Interesting article in today's Sun newspaper with David James expressing his views on English goalkeepers, and specifically goalkeeping coaching. And he asks a question that has always perplexed me - why do you need to qualify as an outfield coach (Level 2) before you can take the goalkeeper coaching level 2 award? Madness! I am going to lobby the FA and ask some questions!
Anyway here is the article:
DAVID JAMES has blasted the quality of goalkeeper coaching in England.
The No 1 at last year's World Cup insists that is why there is a real lack of English top-flight keepers.
He said: "I'm frustrated with the situation. Time and time again, I've looked at our keeper coaches.
"If you do basic work, you get basic keepers. What they are doing is wrong. As a result, the players are not coming through.
"English clubs have had goalkeeper coaches for a long time. Inhad one at Watford as a schoolboy and although I signed for Liverpool in 1992, they had one in 1993-94. Down the years we've not had the English keepers to show for it."
Bristol City keeper James got 53 England caps and is taking his coaching badges.
He insists there are only a couple of top keeper coaches in this country.
James said: "Asmir Begovic at Stoke is a great lad. He is Bosnian but had a top coach at Portsmouth in David Coles.
"David also got me back into the Prem. Paul Barron, who was at Newcastle and Villa, was also great. He trained Shay Given and Mark Schwarzer. Good coaches make good keepers."
"Most of our English keepers in the Prem come when Championship clubs go up. It frustrates me nothing has been done. You have to become a qualified outfield coach before being a qualified keeper coach. It doesn't make sense."
Gavin Wilson
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