I reckon Sol is probably a bit of an arse but doesn’t that often go with the territory? Takes an ego to think you can manage. And a lot more. People to believe in you and decide you’re worth taking a punt on. Easy to make the case someone isn’t worth it on an individual level.

The question racism in football is worth reflecting on in the context of your point- if 40% of players are black why so little representation in management and coaching?

Do you have a link to those reports you can share please?

I got it from bbc football sports page, late last week, wish id copied & pasted it at the time, sorry peeps

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Players who were successful at Big Clubs get opportunities over others, e.g., Dalglish’s first job at Liverpool or John Barnes at Celtic.

Goater is in the (sizable) majority in that he finished playing, did his badges, quite possibly had something to offer but couldn't get a job in football. Its massively oversubscribed.

When I did the coaching badges there were guys like Andy Sinton (England, QPR and Spurs winger for younger readers, very good player indeed) and Jason Dodd who played hundreds and hundreds of top flight games for Southampton, both of whom could only find coaching 'opportunities' in non league football (I put the word in inverted commas as I am familiar with the standard).

Quite why these guys and so many others didn't get the vital first chance to manage or coach when other guys with a similar background did is anyone's guess, and as you say, nobody has experience until they get a job, but you only have to look at the number of candidates to vacancies (especially given that the Premier league and championship recruit managers from abroad so much) to see that there will be far more unsuccessful and frustrated aspiring coaches than ones who get their chance.

Every year hundreds of guys retire from playing, and just have to join the back of a queue that gets added to by new members much faster than it moves. Like any profession, you can get qualified and have something to offer but that doesn't create a job for you.

One thing for sure, if you can get you first chance then you are far more likely to get other chances afterwards, especially at the level you have experience of. Allardyce, Pulis, Bruce, Hughes et al are obvious examples, as are Chris Houghton, Chris Powell, Leroy Rosenior etc. Campbell got back into football with Southend quite quickly after leaving Macclesfield. Even our own Vieira is on his third job already. It's getting the first job that opens it all up.

It is a difficult and tricky debate to be had around Sulzeer Campbell.

I gather he isn’t particularly well liked within the football fraternity and this also seems to be mirrored by a section of fans who follow football.

He will cite that it is harder for him to be shortlisted for potential posts if he has been applying over a period of time without much joy.

Ignorance or / and prejudice is part of the subconscious of many and Sulzeer being an outspoken, not charismatic and what seems to be deemed possessing an awkward personality adds to his limited chances of progressing as he so desires.

Personally, I feel he needs to offer his services doing some sort of consultancy to clubs especially defensively and develop a reputation and list of contacts through positive relations with clubs then after a period of time apply for managerial positions after demonstrating and evidencing that what he says holds weight whilst making a difference