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Originally Posted by James
Here is a ranking of managers as players, I came across the other day (minus one): - Ronald Koeman
- Mark Hughes
- Slaven Bilic
- Mauricio Pochettino
- Quique Flores
- Alan Pardew
- Manuel Pellegrini
- Remi Garde
- Roberto Martinez
- Sam Allardyce
- Eddie Howe
- Steve McClaren
- Louis van Gaal
- Claudio Ranieri
- Jürgen Klopp
- Tony Pulis
- Alex Neil
- Guus Hiddink
- Arsène Wenger
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...s-players.html |
I think terrible players or non players often make really good - often better managers than good players eg Wenger, Roy Hodgson, Mourinho, Hiddink. Maybe their failure as a player has left them with something to prove, desperate for non playing football glory, maybe their careers are cut short or disappointing that they do other things eg go to university and get a bit more erudite and educated so they have more sophisticated tactics.
Quite a few of the top Portuguese sides deliberately hire non ex players or journey men/ poor ex players.