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In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
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In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
Martin O’Neill Returns to Celtic: ‘Football Has Become Overcomplicated’”
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Martin O’Neill Returns to Celtic: ‘Football Has Become Overcomplicated’”
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As Martin O’Neill returns to Celtic Football Club, we revisit a powerful conversation that captures everything he stands for as a coach and leader. From his early days under Brian Clough to managing Leicester, Celtic, Aston Villa, and the Republic of Ireland, O’Neill has lived through every phase of football’s evolution — and he’s never lost sight of what truly matters.
In this interview, Martin reflects on:
The lessons from Brian Clough and why simplicity still wins in a complicated world.
Rebuilding belief at Celtic, turning a 21-point deficit into a 6–2 victory over Rangers and a title-winning side.
Managing upwards in the modern game, where CEOs, directors, and data often overshadow football people.
Roy Keane’s impact on culture, standards, and leadership inside the dressing room.
The dangers of over-analysis, and why clarity and trust will always be the foundation of coaching.
It’s an honest, entertaining, and deeply relevant listen for any coach navigating today’s game — reminding us that football is still, at its core, about people, relationships, and belief.
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In the final Modern Soccer Coach podcast of 2025, we step back from tactics and trends and ask a bigger question:
What will the game look like in 2026 and beyond?
Rather than reviewing downloads or highlights, this episode focuses on three ideas from 2025 that point directly toward the future of soccer coaching and player development.
Across the year on Modern Soccer Coach, conversations consistently returned to the same themes: clarity over complexity, individuality over rigid structure, and environments over outcomes.
In this episode, we explore:
• How modern game models may be limiting individual development
• Why more content does not always create better coaches
• The growing importance of methodology and clarity
• How youth environments shape the future of the professional game
This episode is for coaches who want to think beyond the next session and reflect on where the game is actually heading.
Thank you for listening throughout 2025.
We hope you stay with us in 2026.
- Gary Curneen
