Giggs named new Wales manager

BaZ87 · 15 Jan 2018 at 13:15

As was reported last night, Giggs has been confirmed as the new Wales manager:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42691334

I know there's been a couple of notable success stories but I can't get my head around how some clubs and national teams appoint high profile ex players who have little to no experience as a manager. What on earth has Giggs done as a coach or manager to deserve this job? You can't even look at his international career as a player to justify the appointment - how many times would he pull out of the Wales squad with a mystery injury that he would recover from just in time for the next Utd game?

wedrum · 15 Jan 2018 at 13:18

funny thing is a lot of utd fans wanted him to replace jose

Maundie · 15 Jan 2018 at 13:21

Hope they don't expect him to oversee friendlies.

As said though, not sure what they saw in him as he previous record in management isn't exactly glowing.

Purdy · 15 Jan 2018 at 13:22

doodah · 15 Jan 2018 at 19:18

Back to playing Liechtenstein all the time and not getting anywhere it is then.

Robbo · 15 Jan 2018 at 19:41

He'd be much better with a club team, you don't get enough games as a national team manager.

BaZ87 · 16 Jan 2018 at 12:43

God help Wales! I've just seen a video on twitter of a rousing speech Giggs gave Utd when he was caretaker for a couple of games. Unfortunately I can't link to it due to some colourful language but my god it was painful to listen to.

Robbo said:
He'd be much better with a club team, you don't get enough games as a national team manager.

He should go prove himself at a Championship or League 1 side. I can understand why from Giggs' point of view he doesn't want to do that - he's earned millions and doesn't want to get involved in lower league football but I can't understand why a club or national team would appoint somebody with next to no experience as a manager. This isn't specific to Giggs, it applies to a lot of high profile PL players over the last 5 years or so - they seem to only be willing to take big jobs but have done nothing to earn them.

Andybtsn · 16 Jan 2018 at 14:00

Wales' Euro Trip was an example of massive overachieving and therefore painted them in a light of being a competitive team. I'd be shocked if Giggs does anything worthy with them and he will be in league 1 in couple of years time.

Yas786 · 16 Jan 2018 at 19:26

Lol at Giggs being the welsh manager

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Talk about inexperience lol, good luck to him and the welsh team. Don’t see them qualifying for any big tournaments anytime soon