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Best player to be a successful manager?

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  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486

    Dino Zoff

    Managerial Honours:

    Club
    Juventus
    1 Coppa Italia: 1989–90
    1 UEFA Cup: 1989–90
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,844
    colthe3rd said:

    Dino Zoff

    Managerial Honours:

    Club
    Juventus
    1 Coppa Italia: 1989–90
    1 UEFA Cup: 1989–90
    He also took Italy to the final of Euro 2000.

    But yes I agree, certainly not a stellar managerial career - ticks the great player box though that's for sure.
  • bobmunro said:

    colthe3rd said:

    Dino Zoff

    Managerial Honours:

    Club
    Juventus
    1 Coppa Italia: 1989–90
    1 UEFA Cup: 1989–90
    He also took Italy to the final of Euro 2000.

    But yes I agree, certainly not a stellar managerial career - ticks the great player box though that's for sure.
    Thanks for that BM. I took the question for what it was, "a successful manager", it didn't say "the most successful manager" as I am guessing ole smarty pants Col read it... :wink:
  • RedChaser said:

    RedChaser 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? !

    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 out :smirk: .
    I was referring to his playing career. I think some people have misread the question!
    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 question :open_mouth: .
    Played twice and never scored for England. I think that puts him below Francis Jeffers. :wink:
  • colthe3rd
    colthe3rd Posts: 8,486

    bobmunro said:

    colthe3rd said:

    Dino Zoff

    Managerial Honours:

    Club
    Juventus
    1 Coppa Italia: 1989–90
    1 UEFA Cup: 1989–90
    He also took Italy to the final of Euro 2000.

    But yes I agree, certainly not a stellar managerial career - ticks the great player box though that's for sure.
    Thanks for that BM. I took the question for what it was, "a successful manager", it didn't say "the most successful manager" as I am guessing ole smarty pants Col read it... :wink:
    Well not really. I mean he had an ok career as a manager but not exactly doing as good as he should have been with those teams. Hardly successful.
  • RedChaser
    RedChaser Posts: 19,885

    RedChaser said:

    RedChaser 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? !

    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 out :smirk: .
    I was referring to his playing career. I think some people have misread the question!
    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 question :open_mouth: .
    Played twice and never scored for England. I think that puts him below Francis Jeffers. :wink:
    It puts him higher than your Mark Hughes and Kenny Dalglish :wink: .
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,274
    Cruyff was not only successful as a manager, but also introduced the Dutch total football philosophy to Barcelona, making them what they are today. No Cruyff at Barcelona, no Guardiola.

    He is possibly the third greatest player of all time, behind Pele & Maradona.
  • Alan Pardew, of course. :smiley:
  • colthe3rd said:

    bobmunro said:

    colthe3rd said:

    Dino Zoff

    Managerial Honours:

    Club
    Juventus
    1 Coppa Italia: 1989–90
    1 UEFA Cup: 1989–90
    He also took Italy to the final of Euro 2000.

    But yes I agree, certainly not a stellar managerial career - ticks the great player box though that's for sure.
    Thanks for that BM. I took the question for what it was, "a successful manager", it didn't say "the most successful manager" as I am guessing ole smarty pants Col read it... :wink:
    Well not really. I mean he had an ok career as a manager but not exactly doing as good as he should have been with those teams. Hardly successful.
    Alright then. I'll edit it.
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  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,844
    Tutt-Tutt said:

    Cruyff was not only successful as a manager, but also introduced the Dutch total football philosophy to Barcelona, making them what they are today. No Cruyff at Barcelona, no Guardiola.

    He is possibly the third greatest player of all time, behind Pele & Maradona.

    That's an altogether different debate - and you're wrong ;-)
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    Bobby Robson was a great player and England international in the 50s.
  • Jimmy Seed.

    League winner and England international
  • Clough's career was ended prematurely by injury. Sure he would have been an England star otherwise.
  • Macronate
    Macronate Posts: 12,892
    Alan Pardew.

    Best dancer as well.
  • wmcf123
    wmcf123 Posts: 5,824
    Ancelotti
  • Tutt-Tutt
    Tutt-Tutt Posts: 3,274
    bobmunro said:

    Tutt-Tutt said:

    Cruyff was not only successful as a manager, but also introduced the Dutch total football philosophy to Barcelona, making them what they are today. No Cruyff at Barcelona, no Guardiola.

    He is possibly the third greatest player of all time, behind Pele & Maradona.

    That's an altogether different debate - and you're wrong ;-)
    Possibly.
  • RedPanda
    RedPanda Posts: 4,987
    Capello. Won 4 Serie A titles as a player.
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131

    Clough's career was ended prematurely by injury. Sure he would have been an England star otherwise.

    Clough was an England star. Also he is in the elite of England players who had a son that also played for England.

    Brian and Nigel Clough.
    Frank & Frank Lampard Jnr.

    And the other one.