Zingari Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 I don't know if anyone else think about what type of player is more likely to become a good manager . << like this one What position , defender, midfielder or forward ? ( it seems very rare for keepers to become managers) What type of player eg gritty , silky , naturally gifted etc ? academically intelligent or just football mad ? I've always thought combative midfielders seem good candidates , but Ince and Keane don't seem very good . Is it really important to actually be a successful player beforehand ? Does anyone else have any thoughts on this ? Maybe there has been studies. Anyway , thoughts please edit; sorry if it's been done before , i looked but couldn't see anything .
Mark_w Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 Is it really important to actually be a successful player beforehand ? No.
Manwell Pablo Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 I've always noticed a pattern that there haven't been many successful goal keepers in management....
Leicesterpool Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 To be honest in recent years alot of successful managers didn't really play much football when they were younger. I think you'd also found alot of young managers who retired early due to injures go onto to be successful like Brian Clough i think he was a manager at 33!.
RobHawk Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 I've always noticed a pattern that there haven't been many successful goal keepers in management.... Conrad's gonna buck that trend! So much time on the bench means he's now a tactical messiah!
indierich06 Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 It always seems to me that the best managers are those who generally didn't achieve much as players. Look at Wenger and Mourinho in the PL now for example.
MC Prussian Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 Volker Finke, who was never proficient in his playing career, had tremendous success with Freiburg in between 1991 and 2007 (given the club's size and location). Who remembers AJ Auxerre's Guy Roux? Spent 44 years (!) there as the manager, of which were 36 years straight. He played for the club for nine years prior to that, when Auxerre was only a lower-league side.
Kitchandro Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 Alf Ramsey and Martin O'Neill both had successful playing careers. I can't find any pattern tbh. It's just more about the personality.
Webbo Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 I've always noticed a pattern that there haven't been many successful goal keepers in management.... Jock Wallace? In the premier league it seems to be important to have been a non English player.
Beliall Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 maybe the world class players with big ego's like keane for example dint do so well because of that
notnow john Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 Jock Wallace? In the premier league it seems to be important to have been a non English player. And not necessarily been a player,didn't Mourinio start off as Bobby Robson's interpreter?
Bayfox Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 A shit player makes a good manager. jose,fergie,wenger.
Stadt Posted 27 January 2014 Posted 27 January 2014 Yeah but Sven's career was cut short through injury and he's ****
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