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Best player to be a successful manager?
RodneyCharltonTrotta
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Was reading on another thread about whether being a respected good football manager is linked to footballing pedigree as a player and was thinking who would be considered the best player to be the most successful manager.
Alex Ferguson was a great manager but not known for being head and shoulders above as a player whereas the great Maradona never did overly well as a manager.
Guardiola was a world class player and is doing well in his management career.
Beckenbauer must be up there.
Alex Ferguson was a great manager but not known for being head and shoulders above as a player whereas the great Maradona never did overly well as a manager.
Guardiola was a world class player and is doing well in his management career.
Beckenbauer must be up there.
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Well before my time but Brian Clough's record as a player is very useful...8
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Cruyff?9
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Diego Simeone is doing alright for himself4
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Our own Jimmy Seed was good enough to play for his country....2
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Brian Clough for me two European Cups to his name with rag, tag and bobtail teams who he got to play above themselves like Leicester did last season but on a regular basis and not too few domestic trophies either.0
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Brian Clough
Pep Guardiola
Johann Cryuff
Diego Simeone
Franz Beckenbauer
They're the names that instantly come to me (not just because they've already been listed)3 -
Ronnie Moore2
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What about (Sir) Alf Ramsey?
Played in the top tier for Spurs and won 32 England caps as a player. Took an unfancied Ipswich to the division 1 (pre premiership) title as a club manager and won the World cup in 1966 as an international manager.4 -
Dalglish?3
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Wee Gordon Strachan has done OK for himself1
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Pochettino was capped by Argentina and hasn't done too badly
Same with Frank Riikjaard / Ronald Koeman and Frank de Boer and Holland... Glenn Hoddle started well with Swindon / Chelsea and England but had the problem of bigmouthitis whilst Ruud Gullit didnt do badly either2 -
Clough only played a few top flight games, I don't think you can include him in the same sentence as Beckenbauer and Cryuff.
Can't think of many British ones, Dalglish and Mark Hughes? !0 -
Diego Simeone for me0
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Mancini0
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Michael Laudrup was a decent player.0
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Really good player but other than the League Cup with Swansea he's not done much as a ManagerSELR_addicks said:Michael Laudrup was a decent player.
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Beckenbauer and Cruyff managed top European clubs full of big name players, English international Clough built his teams from journeymen pros at a mid table / bottom half Division One side (Premiership), so surely that evens things outFriend Or Defoe said:Clough only played a few top flight games, I don't think you can include him in the same sentence as Beckenbauer and Cryuff.
Can't think of many British ones, Dalglish and Mark Hughes? !
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Shearer1
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Ho Ho Ho.0
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You could make an argument that Zidane is a successful manager given they won the Champs Lge last year.
Apart from him it has to be Johann Cruyff.1 -
Ancelotti?
But Off_it has already named the winner.1 -
Can't believe I'm the only one to name Sir Alf Ramsey.0
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Guardiola0
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Ian Dowie1
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I was referring to his playing career. I think some people have misread the question!RedChaser said:
Beckenbauer and Cruyff managed top European clubs full of big name players, English international Clough built his teams from journeymen pros at a mid table / bottom half Division One side (Premiership), so surely that evens things outFriend Or Defoe said:Clough only played a few top flight games, I don't think you can include him in the same sentence as Beckenbauer and Cryuff.
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They may well have done, all depends what your definition of a best player is, England Intenational was good enough for me and it was of course a two part questionFriend Or Defoe said:
I was referring to his playing career. I think some people have misread the question!RedChaser said:
Beckenbauer and Cruyff managed top European clubs full of big name players, English international Clough built his teams from journeymen pros at a mid table / bottom half Division One side (Premiership), so surely that evens things outFriend Or Defoe said:Clough only played a few top flight games, I don't think you can include him in the same sentence as Beckenbauer and Cryuff.
Can't think of many British ones, Dalglish and Mark Hughes? ! .
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