Paul Davis gets a reaction when he tells black players they should study for their coaching badges and try to become managers.
"The guys laugh in my face," he says.
It's not because they're rich or lazy or complacent or arrogant.
It's because they think it's futile. It's a waste of their time and a threat to their dignity. It's because their path is blocked.
Sometimes, they mention what happened to Davis himself. How he spent five years coaching the U13s and U15s at Arsenal before he quit in 2003 after his failure to progress.
Do you remember what Davis was like as an Arsenal player? Cultured, elegant, a...
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