Current managers with a playing career as good as our Gus'

[16bha]

Didier Deschamps,
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - Norwegian champions
Martin Jol

 

[Colossal Squid]

Slaven Bilic had a decent enough career

 

[drew]

Assuming he'll pop up in a job soon, Peter Reid.

 

[16bha]

Alex McLeish

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Lennon and McCoist

 

[Gwylan]

Liverpool have Dalglish, who was a pretty special player in his day by all accounts, but that was a long time ago.

Dalglish was a superb footballer; at least the equal, if not better, than Gus

Funny how arguably that three of the best managers we have had in the English game recently were all ordinary to quite shit footballers - Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger

Mourinho and Wenger, fair enough but Ferguson was a decent enough footballer. At one time he held the record for the biggest Scottish transfer and scored a fair amount of goals. OK, he wasn't of the level of Dalglish or Poyet but he was slightly better than 'ordinary'.

 

[Lord Bamber]

I cant believe none of you have mentioned the "bear" Richie Barker. Albion legend far better than most mentioned above!

 

[8ace]

Nigel Adkins.

 

[El Presidente]

Mancini!

 

[The Modfather]

Dalglish was a superb footballer; at least the equal, if not better, than Gus

Now I love Gus, but that miserable bastard, Dalglish was streets ahead as a player

 

[pishhead]

Jürgen Klinsmann, manager of USA nowadays.

 

[DumLum]

Dalglish. Different league to all the rest.

 

[wunt be druv]

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer - Norwegian champions

Am I right in thinking he was short-listed for the Albion job? I wonder how we would be doing if he had got the job?

 

[driller]

Russell slade

 

[bn1&bn3 Albion]

Not many English players who are as good as Gus was full stop. Funny how arguably that three of the best managers we have had in the English game recently were all ordinary to quite shit footballers - Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger

And Mourinho didn't even play professionally..

 

[Beeercan]

In Italy managing Catania:

Vicenzo Montella Games 383, Goals 189. Staggering record which included 20 capps for Italy at a time when on the strikers list ahead of him were Totti, Vieri, Del Piero, Inzaghi ect..

 

[Biscuit]

Lennon and McCoist

Good shouts.

 

[W.C.]

Sorry to completely MISS the point of the thread, but as mentioned it's very interesting how the 3 most successful managers of recent times were average footballers, Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger.
I know some people will laugh but I think Benitez was a quality manager. Also, didn't play much I think, although that could have been injury. I forget.

 

[clif26]

Clough the elder springs to mind.
Him and Nigel would be the first father/son pair to reap success.
How many of the current England squad will become top managers?

 

[SouthamptonGuy]

Didier Deschamps?

Fabio Capello?

Is Klinsmann employed atm?