スミスの記事を見つけ また ブログを書いてみようかと思いました。
私は 基本的には 赤いクマさんのブログを 公式より先に読み
忙しいときは 赤いクマさんのブログだけ読んで終わりになることも多いです、
今年度は スカパーで試合を見るだけなのですが
見た時の気持ちを 自分の言葉で 自分のブログに書いていきたいと思っています。
Alan Smith eyeing future in management - but Notts County veteran has no retirement plans just yet
記事が読めなくなるといけないので 全文コピーします。
２００６年に リバプール戦で怪我をしたスミスは その後現在まで（もう３５歳） まだ 現役を続けています、今は ノッツカウンティ（リーグ2）にいます。将来は監督になりたいと思っていますが 引退の目途は立たず。確か コーチ兼選手契約だったかな。この記事にも書かれていますが ミッキーバットとは ニューカッスル時代 チャンピョンシップから 昇格を一緒に経験した仲で 親しいようです。ルーニーとは違い 友達が沢山いるのじゃないかな。ミッキーバットは ニューカッスル最後の試合で 最後の数分 スミスと交代して 試合に出て ニューカッスルを引退して その後中国で１年間プレーしました。たぶんスミスが 監督に自分と交代で良いから バットを数分だけピッチに立たせて欲しいと 頼んだんじゃないかな。当時 バットは 出番がなくずっとベンチを温めていましたから。
スミスはずっと髭も剃らず 今では野獣のようになってしまいました、（上半身 相当鍛えているようです、） 私は 髪を短くし かつての美形に少しでも戻って欲しいです。そんな訳で 写真はＵＰできません。でも フットボールにかける情熱とかは すごいですよね。
もうウチの選手ではないのですが マンチェスターＵの項目に スミスの記事を見つけられるのが ある意味嬉しいです、
Smith is still lacing up his boots at the age of 35 down in League Two but hopes to one day make the step into the dugout
Alan Smith is still playing on a decade after the X-rated injury which nearly ended his career but the star admits he has starting plotting his future as a manager.
Former England forward Smith has banked nearly £20million in a lucrative career with Leeds, Manchester United and Newcastle.
But he is still lacing his boots up aged 35 down in League Two with Notts County , who host Grimsby on Saturday.
It is underlines his passion for the game after Smith's career was nearly ended back in 2006 by a horror leg break and dislocated ankle at Liverpool playing for United.
United boss Sir Alex Ferguson described it as one of the worst injuries he had seen but Smith, capped 19 times by England, displayed real Yorkshire grit to bounce back.
The ex- Leedstrainee turned midfield enforcer now has half an eye on management as he learns under current County boss John Sheridan.
Smith told MirrorSport: “I want to play as long as humanly possible.
“I am still fit, I still love playing, still have that desire to play but I know that won't last forever and I would like to be a manager at some point.
“That is what I am looking forward to and completing the necessary qualifications for my badges.
“In the meantime I see Notts County as as a great club to be at and a good place to learn off an experienced manager.”
Smith enjoyed a distinguished career with Leeds, Manchester United and Newcastle before dropping into League One with MK Dons and then joining County in 2014.
He believes his contacts with his old clubs and team-mates can help him as a future boss.
Smith explained: “I have been lucky to play for a lot of good clubs and clubs that look after their ex players – Leeds, United, Newcastle and MK Dons.
“I think part of what a lot of lower league clubs will have to do now is tap into Premier League clubs to get a lot of loan players and players who have been released who are coming down.
“I think that is going to be important for smaller clubs moving forward to have that relationship with bigger clubs.
“Friends like Nicky Butt, who is academy director at United, they can help you.
"And it is nice to have opportunities to go to different clubs and watch players and speak to different managers about how certain players are progressing."
Smith still watches a lot of Premier League football despite dropping out of the top-flight.
He says seeing Tottenham's title hopes last season go up in smoke at Chelsea in a stormy 2-2 draw amid a flurry of nine yellow cards brought back memories.
“I know there was a big hoo-ha about what happened against Chelsea but I can understand it,” added Smith.
“I watched it thinking: I have been there.
“I did it in the Champions League semi-final second leg against Valencia in 2001.
“I got myself sent off and it was just down to: the dream's gone of playing in the Champions League final and this might never come again.
“The dream of winning the Premier League had been take away from them.
“If they went down with a whimper then people would be like: it doesn't look like they care.
“It looks like they cared so much they got in trouble with a few bad tackles.
“That is how I would have been because I would have been so disappointed the league title had gone and it might never come again.
“I hope it does but it is not guaranteed.
“They lost their cool, well yeah, 36 games into a season, two games to go and you lose your dream.
“People aren't robots, they still have emotions and I like to see people play with emotions.”
