Ever thought to yourself im destined for greatness? I woke up a few years ago and did so I thought about the one thing I knew I was great at and could be even better at.
football as been my passion since I was young and I knew that was what it had to be, never played professionally just in amateur teams and I never got to the heights of the greats.
I always knew that would be the case, even I didn't think I was anything special. So I tried my hand at coaching found I had a knack for tactics and that it was probably the way to go. so i looked up the history of the team not really ever had much sucess maybe it was time for that to change
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so I started my coaching courses a few years past and here I am interviewing for the biggest job of my life so far.
A small town guy from Rotherham in the liberty stadium about to meet Huw Jenkins.
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With Brendan Rogers resiging and my new choice of career as a manager I thought id try my hand at applyiing for a premier league new comer id heard that Huw Jenkins was looking for a talented young manager to lead his talented young squad so I jumped at the opportunity to presnt myself.
sent him my portfolio of badges and list of achievements amateur level only but i thought it was worth a try whats the worst that could happen.
i knew I couldn't possibly get the job but it seemed the young squad was exactly what I was looking for I loved the prospect of working with Joe Allen, Scott Sinclair, Nathan Dyer, Neil Taylor and many others.
bring in a few players of my own and id be in business, trying to lead my team from promotion to stabilising the welsh dream of having a team in the premier leaugue thats really worth a ****.
Brendan Rogers an excelent manager I knew to have any chance id have to show my determination what I had planned show my ambition for the club and that I really mean business, the potential is high with swansea
i have to show I see this and that Im the right man to bring the potential out of the great players they have and what I want to acheive here. Also what I plan to do to get the fans on side this wouldnt be an easy task with a young manager coming in to replace Brendan Rogers after he led the team to the premier league.
Huw Jenkins - Good morning Mr Dimbleby I reed your ressame I see you have the coaching badges needed to start a professional carrer and Im looking for a young manager to build a future the fans could only dream about here at the Liberty Stadium, i jumped at your essay on ambtion and what you reassured me was your plans and what you would bring to the table, I looked at your ideas for players you would like to develop and ones you think should move on and I think this shows ambition and desire.
Well sir im so pleased to hear that as I truly do believe I am the young manager your looking for my ambition for swansea would be to first establish the team as a premier league side, a mid table finish at the least, then to start to push for the top half and within 3 seasons to be challenging for continental places bringing European football to the Liberty Stadium and this proud nation. Then to develop a great rank of national stars that can lead welsh football to new heights maybe even the world cup.
the meeting went one for another 2 hours I outlined my tactics and also the ideas I had, it was a long job interview the longest and biggest of my life. I started to beleive the job was mine. at the end of the interview I Shaked Huw Jenkins hand and I could feel sweat dripping down the back of my neck. ive aways had problems with nerves this was not any different. The one issue i needed to control. thnking to myself get a grip you cant loose this now, not that i ever had it to start wth but confidence is never a bad thing.
days pass by and im starting to realise I wasnt the right man he wanted a young manager but probably needed experience too I hadnt applied for any other positions I really thought this was the one for me and looking elsewere would be wrong not untill I knew.
a few hours later the phone rings.
Huw Jenkins - hello Mr Dimbleby calling to let you know that we would like to offer you a contract and love the ambiton you have shown for the club and beleive your spirit and dertermination is exactly whats needed to establish swansea city as a premier league team and posissibly further in due course. you share the same ambition as I and I hope we can work together well to bring that to the fans. Our dreams combined hoepfully will beccome a reality.
as Huw Jenkins spoke I felt a rush of adrenaline coursing threw my body, I thought for a second I was asleep and I was still dreaming, a little pinch to the side of the cheeck should do the trick, wake up you ******* idiot real life doesnt happen this way rejection after rejection thats the ony way it goes.
Huw Jenkins - Myself and the rest fo the board members would like you to come in so we can talk buissnes and arrange a contract offer, and then possibly go further if you are still wiling to take the job.
wake up im still picnching my check, hmmm... oo.. yes im still interested of course.
That night i laid awake looking at my pans every thing id wrote looking through seing if it was still the best course of action, I was certain this was the best way to go about it i was so nervous at this point thinking that tommorow morning i was going to The Liberty Stadium to sign my contract to start as the new manager of Swansea City in the Premier League wow this really is what dreams are made of.
entering The Liberty Stadium it feels different the second time like its mine I have a purpose a reason to be here, im here to sign my contract the biggest contract of my life to realise my dream and become a fully fledged premier league manager.
Huw Jenkins Morning Mark you mind if i call you that
no not at all sir im happy to be called by my name.
Huw Jenkins - well Mark here's the contract we would like to offer you
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I cant believe it ive never seen that amount of money to be paid for 1 week £17,250 it's crazy I write my name on the piece of paper very quickly no way I'm not going to I know now that it's real.
the buiness meeting goes on for hours but it doesnt seem like it this is fun i'm enjoying every second I real am.
Days pass by and im meeting my team and staff for the first time tommorow it feels amazing to say out loud i think as i insanley ramble it to myself.
i pick up the newspaper and the headline is of shock the fans outraged i knew this was going to happen i think Huw Jenkins as really taken a gamble here I start to think to myself i **** sure cant let him down now.
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while i was at the meeting Huw Jenkins outlined his expectations and i wrote them down in a journal just so I never forgot them
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the main thing here is to achieve a mid table finish it wont be easy but I know I'm up for the task.
tommorows the big day staff and team wow its real.