SNSUN Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Just a little something for a debate: So the complete ineptitude of Pellegrino's continued reign (and a quiet night at work) was making me wonder whether a manager's playing position in their playing days made a difference to their managerial selves. This is the list of Saints managers since Ted Bates, bunched up into their playing day positions. (According to the gospel of Wikipedia) Goalkeeper: Adkins Defender: Chris Nicholl Ian Branfoot Dave Merrington Dave Jones George Burley Gorman + Dodd Pearson Poortvliet Wotte Pochettino Koeman (but let's be honest, he was more attacking than some strikers!) Midfield: Ball Souness Hoddle Gray Strachan Wigley Redknapp Bassett and Wise Pardew Wilkins Puel (though a defensive midfielder) Striker: None Hardly played football/went straight into coaching: McMenemy I think it's pretty interesting that we've never had a striker as a manager. We've had some goalscoring midfielders, Hoddle, Souness, Strachan, Ball and a goalscoring defender in Koeman, but that's about it. Do strikers just not make good managers? Ferguson was a striker and Klopp was a striker to name but two successful managers. What do you make of this? Or does playing position not come into how good a manager is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascadia Saint Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Interesting to see it laid out like that. I’d take peak Adkins and Nicholl over almost anyone else there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Without a Halo Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Interesting to see it laid out like that. I’d take peak Adkins and Nicholl over almost anyone else there... Pochattino for me by far the best manager we ever had got the most out of every player young and old The evidence is none performed as well at other clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faz Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 It’s not just us, but apart from a few notable exceptions (Clough and Dalgleish spring to mind) very few strikers seem to go in to management. Probably because they’re generally flash, fancy dan types who don’t have that ruthless streak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 It’s not just us, but apart from a few notable exceptions (Clough and Dalgleish spring to mind) very few strikers seem to go in to management. Probably because they’re generally flash, fancy dan types who don’t have that ruthless streak. It seems a higher number go into media jobs when they retire. Lineker, Owen, Henry, Shearer, Le Tiss, Merson, Nicholas, Dowie, Cottee, McInally, Mellor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 It seems a higher number go into media jobs when they retire. Lineker, Owen, Henry, Shearer, Le Tiss, Merson, Nicholas, Dowie, Cottee, McInally, Mellor... Dowie was a manager, did well at Oldham and Palace before a disastrous spell at Charlton. Luckily his time at Charlton was followed by true football management royalty. Also, Paul Merson managed Walsall. True story. And Shearer angled and angled for managerial jobs, then relegated Newcastle then kept quiet ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Van Basten, Klinsmann, Cruyff, Gullit, Zola, Vialli, Pahars, Shevchenko, Montella, Zidane, Dalgleish, Toshack, Luis Enrique, Mark Hughes That's off the top of my head. Mancini & Keegan come to mind after reading your list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangelyBrown Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Brian Clough and Alex Ferguson spring to mind Sent from my Moto G (5) using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 Dowie was a manager, did well at Oldham and Palace before a disastrous spell at Charlton. Luckily his time at Charlton was followed by true football management royalty. Also, Paul Merson managed Walsall. True story. And Shearer angled and angled for managerial jobs, then relegated Newcastle then kept quiet ever since. Van Basten, Klinsmann, Cruyff, Gullit, Zola, Vialli, Pahars, Shevchenko, Montella, Zidane, Dalgleish, Toshack, Luis Enrique, Mark Hughes That's off the top of my head. All true I suppose. TBH I haven't put all that much thought into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 3 February, 2018 Share Posted 3 February, 2018 (edited) Does an attacking player make a better manager? Yes Shane Long's goal return could make any manager look **** and Harry Kane could probably make MoPe look good....oh that's not what you meant Edited 3 February, 2018 by doddisalegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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