René van der Gijp and Johan Derksen are not happy with Robin van Persie at Feyenoord. The duo of Today Inside sees the trainer making a bad impression in De Kuip. Derksen also believes that Van Persie should never have been appointed.
“I think Van Persie suffers from a form of overconfidence,” says Van der Gijp. “The most important people at a club are the players. They have to do it. You have to protect them at all times. You should never do what Van Persie did with Timber. Then you have to become an analyst or sit here at the table, then you can do it every week.”
Gibe believes that as a coach you should protect your players and give them a good feeling. “Never get the idea that you are more important than those players. You can forget that,” he says. Derksen agrees. “As a coach you have the task of getting the optimal return from your players. Van Persie has managed to make his three best players no longer function. He has chased away Quilindschy Hartman, destroyed Sem Steijn and Timber, who is his best player, leaves dissatisfied. Then you are doing something wrong.”
“He can stay because the management and Supervisory Board think: if we send him away, we also have to draw our conclusions. How can you attract someone with no experience who made a mess of things during his first job at SC Heerenveen and did the craziest things? How can you think that he is a top coach at Feyenoord?”, asks the Mustache wonders out loud.
“He really overestimates himself,” Van der Gijp responds. Derksen: “Van Persie criticizes everyone and always says on TV that he is the right man in the right place. There is only one person in the Netherlands who thinks that and that is himself.” Dennis te Kloese stated earlier on Monday that a dismissal of Van Persie is not on the agenda for the time being. Feyenoord will face Sturm Graz and Heracles Almelo at home this week.
