American Dream
Don’t you just love Americans? You might think they have no purpose on this website, but you would be wrong. Besides the fact that they would want to call this website soccercynic.com (something they irritatingly share with Aussies, but we’ll forgive the Aussies), they really don’t understand our national sport. I never forget the time when I asked an American client of mine whether he was excited that USA was doing well in the World Cup. His reply was “Are we? That’s real cool.”
Anyway, back to topic. I don’t how much trust you put in market research, but we surveyed 100 Americans, gave them a list of 20 occupations and asked them to match them to our Premiership managers. Of course, they didn’t know of any of the managers, although one person commented “Is this for real?” and another questioned “Is this some kind of game or humor?”
So, here are the results of the survey. When asked to pick who was a politician, Tony Pulis of Stoke City was the most popular choice with 18% choosing the man, who looks so different with his cap on. Roy Hodgson was picked out as a college principal, while Harry Redknapp of Tottenham Hotspurs was, of course, the trawlerman. If you need your horse to be trained, look no further than Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Sir Alex would be your man if you need a university professor (what?). Tony Adams would be the man Americans would call if they needed a taxi driver in a hurry, while (I love this one) Gianfranco Zola would be handy on a hot day if you needed an ice cream.
Gareth Southgate of Middlesbrough just pipped Gary Megson as the dentist, while Tony Mowbray just pipped Gary again as a detective. Down on the farm, Steve Bruce will be milking his cows in Wigan, while Sam Allardyce will be making sure the prisoners stay under lock and key.
Arsene Wenger is possibly carrying out scientific experiments on his players at Arsenal, while Rafael Benitez will be dealing with any that die. The split personality amongst the pack was David Moyes, who was cast as the man to run a laundry and a small part actor.
Finally, if you need a laugh, Joe Kinnear of Newcastle United is the stand up comic – picked out by a stunning 41% and our champion. I suppose you would need a sense of humor (not humour) to work there. Kevin didn’t seem to have it.
Anyway, back to topic. I don’t how much trust you put in market research, but we surveyed 100 Americans, gave them a list of 20 occupations and asked them to match them to our Premiership managers. Of course, they didn’t know of any of the managers, although one person commented “Is this for real?” and another questioned “Is this some kind of game or humor?”
So, here are the results of the survey. When asked to pick who was a politician, Tony Pulis of Stoke City was the most popular choice with 18% choosing the man, who looks so different with his cap on. Roy Hodgson was picked out as a college principal, while Harry Redknapp of Tottenham Hotspurs was, of course, the trawlerman. If you need your horse to be trained, look no further than Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Sir Alex would be your man if you need a university professor (what?). Tony Adams would be the man Americans would call if they needed a taxi driver in a hurry, while (I love this one) Gianfranco Zola would be handy on a hot day if you needed an ice cream.
Gareth Southgate of Middlesbrough just pipped Gary Megson as the dentist, while Tony Mowbray just pipped Gary again as a detective. Down on the farm, Steve Bruce will be milking his cows in Wigan, while Sam Allardyce will be making sure the prisoners stay under lock and key.
Arsene Wenger is possibly carrying out scientific experiments on his players at Arsenal, while Rafael Benitez will be dealing with any that die. The split personality amongst the pack was David Moyes, who was cast as the man to run a laundry and a small part actor.
Finally, if you need a laugh, Joe Kinnear of Newcastle United is the stand up comic – picked out by a stunning 41% and our champion. I suppose you would need a sense of humor (not humour) to work there. Kevin didn’t seem to have it.
Ah Sir. This takes the cookie. I mean the biscuit. Everyone knows that Harry Redknapp looks like a trawlerman and Gareth Southgate looks like a dentist. But, I don't get Tony Pulis as a politician. More like a knobhead I would say speaking as one in the know. No disrespect to Tony of course. What about David Moyes - surely he is a vet. Come on Joe tell us one of favorite (note spelling) one-liners. "I think Newcastle could be a great club" It's a cracker. (FootballCynic writes: Congratulations on your new status - a lord, indeed. David Moyes, polled quite well as person who runs a laundry. Mind you, so did Tony Mowbray.)
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