Posts by neonwalker92

urbanmaker6 said:Zico?🤷

I honestly don't think Lars Lagerbäck ever actually played football.

Zico is an absolute icon of Brazilian football...

Whenever I run into comments like that, I just feel 🙂
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placidnomad50 said:Ciro’s tenure was incredibly brief 🤷

Just a few days ago during an interview, he mentioned that anyone claiming he played poorly is simply lying...🙄

Looking at Avram Grant on Wikipedia, there isn't anything listed about his playing days, which makes me think he might just be one of the answers to my question... 🙂

Alex Ferguson definitely didn't spend four or five seasons playing for the New York Rangers...

Scott Hayes6 said:Alex Ferguson?

He actually played for some amateur clubs over in Portugal, but he just wasn't any good back then...

I’ve been sitting here wondering if there actually exists a single coach out there who never spent any time playing amateur soccer back in the day... because honestly, I can't think of a single one... 🤷

Sam Martin8 said:You can never have too much soccer..😉
By the way, I heard CNN might be launching a third channel dedicated entirely to sports.
I'm not sure how accurate that rumor actually is, though.🤔

Word on the street is that this new programming starts up this autumn, though I really couldn't tell you for sure how accurate that is...

It just feels like yet another piece of evidence that over the last decade or two, professional soccer has become entirely about chasing profits rather than the pure passion and heart for the game we saw back in the 70s and 80s, when players weren't pulling in those astronomical, eye-watering salaries they see today...