Simon Dow hasn't enjoyed the best of years but his horses have hit a bit a form lately. Back home, he is ready for the next challenge - in between taking coaching courses for the Scottish Football Association.IT would be a shame to end 2017 on a whimper and I'm hopeful OJALA (12.40) will pay the Hogmanay drinks bill. In terms of the distances that the lads cover, it is frightening. Ten Hag has been able to keep Ajax playing attractive, attacking football despite watching most of the players who spearheaded the club’s run to the 2018-19 Champions League semi-finals depart in the last two years.

The chairman of DPMM was Crown Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the eldest son of the Sultan of Brunei. After saving the Rams from relegation from the Championship last season, he now faces an even greater challenge saving them from a 21-point deduction after administration.Īccording to reports, Ralf Rangnick would be open to the idea of taking over as interim manager at Norwich City, but only if he is guaranteed a position in a front office role as a Director of Football or similar.

The 36-year-old is currently making a managerial name for himself as Plymouth Argyle boss. He describes Brunei as a paradise and his experience of dealing with the club's owner might make the goings on at Blackburn seem understated. Over a four-year period, we were able to build it all up and create something sustainable, while winning trophies. After two days of training, there was another three weeks in a bubble in Qatar, competing in the Asian Champions League, but when he did get to Melbourne he loved it.Ī man in demand having led Ajax to two league titles, as many Dutch Cups and kept the team punching above its weight in the Champions League. I was taken straight off the plane by the military for two weeks of hard lockdown in Perth. But it was his time in Brunei that brought his greatest success. He always had that ambition to drive on, but to see him add all that technical side to his game, he is a top, top player now. There has been much sympathy for Bruce of late, a man with 1,000 games as a manager behind him.īut he let me do my job, never asking me why I played this guy or that guy, he just let me get on with it. The treatment of Steve Bruce harked back to Kean's own challenges at Plymouth Argyle. Rangnick did a similar job well on two different occasions for RB Leipzig and would be a shrewd hire that suggests United are willing to change their ways after years of being criticised for their lack of PSG structure. This season the Dutch champions have won three out of three in the Champions League while scoring 11 goals and beat BoBlackburn Rovers Dortmund 4-0 last week. The former midfielder could be kept in his position until the end of the season if United can show signs of life under his stewardship over the next few weeks. That was where he had the chance to put together his academy work, his coaching, and his experiences of managing upwards at Blackburn. There are always Portuguese, inspired by Jose Mourinho's decision to study at Largs all those years ago. It was only when I came out of it that I realised, Kean tells Sky Sports. Now it feels like a reason to reflect on how tough it must have been. Kean's most recent role was as an assistant in Australia's A-League with Melbourne Victory, a stay made more complicated by the pandemic.

I enjoyed it so much that I stayed for four years. If Norwich City are going down the route of hiring a former player to get fans back onside again, Wayne Rooney is surely a name on their shortlist. I went on my own, no academy director, only two local coaches, because I was thinking that I would only stay for one year, pass on some experience.

Keep it simple simon