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Wiseman started his coaching career with Gibraltar’s elite development teams while still playing for Lincoln Red Imps and went on to coach the women’s Under-19s as well as the men’s Under-16, Under-17s and Under-19s.<\/p>\n
The majority of Wiseman’s coaching team with the women’s senior side – with whom he says he has a “good working relationship” – have joined him in his new role with the men’s senior team.<\/p>\n
Preparations have been further simplified by promising displays by the women in their opening Nations League fixtures against Moldova and Faroe Islands last month.<\/p>\n
Both games ended in a 1-0 defeat, but Wiseman saw plenty of positives.<\/p>\n
“We exceeded expectations massively,” he addedd. <\/p>\n
“Yes, we lost both games, but the strides the women have made is fantastic.<\/p>\n
“We left that on such a high, we have less work to do in our next [games], to a certain degree. We’ve managed to box a lot of that preparation off.”<\/p>\n
As for the men, their reward for a second-place finish in League D of the Nations League is a two-legged play-off with Latvia in March next year, the winners of which will be promoted to League C.<\/p>\n
Wiseman, who was eligible to play for Gibraltar through his mother, says the upcoming World Cup qualifying campaign should be seen as a foundation and “bounce-board” for the ties with Latvia.<\/p>\n
“The expectation for the next 12 months has to be leading towards the Nations League play-offs,” he said. <\/p>\n
“We’ve picked a very young squad – one of the youngest squads I’ve been a part of.<\/p>\n
“We’ve never had a point in Euro or World Cup qualification, so we could really use this campaign as a foundation for the younger boys coming through and get the international experience we’re going to need.”<\/p>\n
Wiseman is however not certain whether he will still be in charge for that play-off.<\/p>\n
“I’m not sure,” he said when asked about his future. <\/p>\n
“This is something we haven’t discussed yet. [Ribas’ resignation] was very close to this international window, so we had to be very reactive.<\/p>\n
“It was an easy fit for the association. Past these games, we haven’t discussed it.”<\/p>\n
You can listen to the interview in its entirety in the next episode of <\/i>Sports World<\/i><\/a> on Sunday, 23 March.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n