By Saaceybill
As a football fan and a proud Englishman, I worry that England are not producing quality managers. Compare to their counterparts like Scotland who have managers such as David Moyes, Paul Lambert and Craig Levien. While Wales have Chris Coleman and the late Gary Speed (rip). And than you have Northern Ireland who have Martin O’Neil and Brendan Rodgers who has done wonders with Swansea this season. All throughout football world young managers are being developed; Mourinho from Portugal was a fine example who worked under Bobby Robson, moving on to Pep Guardiola and Andre Villas Boas who at young ages have won trophies in their short career. England have some fine managers, but not many being tested at the top level of domestic football, never mind European football, managers like Lee Clark! Where Scotland have David Moyes & Paul Lambert they are playing top teams week in week out and gaining valuable experience and the likes of AvB are playing amongst the best Europe has to offer.
Where as the best of English are stuck in lower league (no disrespect meant) gaining little experience on world football. So that makes me wonder, with our managers years behind their foreign counterparts and our league heavily depending on foreign imports (players and managers) will our international game ever reach the levels of, for example the current Spain side, or those of Brazil and France when they dominated world football? When you look at the English Premier League 'The Best League In The World' there are only 3 club teams with English managers, Harry Redknapp (Tottenham) Alan Pardew (Newcastle) and Roy Hodgson (WBA) and collectively those 3 have won an FA Cup, an Inter Toto Cup, a handful of domestic promotions, 2 Swedish Titles & Danish Title. Which you can't compare to the likes of AvB & Pep Guardiola. I don't think it's too much to ask for to have a young English manager doing what those two are doing in football; after all we are home to the best league in the world and we did invent the game. So with that being said, who is the best young up and coming English manager? Lee Clark? Aidy Boothroyd? Would you include Mowbray and Pardew in this list? They're both in their 50’s compared to Redknapp and Hodgson who are in their mid 60's. I feel it's time to step the likes of Lee Clark up to a higher league, see what he can do! Our golden generation of managers has passed us by, Glenn Hoddle, Terry Venables, Sir Bobby Robson, and Graham Taylor! It's now time to rebuild a new era, so we don't have to rely on mediocre managers like Roy Hodgson, Sam Allardyce and Steve Bruce for the future of our national team! We don't want to have to go through another Steve McClaren incident do we?!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Who Got Next: Munqs
Corey W. Lawson aka Munqs who hails from Minneapolis, Minnesota is the latest artist to feature on the Who Got Next segment. We catch up with Munqs about his plans for 2012 and a message for new listeners to his music. 
SBG: How long have you been in the music game?
Munqs: I have been writing and performing music since the age of seven. I played in various bands that never went anywhere either due to conflicting goals or egos or just plain silliness.
I had taken a step back from seriously perusing music for a few years. I would write and record songs in my bedroom as a method of passing the time, but never really put any weight into it. I always felt like I wasn't ready, or the songs were not good enough, or any number of varying cop-outs.
The first Munqs release, Trial and Era, was a selection of those recordings that I had been sitting on until a close friend of mine passed away. The realization that my time on this planet was finite motivated me to put up or shut up, as it were. I only have so much time, and I don't want it to be spent thinking "what if?"
In retrospect the release is kind of buckshot - all over the place - but it's a pretty illustrated example of an artist trying to find a unique voice, for better or worse, and I think that's something to be proud of.
SBG: Favorite Artist you have worked with?
Munqs: My friend since Kindergarten, hip-hop artist Xavier Marquis, has been a major positive influence for me.
Elements of his production style have definitely become useful when I try to do things outside of my comfort zone.
I play with Xavier's live band, and borrow a few members for the live Munqs sets, bassist Josh Ackerley and drummer David Sellner. I found my keyboardist, Efren Maldonado, on Craigslist.
For the live sets, these guys have become invaluable to me and as time goes on, I hope to also get them involved in the recording process.
Xavier and I are also taking our time with a collaborative project called Happy Kids (our kindergarten teacher's name was Mrs. Happy).
SBG: Which artist has influenced your music the most?
Munqs: As far as influences go, they can vary quite a bit. From Otis Redding, Al Green, and Bill Withers to Radiohead, T.V. On The Radio, and Mike Snow. I can't say one really stands out above the rest. I like Soul, melody and dissonance.
SBG: What can your fans expect from you this year?
Munqs: I'm currently writing material for a new ep due out in April of 2012. The sounds are a bit more cohesive, and closer to the elements of TVOTR and Little Dragon.
SBG: What do you want to tell people that haven’t listen to your music before?
Munqs: I'm always going to be trying to figure myself out as a human and an artist. My music is a reflection of that.
More information about Munqs
www.munqs.com
Twitter:@munqsmusic
www.facebook.com/munqs
Be sure to cop the EP on his website as well. Do it like right now!!! You won’t be disappointed
Favorite Tracks
Banging on Aluminum
Weighs on the Mind
Deal with It
SBG: How long have you been in the music game?
Munqs: I have been writing and performing music since the age of seven. I played in various bands that never went anywhere either due to conflicting goals or egos or just plain silliness.
I had taken a step back from seriously perusing music for a few years. I would write and record songs in my bedroom as a method of passing the time, but never really put any weight into it. I always felt like I wasn't ready, or the songs were not good enough, or any number of varying cop-outs.
The first Munqs release, Trial and Era, was a selection of those recordings that I had been sitting on until a close friend of mine passed away. The realization that my time on this planet was finite motivated me to put up or shut up, as it were. I only have so much time, and I don't want it to be spent thinking "what if?"
In retrospect the release is kind of buckshot - all over the place - but it's a pretty illustrated example of an artist trying to find a unique voice, for better or worse, and I think that's something to be proud of.
SBG: Favorite Artist you have worked with?
Munqs: My friend since Kindergarten, hip-hop artist Xavier Marquis, has been a major positive influence for me.
Elements of his production style have definitely become useful when I try to do things outside of my comfort zone.
I play with Xavier's live band, and borrow a few members for the live Munqs sets, bassist Josh Ackerley and drummer David Sellner. I found my keyboardist, Efren Maldonado, on Craigslist.
For the live sets, these guys have become invaluable to me and as time goes on, I hope to also get them involved in the recording process.
Xavier and I are also taking our time with a collaborative project called Happy Kids (our kindergarten teacher's name was Mrs. Happy).
SBG: Which artist has influenced your music the most?
Munqs: As far as influences go, they can vary quite a bit. From Otis Redding, Al Green, and Bill Withers to Radiohead, T.V. On The Radio, and Mike Snow. I can't say one really stands out above the rest. I like Soul, melody and dissonance.
SBG: What can your fans expect from you this year?
Munqs: I'm currently writing material for a new ep due out in April of 2012. The sounds are a bit more cohesive, and closer to the elements of TVOTR and Little Dragon.
SBG: What do you want to tell people that haven’t listen to your music before?
Munqs: I'm always going to be trying to figure myself out as a human and an artist. My music is a reflection of that.
More information about Munqs
www.munqs.com
Twitter:@munqsmusic
www.facebook.com/munqs
Be sure to cop the EP on his website as well. Do it like right now!!! You won’t be disappointed
Favorite Tracks
Banging on Aluminum
Weighs on the Mind
Deal with It
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Throw Back Thursday's
During the 90’s a lot of rappers were selling records and getting a lot of radio spins. Throughout the 90’s Bad Boy Records was one of the hottest labels in the industry they had artists such as Notorious Big, 112, Craig Mack, Total, Faith Evan, and Ma$e. One of Bad Boys top selling rappers after Biggie’s death was Ma$e at the time his first album Harlem World went 4x Platinum. Nowadays Ma$e is a preacher and a motivational speaker, he attempted a comeback with G-Unit but the comeback didn’t last long and went back to ministering. For our throwback Thursday joint is Ma$e featuring Total- What you want the second single from his debut album Harlem World. The single peak at #6 on the Billboard top 100 and peaked at #3 for both Hot rap singles and U.S. R&B/Hip-Hop.
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