Hamish French Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Liverpool first-team coach Alex Miller will take over as manager of Japanese side JEF United Chiba after the two parties reached an agreement, the J League club announced on Thursday. The 58-year-old is expected to arrive in Japan on Saturday to start work at Chiba and will attend their league match against Kyoto Sanga. Chiba are currently bottom of the J. League standings after collecting just two points from 11 games so far this season before Croatian coach Josip Kuze was sacked on Wednesday. Improve "We are convinced that Mr Miller is a wonderful person who can improve our team," Chiba president Hirotake Miki said in a statement. "We, as the whole club, would like to work together with our new manager to focus on our games for the rest of the season." Former St Mirren and Hibernian manager Miller joined Liverpool in 1999 as chief scout but became first-team coach following the arrival of Rafa Benitez in 2004. Miller becomes the second prominent member of the Spaniard's backroom staff to quit Anfield this season following the departure of countryman Pako Ayesteran, his assistant, last August. ReplacementBenitez paid tribute to Miller and confirmed he will seek a replacement for the Scot in the summer. "It is very positive news for Alex. This is a very good opportunity for him to coach in Japan," Benitez told the club's official website. "It means we will be promoting some of the existing coaching staff and also over the summer we will be looking to bring in a replacement. "We have some names and options but need more discussion first. "I want to wish Alex all the best in his new job." Link to comment
MG_Don Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Alex Miller will take over as manager of Japanese side JEF United Chiba after the two parties reached an agreement, the J League club announced on Thursday. Thats them frigged then. Link to comment
sheep_shagger Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 As if it couldnt get worse than 2 points from 11 games they take that arsehole on as manager!! Link to comment
baldrick_sheep Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Feel sorry for JEF united fans, worst manager ever! Link to comment
amp Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Always amazed me when I saw him sitting beside Rafa Benitez on matchdays, especially in the big games. How did this moron get such a good job at Liverpool? Thank goodness I will never have to see his ugly face on the Liverpool bench again. Link to comment
paulkaneatemyhamster Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I despise Lexo more than any other previous AFC manager or infact any manager who's ever sat in a dugout at Pittodrie. Link to comment
Dandyjam Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Notice how there's no mention of how he used to manage AFC in that article. Whoever wrote it obviously knew how bad he was here and decided to miss it out! Link to comment
Sonoftherock Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I despise Lexo more than any other previous AFC manager or infact any manager who's ever sat in a dugout at Pittodrie. Roy Aitken? Link to comment
Ingolfsson Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 F%ckin ringpiece. Hope he gets sat on by a sumo wrestler. Link to comment
Jaws Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 F%ckin ringpiece. Hope he gets sat on by a sumo wrestler. Link to comment
NorthernLights24 Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 Dodds for Winters!!!! :appl: You forgot the Link to comment
madjockmcferson Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 well, he has been to European cup finals with l'pool so perhaps there is somethign about him.... Link to comment
Maniac Cop Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Roy Aitken? Aitken wasn't that bad. Link to comment
Holyjoe Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 The 58-year-old is expected to arrive in Japan on Saturday to start work at Chiba and will attend their league match against Kyoto Sanga. Today's result: JEF United Chiba 1-0 Kyoto Sanga If that's the effect he has just watching from the stands, they'll be fupping awesome when he finally starts managing them. Link to comment
edsheep Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 at least theres gonna be no more feeling violently ill and hating the injustice of the world when you see him sitting smug in the dugout in a huge champions league game, or when theyre actually lifting the trophy! urgh... Link to comment
barassie_afc Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 hate the chunt arguably , pound for pound, the worse manager we have ever had Link to comment
NorthernLights24 Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 Japanese club JEF United Chiba are making ambitious moves to sign England striker Michael Owen, according to the Nikkan Sports Daily Newspaper (Agence France Presse, 1312 BST) http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/g...ers/7397607.stm Link to comment
mixu Posted May 13, 2008 Share Posted May 13, 2008 They meant to be making a bid for Owen. Link to comment
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