it used to be:
  • Chris Hughton (Brighton & Hove Albion)
  • Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolves)
  • Jos Luhukay (Sheffield Wednesday)
  • Darren Moore (West Bromwich Albion)
  • Chris Powell (Southend United)
  • Keith Curle (Northampton Town)
  • Dino Maamria (Stevenage)
  • Sol Campbell (Macclesfield Town)
 
mooro said:
Interesting to note that this brings the number of BAME managers to 8 out of 92 - which is a lot higher than it used to be:
  • Chris Hughton (Brighton & Hove Albion)
  • Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolves)
  • Jos Luhukay (Sheffield Wednesday)
  • Darren Moore (West Bromwich Albion)
  • Chris Powell (Southend United)
  • Keith Curle (Northampton Town)
  • Dino Maamria (Stevenage)
  • Sol Campbell (Macclesfield Town)
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Refresh my memory what does the me bit of bame mean
 
Macclesfield must be out of their minds, Campbell has bleated on about if he was white he would have been England captain for 10 years and that he has not been given a chance due to the colour of his skin, which is complete garbage ! blimey he even thought he could be selected and stand for Mayor of London not that long ago.

Still he is " one of the greatest minds in football" just hope the players up their game as being beaten by that 'massive chip' that Campbell carries on his shoulders could get painful.
 
A crackpot with a chip on his shoulder and if it does not go well he will play the race card!
 
Sarge said:
EFL basement side , without Campbell officially in charge, picked up 3 pts AWAY last night, beating Exeter 1-0 .....even the lowest club in EFL can win away in the league (so why can't OUFC?):unsure:
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Let's be honest, if we were to play away at Macclesfield Saturday we'd somehow manage to not win it.
 
Not sure why there’s quite so much vitriol being aimed towards him on here and other places online.

His comments about being a big football brain were ridiculous. However, it was also said when he was looking at clubs such as ours that he should start lower down the pyramid.

He has done so and now has an opportunity to prove his managerial worth. If it works out, great. If it doesn’t , he’ll join the long-list of managerial appointments who don’t work out.

I for one am pleased to see a BME appointment in the Football League and wish him all the best. Yes he’s arrogant, yes supports a political party I’m not keen on, yes he says stupid things... but despite all that I wouldn’t wish him any ill feeling.

(Unless we’re playing his team of course, in which case I expect nothing less than giving his club a thumping!)
 
I’m not sure the likes of Gerrard or Lampard would have considered rocking up at Macclesfield to start their managerial careers. The fact that he’s prepared to start at the bottom certainly earns some respect from me. Good luck to him.
 
The problem is that (whatever the colour of his skin or his ethnic background) Campbell is a bit of a pillock, going by his Twitter posts. That doesn't mean I wish him any ill (and I can't see that much vitriol on this thread TBH), and well done to him for thinking he can make a go of what looks like an unappealing first managerial job.

Surely any club should just appoint the best person for the job. If they turn that person down because of some outdated bigotry then more fool them!
 
I'm not quite sure why he had to make a comment about not wanting people to see it as being white or black but to just see a football manager. The only person who keeps making an issue about him being a black manager is himself.

I really hope he fails to be honest.
 
Can’t find the links but listen to Dwight Yorke and Paul Ince. Yorke uses the word Us when talking about the lack of black managers in the game. Such a t**t.
 
Junior_1 said:
Can’t find the links but listen to Dwight Yorke and Paul Ince. Yorke uses the word Us when talking about the lack of black managers in the game. Such a t**t.
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These two both do the cause more harm than good - Ince at least has had some success as a manager, but the latter part of his career has basically been one disaster to the next. But as the most high profile black candidate around, he was able to get more roles (or roles for longer) than his actual performance had managed.
Yorke meanwhile is another who thinks he has the right to walk into a job with no experience. He is nromally wheeled out every time that the Villa job comes up, yet does not seem to comprehend why he is not shortlisted each time.
For me, what these guys fail to realise, is that it is not a race thing, or a colour thing, it is a reluctance to give ALL untried managers a job, because even lower down the ladder the price of failure can be massive. They need to look around and see that there are plenty of white ex-footballers (eg Fowler) trying to break into management as well that have not yet got the opportunity (and others who have, but have been discarded without really being given a chance (eg Sherringham).

I'd like to see MAcclesfield survive, because of Kelleher, Napa and Welch-Hayes, but I fear that the Conference beckons. Campbell MAY prove us wrong, but I think he is going to struggle to get teh players onside, even if his tactical nous is actually switched on (which frankly nobody knows whether he has any or not?)
 
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