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The Extraordinary Rise of Will Still
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 มี.ค. 2023
- At the age of 30, Will Still has gone 19 league games unbeaten since taking over as head coach of Stade de Reims, despite not yet having a UEFA Pro Licence that is mandated by the league.
That has landed Reims some hefty fines - not that they are particularly bothered - as Still continues his remarkable rise in coaching, having never played professional football.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a comprehensive look at the rise of Will Still, the job that he is doing at Reims, and what the future might hold for one of the most promising managers in European football who has already spoken of his aspirations to one day manage in the Premier League.
He's still & will always be Will Still
😂
What if he changes his name?
Will Will Still still be emulate his success if
he takes charge of a team in the Premier League
@@Inukshuk67 to still will
Will Still will still be Will Still will he?
Did you know Will Still has led Reims to an 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30 years old, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top five leagues 🤩
Reims pay a £22,000 fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his UEFA Pro license 😅
No shiii sherlock holmes
@@justsomeguywithamustachesb9966 Yeah you didnt get the joke
@@justsomeguywithamustachesb9966 Whooooosh
@@patkanycsatorna In truth I had never heard of this guy, so I guess the joke would also pass me by.
@@soundscape26 you should watch the first minutes of the video and you will still get it
30 year's old, youngest manager in top five leagues, £22,000 fine every game, no UEFA Pro License, Football Manager player
Him and Reims has been one of the highlights of the season for me as a neutral French football fan. It's a fantastic story
Well Alfie,
Will Still has led Reims to an 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30 years old, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top five leagues 🤩
Reims pay a £22,000 fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his UEFA Pro license 😅
NO WAY
I can already see Alfie using Still's images as in the line of Whatmore, Ndidi, and Hoever
Great video, could you make one about the fact that Will Still has led Reims to a 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
Reims pay a £22,000 pound fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his Uefa Pro License…
you're a tory
He said all that in the beginning
R/whoosh
@@seansmyth6247 Not everyone here uses Twitter. I had never heard of this guy before this video. 🤷♂️
@@thisisnightshop2037 I feel like this is a bot
I swear, the amount of articles going like, “This club that has to pay €42,000 every game because of their manager” or “This guy has gone from Football Manager to being unbeaten against PSG”. I prepare myself for pain when I see his name
He is living a dream a lot of us football manager players dream of.
Yeah but I hate how people discredit him and think he went from football manager to Manager with no experience he said he hasnt touched the computer in ages and that the fm thing was just a rumor. If you want to be a real manager go out there and start coaching i did and its so much different (obviously) than fm
I heard England were going to offer him a role after he brought Woking to the champions League in 6 seasons in championship manager (that stuff doesn't go unnoticed). Reims just got to him first.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video Alfie, I think it gives a lot more context into how Will got to where he is and as a young manager, can only hope he continues to do well. It’s just crazy how media and people latch on to one factor and don’t look at the broader picture when reporting stuff. Appreciate this and all the work you do mate.
Alfie's name segues **UPDATED** with 2 new ones
Without Freddy Adu (without further ado)
Eddie Howe (anyhow)
Wright ('right)
Hoever (However) 19:27
Watmore (What's more)
Ndidi (indeed)
*The new ones:*
Luke Shaw (sure enough) at 18:19
Will Still (will still make a video about) note: I don't think he'll keep with this one in the future
Missed however 19:27
@@christianallen8563gotchu
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 472)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
Gl good sir
Don't give up!
Still going strong I see, don't give up. You and that guy asking for the Wimbledon doc. Alfie needs to pay attention to you guys
Go on lad keep going
I Will Still follow Will Still as long as he is involved in football. A legendary manager in the making. Multi bi-linguil, passionate, meticulous, tactically intelligent, a great man manager always involved in training. What a career he has ahead in management!
I'm gonna put in another request for a hypothetical starting XI for the East African Federation, a proposed federation (big surprise there) of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. None of them are exactly what you'd call powerhouse footballing nations, with the exception of the DRC, but with plenty of players from those nationalities in the French and German leagues there's bound to be some diamonds in the rough. I did actually send Alfie a Twitter DM detailing my own attempt at an EAF first team, complete with a kit design and a subs bench, but since that didn't get a response I can only assume it got lost in the post. It's not like he'd ignore an unsolicited private message about putting together a national football team for a country that doesn't exist, right? Right?
This is request number 13; calling it a streak feels a little disingenuous considering I miss days a lot of the time due to my health. I intend to go for as long as I can until Alfie either makes the video or tells me to bugger off. I'm sure you have your own opinions about which is more likely. =]
The name of himself symbolises how a true footballing manager at such a young age could be patient for him to be still would want to fulfill his dream which is being the youngest ever manager to manager a footballing club and thanks to Stade Reims which are one of my favourite footballing clubs for finally appointed this genius man for the job and he has been his doing his managerial job extremely so well and even surprised my boyhood club AS Monaco away which showed that he can do wonders at the club,good friends!!!With the squad that he has including Folarin Balagon,this club can actually challenge for top four in the French Ligue 1 which they can achieve brilliantly but a huge task against Olympique Marseille is coming up tomorrow for them which they need to surprise them at home,good friends!!!LONG LIVE STADE REIMS AND FRENCH FOOTBALL!!!🏋️♂️🇫🇷
Will Still
22k a week
30 years old
Football manager
Alfie you really do do great work. There is a gem of a video to be done on Middlesbrough, either the leagues appallingly unfair and unprecedented treatment of Middlesbrough when it was in virtual liquidation in the old 3rd division and their climb to the top league in 3 seasons in '86 or the Premier leagues malfeasance in the 3 point docking after giving Middlesborough permission to call off the Blackburn game and the media's cowardly and sneaky cover up of the truth in '96 as well as deeply suspicious incompetence of referees during that campaign. I genuinely think that if the facts became known there would be MASSIVE interest in exactly how despicabley behaved the Premier league were. I still find it deeply suspicious that no journalist has ever dug into this or presented Middlesbroughs side of the story. The media and the publics gullibility in thinking Bryan Robson and Steve Gibson would just decide to call off a game and not even informing Blackburn AS FUCKING IF. The 2 together plus a couple of other strange occurrences would be a truly dynamite story.
It’s kind of insane how viral the will still story has gone I’m in australia and even seen it on Aussie based football pages
Bout time ya did this one alfie! Bloody good
The video we all were waiting for🙌
Never heard of him. Guess I did now... 😄
You are getting better w each video. Keep going.
Watching a new manager breakthrough into one of the top 5 leagues is always interesting
Yup altough once the eredivisie takes over the ligue 1 it will be a top6 league
Oh come on, who doesn't want to see Claude Puel hop from job to job, making insane amounts of money to be insufferable?!
@@innercityprepper I can't remember much from his time in england tbh
Brilliant Alfie, you are a true aficionado of the medium (and the game).
The biggest shock from this video will still be that Japan has a goalie called Daniel Schmidt
Probably born in Germany and switched his allegiance.
@@mylesm12923 Apparently his dad is German-American
I wouldn’t mind a “7 footballers who you would never guess by their names which countries they play for” with Schmidt, Alexis McAllister, Senegal’s Nicolas Jackson, Finland’s Daniel O’Shaughnessy, and more
@@bretlir Semi-related, but there is a former Swedish hockey player named Douglas Murray. But yeah, that would be a fun video!
@@bretlir That's a good idea tbh. Can think of a few already.. like Mohammed Elyonoussi, Dejan Kulusevski, Moise Kean
Great video
Will Still, Eddie Howe and Freddy Adu his favorite names to say
Excellent video
CLASS VIDEO ALFIE
Great video as always 👍 can you please do one about Maltese football? 🇲🇹 ⚽
He came on Talksport and said his club no longer need to pay the fine. This is because he has started his pro license course
That was incredible the will still bit at the beginning
Will Still is an inspiring story, but I really hope he stays at Reims for a bit longer and doesn’t rush to the big time too soon. I have a fear that this could end up the way Andre Villas Boas did, and the FM angle means a certain element of the English media would always think he’s unqualified. Was Villas Boas overrated? Or just aggressively rushed into jobs he wasn’t ready for with too much pressure and he never truly recovered?
Will still has led Reims to a 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
Reims pay a £22,000 pound fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his Uefa Pro License…
Not a 19 game unbeaten run in all competitions he lost to tolouse in the cup. He did go to a 17 unbeaten in the league though
His older brother Edward, who you mentioned early in the video, is also managing at Eupen in Belgian first division and the youngest brother Nicolas is a video analyst and assistant to Edward.
It's pronounced more like "Ranse", as in Rinse but with an 'ah' sound. Also, you kept saying that Reims were still having to pay 25k for every game, even though you said they didn't have to, right at the end, because Will has started his Pro Licence course. Apart form that, great video!
"who am I to spoil it with something as tedious as reality?"
Amazing quote which I will be using in future!!!
Day 2 of asking for a video about São Caetano
Some extra info about the club to see if it's of your liking Alfie. They were only founded in 1989, so in just 13 years they had gone from a newly formed club to a Libertadores final
And like someone mentioned in my first mention of this, nowadays they play in the Campeonato Paulista A3, the 3rd division of São Paulo's regional league
Will Still, still will.
Will Still has led Reims to an 19-game unbeaten run in Ligue 1. At 30 years old, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top five leagues
Reims pay a £22,000 fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his UEFA Pro license
Did you know Will Still has led Reims to a 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30 years old, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top five leagues.
He will still have the same success in any other league
great content
By making this video Alfie jinxed it 😢
Thanks!
Thanks Moshe!
On the other hand there is always Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who played Champ man/Football Manager whilst he was a player. Then went into coaching. You can see Ole talk about the game on Football Manager Ruined My Life. So a manager being connected to the game is not unknown.
Will Still however is experiencing a meteoric rise and it is certainly remarkable.
Proper comment now: I can't help but wonder if Still's style of management would respond well to a higher bank balance at a superclub in the European leagues. To me, it feels like his style is at its best when working with people who are just as hungry and scrappy as he is; I don't know how well that approach would transfer to men earning six figures a week who have been around the game forever and don't think they need to learn from someone younger than the first-team's keeper.
There’s only one way to find out, though imo he should stay at Reims where there’s less pressure whilst he develops
@@johnwhittaker311 Completely agree. Let him develop and mature, otherwise he'll get poached by PSG and make a complete ballsup of the whole thing and be back coaching Belgian second division sides for the rest of his career.
@@johnwhittaker311 That's a double-edged sword. His stock is high right now and he presumably won't have his top scorer in Balogun next season. We've all seen what not having a reliable striker does to managers and otherwise good teams. Might be an argument to take up an offer if one comes. I'd like to see him repay Reims' faith in him though, stay for a while and do great things with them. Took serious intelligence to identify and track him and then tremendous moxie to appoint him.
That’s cool but did you know Will Still has led Reims to an 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30 years old, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top five leagues
Reims pay a £22,000 fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his UEFA Pro license…
Hi Alfie, could you make a video about the remarkable season Feyenoord has had so far, after losing almost their entire starting eleven last summers? Cheers!
I have been waiting for this video for a while lmao😂😂
will still is a legend, will still will still be the legend
My god listening to you at x2 speed is a MUST. I've never heard a human being speak so slowly before.
I must be the only guy to doesn't have the foggiest about Will Still
As someone who "also" speaks multiple languages, being able to just switch back and forth like that is amazing. I like to think my Spanish and German accents are acceptable but I almost need a hard mental reset to go between languages
I don't know who he is but I Will Still watch it.
Will Will Still Still Perform His Magic at Reims
Myerscough college. The football programme was ran by Alan Lord former stockport county manager. There's been a conveyor belt of talent from myerscough and County.
Will Still has potential as the next ‘Eddie Howe’ and ‘without further Adu’
Without Freddy Adu
In 2018, he took over at my club Lierse SK. We were surprised the first week about his age and about... who is he? But he really did a wonderful job... also here was a problem because, he didn't has the UEFA diploma... but that season on May 9, 2018, Lierse SK announced that it requested bankruptcy... i guess ( i'm sure of it)... he becomes a top manager
Billy Still is what his family and friends call him
True story!
Today he only lose 4 matches in France Ligue, 2 draws against PSG, thats insane
Pronounciation of Reims was all over the shop 😂 The narrator pronounced Reims differently everytime 😂
The closest pronounciation of Reims was at 20:44 so he can sort of pronounce it properly when he wants to lol
I wonder if Will Still will still be Stade Rennes next season? And I wonder if Will Still will still be successful elsewhere? I will still watch Will Still's career either way.
An outstanding achievement.
i’m sure he will still be doing great things for years
very interesting.
i highly recommend people to check out his light-hearted interview on Talksport with Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent where he spills beans on his journey, favourite team in the PL, tryst with FM and also how to pronounce the name of his current club.
16:40 thats Steven Defour's head, probably one of the craziest tifo's ever.
this story has been updated and only getting better
Very cool
As a Lierse fan I must say you pronounce it like Leer-suh
Watching in early October and he has Reims 3rd in the league after 7 games...
Will still has led Reims to a 19-game unbeaten run in
all competitions. At 30, he's the youngest manager in
Europe's top 5 leaques.
Reims pay a £22,000 pound fine each time Still
manages because he doesn't have his Uefa Pro License….
Alfie, off topic, sorry. I'm trying to get hold of your book but there's no digital version available, inc Amazon. I was at primary school in Tiptree in '66-'72 and am sure Neil Franklin was our neighbour, playing footie with his 2 sons and getting coaching sessions on Saturdays at our school. My parents don't believe me. Did he live in Tiptree (while or after managing Colchester) and have 2 sons born early '60s, or have I hallucinated that? :-)
You missed a big opportunity to show Genoa fc when you said "Do You know what" at 1:43
I expected a will still pun in the first few minutes
1:57. Very good lol
There are really some stupid pundits in England…i m particularly thinking of the talksport duo mentioned in this video..brilliant video by the way..well researched with bit of humour sprinkled here and there for good measure😂
Please Alfie do a video on Portimense. I’m going on holiday there in a couple of weeks and want to go see a game. Just sayin…
Would love to see a video like this about Ange Postecoglou
I could see him at a Leicester, a Leeds or a West Ham next season.
I love the comments to this video! However, I do feel that they are missing a few things:
Will Still has led Reims to an 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30 years old, he's the youngest manager in Europe's top five leagues. Reims pay a £22,000 fine each time Still manages because he doesn't have his UEFA Pro Licence. He also plied his trade on Football Manager.
Although I've never heard of Will Still, I will still watch this video. 🧀 Thanks!
(Edit: add cheesy emoji 😁)
My favourite thing about him is how he talks perfect French then says “Fucking 3 points on Sunday” like a geezer.
Will Will Still still be at Reims next season?
Can you do a video on Kidderminster harriers Vs west ham were are the players now
Flips balogun and ito is a beautiful trio under will still
This guy is one to watch out for
If he got the West Ham Utd job it really would feel like Football Manager. How many times have I taken over at the club I support with limited experience and in the press conference been asked “How does it feel to be managing the club you support” and thought to myself how unrealistic that question would be in real life. But if he got that job it’s likely that would be one of the questions he gets asked.
In fact I’m sure there would be some journalists playing the equivalent of how many song titles can you fit into an interview by seeing how many FM journalist questions they can fit into an press conference 😂
He has a bright future ahead of him.
Can you do a video on Farul Constanta from Romania
Legend
Will still, what a name! 😅
I’m confused are you saying Rennes on purpose? It’s Reims (reemz) good video but that kept doing my head in sorry pal
That man is living my dream…
Video idea:
The Remarkable rise of Los Angeles FC (the current MLS Cup champions and the replacement club for Chivas USA.)
Good MLS video idea 😊
Will Will Still still be the nations favourite in a weeks time?
Since this video came out Reims form has slightly deteriorated and gone L/W/D/L/L/L/W
He is still Will Still.
Will Will Still still have his will? 🤔
Did you know, Will still has led Reims to a 19-game unbeaten run in all competitions. At 30, he’s the youngest manager in Europe’s top 5 leagues.
Reims pay a £22,000 pound fine each time Still manages because he doesn’t have his Uefa Pro License…
18:18 Luke Shaw visual for "sure enough' is a new one. bit of a stretch in the word play department but it might grow on me