[alex_front2]

Behind Ronaldinho in pic above

For fairness all the other managers in their playing prime:



Wow, Ranieri was a good looking as a younger guy.

Re game 2 March - Bet Spurs come back from 1-0 against West Ham right now

[MTVN]

Happy Birthday

[alex_front2]

I'm not a THFC fan, but I do like a bit of the ole Poch.

[Nicky91]

Happy Birthday, Mauricio

[alex_front2]

[James]

I didn't know Mark Hughes' first name was Leslie.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Came up against a better team and got beat


BOOOOOOOOOM

[James]

Originally Posted by alex_front2

For fairness all the other managers in their playing prime:

Here is a ranking of managers as players, I came across the other day (minus one):

1. Ronald Koeman
2. Mark Hughes
3. Slaven Bilic
4. Mauricio Pochettino
5. Quique Flores
6. Alan Pardew
7. Manuel Pellegrini
8. Remi Garde
9. Roberto Martinez
10. Sam Allardyce
11. Eddie Howe
12. Steve McClaren
13. Louis van Gaal
14. Claudio Ranieri
15. Jürgen Klopp
16. Tony Pulis
17. Alex Neil
18. Guus Hiddink
19. Arsène Wenger

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/foo...s-players.html

[Crimson Dynamo]

poor prof wenger

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by James

I didn't know Mark Hughes' first name was Leslie.

IIRC Hughes in his first stint at Man U (before his return spell when Fergie was there ) he got really annoyed with players taking the p*SS out of his real name.

In May 2007, the then Blackburn manager Mark Hughes answers your questions on his playing and management career...

Why don’t you call yourself Leslie, your actual first name?

Colm Lynch, London

Because Mark’s my name, Leslie’s my father’s name. [Looking bemused, then smiling] No one has ever asked me that before! I was always going to be Mark Leslie Hughes, but maybe it sounded better or looked better on the birth certificate as Leslie Mark Hughes. That’s the only reason, but I was always going to be Mark.

Re: other managers as players, how cute does Eddie Howe look when he was a player (not that long ago to be fair but now he's quite hot) and it's obvious LVG has had a bad a nose job since he was a plwyer.

[alex_front2]

Originally Posted by James

Here is a ranking of managers as players, I came across the other day (minus one):

1. Ronald Koeman
2. Mark Hughes
3. Slaven Bilic
4. Mauricio Pochettino
5. Quique Flores
6. Alan Pardew
7. Manuel Pellegrini
8. Remi Garde
9. Roberto Martinez
10. Sam Allardyce
11. Eddie Howe
12. Steve McClaren
13. Louis van Gaal
14. Claudio Ranieri
15. Jürgen Klopp
16. Tony Pulis
17. Alex Neil
18. Guus Hiddink
19. 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.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Came up against a better team and got beat


BOOOOOOOOOM

I'm afraid that we was playing Hull this week.

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Happy Birthday