Mentors Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand are close to agreeing a contract with former England player Peter Reid to take over as national team coach and guide them to the 2014 World Cup. Thai football president Worawi Makudi said the former Manchester City, Sunderland and Leeds United manager was now the sole candidate and was being offered a long-term contract to revamp the sport across soccer-mad Thailand. "I'm now focused only on Peter Reid, he wants to work for us and we want him here," Worawi told Reuters. "He was an excellent player and a highly qualified coach. He's dedicated and he loves our country. He's the right man." Coach Charnwit Polcheewin resigned after Thailand were dumped out of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers last month after an abysmal campaign, where they finished bottom of their group, losing all but one of their six matches. http://uk.reuters.com/article/footballNews/idUKSP4744520080709 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 onc again 'old news'. Thailand are close to agreeing a contract with former England player Peter Reid to take over as national team coach and guide them to the 2014 World Cup. all of us will be dead by the time Thailand play in the WC Finals.................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capstan Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Reidy will be antoher Peter Withe leading the national side. He's coming for the beaches and having not managed since 2005 (Coventry) I doub't he will set the football world alight......... Moreover, he has a monkeys head! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 looks not for the best résumé Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 any Manager of a National Team is in a no-win situation. they have a limited amount of Players to work with and of course no money to spend. very different to managing a League Club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 yes this is true. How Hitzfeld will ply with the difference between Bayern Munich and the Swiss national team... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentors Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Reid backed to adapt to life in Thailand Peter Reid will have no trouble adapting to life in south east Asia after agreeing to take charge of Thailand, according to the country's Football Association president Worawi Makudi. The 52-year-old is poised to take charge of Thailand on September 1 after his agent, Mike Morris, agreed terms on a four-year contract in Bangkok this week. 'He will come to start work on September 1 so during the last week of August he will sign and we will have a signing ceremony,' Worawi said. The former Manchester City, Sunderland and Leeds boss will live in Thailand, while Worawi insists there will be no language problems. 'He will stay in Thailand, of course,' added Worawi. 'Many of our players play outside Thailand and some of them are used to foreign coaches, so I don't think there is a problem and of course there is the football language. 'Maybe from the beginning we will need somebody to be with him and help him, but some of the players speak English very well, so that's not a problem.' http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=555988&sec=global&&cc=5739 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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