Villan4Life Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Tony Parks has replaced Andy Marshall as Goalkeeping coach. http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~4510941,00.html Quote Tim Sherwood has appointed Tony Parks as his first team goalkeeping coach. The former Tottenham, Oxford and West Ham shot-stopper will be working with Brad Guzan, Shay Given and Jed Steer at Bodymoor Heath. Tony joins us from Norwich City, where he has worked in a similar position since July 2014 after replacing Dave Watson who joined Southampton earlier that summer. He had a similar role at White Hart Lane previously for six years. Parks also worked for The FA as a national coach for six years, when he played a key role on the coaching staff of England's development squads at U16, U17, U19 and U21s level, working with the likes of Joe Hart, Ben Amos and Jason Steele. He was named as the goalkeeper coach of the year in 2013 following his work under both Harry Redknapp and Andre Villas-Boas at Spurs since 2008. At White Hart Lane, he trained Hugo Lloris, Brad Friedel, Heurelho Gomes and Carlo Cudicini. Hackney-born Parks had a long career as a player, starting out with Spurs where his most memorable moment came in the 1984 UEFA Cup final against Anderlecht where he proved their match-winner in a penalty shoot-out. He went on to represent the likes of Brentford and Falkirk before moving into coaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GENTLEMAN Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Welcome Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I heard from the local man that Tony Parks is rubbish at being a goalkeeper coach and actively encourages the goalkeepers to throw the ball into the net or just stand behind the goal if the opponents are in possession. He is said to love the noise that the ball hitting the net makes and tries to make all his goalkeepers love the noise too. He's also of the opinion that penalties should just be allowed to go in and tells goalkeepers to not try to save them because a penalty awarded, in his eyes, is a goal. And goal kicks should be launched into the nearest stand, usually the one behind. I'm not sure why we've chosen such a man as our goalkeeping coach. Tim Sherwood has a lot of explaining to do on this one. Ridiculous appointment. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why are we getting our entire coaching staff from an underachieving championship team?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted February 23, 2015 Author Share Posted February 23, 2015 Why are we getting our entire coaching staff from an underachieving championship team?! We just need a strikers coach now!! Pity Sherwood don't ask Big John Carew!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 We seem to like our Managers and Coaches with connections to Norwich City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I heard from the local man that Tony Parks is rubbish at being a goalkeeper coach and actively encourages the goalkeepers to throw the ball into the net or just stand behind the goal if the opponents are in possession. He is said to love the noise that the ball hitting the net makes and tries to make all his goalkeepers love the noise too. He's also of the opinion that penalties should just be allowed to go in and tells goalkeepers to not try to save them because a penalty awarded, in his eyes, is a goal. And goal kicks should be launched into the nearest stand, usually the one behind. I'm not sure why we've chosen such a man as our goalkeeping coach. Tim Sherwood has a lot of explaining to do on this one. Ridiculous appointment. I honestly cannot believe Tim would allow this kind of behaviour, sorry just wont believe that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Has Andy Marshall been sacked then? Thought he was meant to be a good goalkeeper coach. Edited February 23, 2015 by samjp26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter chappy Posted February 23, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 23, 2015 Are we just trying to troll Norwich even more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I heard from the local man that Tony Parks is rubbish at being a goalkeeper coach and actively encourages the goalkeepers to throw the ball into the net or just stand behind the goal if the opponents are in possession. He is said to love the noise that the ball hitting the net makes and tries to make all his goalkeepers love the noise too. He's also of the opinion that penalties should just be allowed to go in and tells goalkeepers to not try to save them because a penalty awarded, in his eyes, is a goal. And goal kicks should be launched into the nearest stand, usually the one behind. I'm not sure why we've chosen such a man as our goalkeeping coach. Tim Sherwood has a lot of explaining to do on this one. Ridiculous appointment. I honestly cannot believe Tim would allow this kind of behaviour, sorry just wont believe that Classic Useless! Wait... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nazvfc Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) I remember tony parks play. Not a bad keeper at all. All the best to the new coach. Maybe he can teach Guzan to not kick the ball out every time and also to throw the ball out quicker rather than let the opposition regroup! Edited February 23, 2015 by nazvfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Why are we getting our entire coaching staff from an underachieving championship team?! he was at Spurs until last summer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skarroki Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Why are we getting our entire coaching staff from an underachieving championship team?! he was at Spurs until last summer They are also perennial under-acheivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 haha true, decent goalkeepers though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudevillaisnice Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 At the game he almost was like Sherwood's assistant manager; certainly much more involved. Not the first time i've noticed it either even at the home games I've noticed it. He must have much more of a role than just a goalkeeper coach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 At the game he almost was like Sherwood's assistant manager; certainly much more involved. Not the first time i've noticed it either even at the home games I've noticed it. He must have much more of a role than just a goalkeeper coach. He's a really vibrant, passionate, loud individual. At least from what I can see. I get the impression that he is basically the assistant manager in all but title yes, though of course we are not privvy to what happens on the training ground. Also, he looks like a proper east end villain. I like that. Edit - Just googled. He is indeed from Hackney! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 9, 2015 Share Posted May 9, 2015 Talksports moose on twitter saying his son has died today, trying to find out if it's our tony parks terrible news if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT Supporter PieFacE Posted May 9, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted May 9, 2015 Appears so. Something to do with a car crash a while back. Noticed he wasn't on the touchline today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 FFS, horrible news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaGoMarching Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Is Tony Parks still involved with us, he seemed to feature strongly when Sherwood came in but can't say i've heard from him this pre-season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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