Zdeněk Zeman

Ok TFC next order of business HIRE THIS GUY: Zdeněk Zeman

I beg you to look past the cigarette stained, crooked teeth and into the mind of the 4-3-3 genius. His attacking football minded is a pleasure to watch even though a bit scary for fans at times.

The facts are this…

Zeman was Born in Prague in 1947 and is a naturalized Italian manager. One very historical coach. He has coached at Giants such as Roma, Lazio, Napoli, Fenerbahce and Red Star Belgrade has had great success at the smaller clubs that were fighting for promotion from Serie B to Serie A or to remain in the top flight. The work he did at US Foggia and Pescara was no small task. While at Foggia in the 90’s Zeman was continuously on the verge of UEFA Cup qualification. He molded players who into national team players like: – Giuseppe Signori – Francesco Baiano – Brian Roy – Igor Kolyvanov – Igor Shalimov – Roberto Rambaudi – Dan Petrescu

The following season Zdeněk Zeman as new head coach of Pescara put the team back into national coverage. Thanks to Zeman’s well-known all-attacking playing style which was perfect for his young promising players like Marco Verratti, Ciro Immobile, and Lorenzo Insigne and then BOOM. Pescara was back in Serie A! Pescara secured promotion to the top-level after a 19-year absence.

Zdeněk Zeman left the club to go manage AS Roma once again but found that managing the older more stubborn players like Totti who had their own ideas of how the team would play is a headache that in the end doesn’t go away.

I know that Zeman would have real success in MLS because he always does well with hard working, very fit players who are willing to listen and do as he says. It’s a tiring style but the reward is endless. Fast paced, organized, overlapping, attacking football! I love it.

TFC already has Bradley who played for Zeman at Roma and now Giovinco who understands his style. If they get one more attacking center midfielder who can feed balls going forward, this team is playoff bound. No offense Greg Vanny I am all for young American coaches but come on TFC! Make me a fan. Hire Zeman!

Lower League Talent

This goes to show that there is talent in the lower leagues. It would be nice to have more American scouts looking for talent in the 2nd, 3rd and even 4th divisions of top Footballing nations. In this case the player is happy with his decision but there are good young players  who would jump at the chance to come over to states and play for little money. 

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Part-time footballer, full-blown talent. Meet Robbie Dale, the barman who tears apart the opposition in his spare time.

ROBERT GORDON | JANUARY 4, 2015

On Saturday afternoon, Robbie Dale scored twice as the non-league Blyth Spartans narrowly lost their 3rd Round FA Cup tie against former Premier League side Birmingham City, a team four full divisions above them. While his second was as good as any goal you’ll see on NBC Sports, come Sunday morning Dale was back opening up the family pub, as he does every weekend.

In an American Idol / X Factor / Keeping Up With The Kardashians era, where fame and money seem to count for more than achievement, Robbie Dale is an anomaly. Because despite having more footballing talent in his little toe than you or I have combined, Dale isn’t a professional; he’s a bartender. And that’s just how he likes it.

Don’t for a second think the 30-year old Dale hasn’t turned professional for want of skill or ability: he scored a hat-trick on his debut for Blyth, was their top scorer in four of the last eight seasons (despite playing in midfield as often as a striker) and the two goals he netted on Saturday took his 2014-15 FA Cup tally to eight in as many games. What’s more, despite regularly playing on pitches with less grass than the moon, he still has the touch and technique to score sensational individual goals like these:

On Saturday afternoon, Robbie Dale scored twice as the non-league Blyth Spartans narrowly lost their 3rd Round FA Cup tie against former Premier League side Birmingham City, a team four full divisions above them. While his second was as good as any goal you’ll see on NBC Sports, come Sunday morning Dale was back opening up the family pub, as he does every weekend.

In an American Idol / X Factor / Keeping Up With The Kardashians era, where fame and money seem to count for more than achievement, Robbie Dale is an anomaly. Because despite having more footballing talent in his little toe than you or I have combined, Dale isn’t a professional; he’s a bartender. And that’s just how he likes it.

Don’t for a second think the 30-year old Dale hasn’t turned professional for want of skill or ability: he scored a hat-trick on his debut for Blyth, was their top scorer in four of the last eight seasons (despite playing in midfield as often as a striker) and the two goals he netted on Saturday took his 2014-15 FA Cup tally to eight in as many games. What’s more, despite regularly playing on pitches with less grass than the moon, he still has the touch and technique to score sensational individual goals like these:

No, he’s had plenty of opportunities to move up the footballing ranks, it’s simply that Dale likes his life as it is: “I’ve been offered trials all over the place, but none of them seemed right. I’m happy with life as a barman and a part-time footballer. People might not understand that, but I am.”

So hats off to Robbie Dale for bucking the modern-day scourge of fame for its own sake. Why not follow him on Twitter? Despite having achieved the square root of f*ck all, Kim Kardashian has 27 million followers; Dale barely has a thousand.

(For the full article and video click below)

http://the18.com/news/man-best-amateur-footballer-world