26-05-2015, 12:32
They all sound like good guesses Matt. As both Derby and Sheff Utd might have been possible for Cookie .... and Wednesday only finished mid-table .... you get the impression his waste-of-10% agent got the best deal for himself and set his daft client's career back a few years. In a normal industry trying only to repeat what you've already achieved would get you marked as lacking both vision and ambition. And football may also have enough sense for that -Paul Cook typecast as a lower-division manager.
Football managers can't expect to be treated as professionals if they can't manage their own careers and negotiations. Agents only control things if you let them. Sterling and Berahino are represented by the same agent - the only two players he has - and what do they have in common? They've both found ways to piss off their own fans with clubs where they should be approaching hero-status. Contrast Ibe, doesn't have an agent, asks his mum and dad for help!
An actor needs an agent. A successful singer needs one. But a manager? Of anything? Grow up and stop throwing your family's money away on pretending you're a celebrity Mr Cook.
Football managers can't expect to be treated as professionals if they can't manage their own careers and negotiations. Agents only control things if you let them. Sterling and Berahino are represented by the same agent - the only two players he has - and what do they have in common? They've both found ways to piss off their own fans with clubs where they should be approaching hero-status. Contrast Ibe, doesn't have an agent, asks his mum and dad for help!
An actor needs an agent. A successful singer needs one. But a manager? Of anything? Grow up and stop throwing your family's money away on pretending you're a celebrity Mr Cook.