Charlie Oatway

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Look at the playing careers of Ferguson, Mourinho and Wenger....not exactly glittering with success but they've done OK at coaching/managing, wouldn't you say?. Being good at one does not necessarily make you good at the other.

Not that I am a big fan of his but Alex Ferguson's playing record, albeit in Jockland, reads played 317, scored 170, plus 9 Scottish rep team appearances. If I had that record I'd be a bit miffed with the "not exactly glittering" comment.

The responses on here seem to sum up Oatway - good pro, seems to have the bit of character required around the first team, but is probably used more by Gus as, what we used to call, a trainer, rather than a recognised coach who would generate their own ideas for set pieces and style of play.

 

[NickBHAFC18]

A lot of the greatest managers and coaches in the world we're awful players.

 

[Seagull58]

I have, taught myself and never had a lesson. Had a couple of bad rounds but still managed to shoot my handicap where the clowns I played with shot 15 over their handicaps.

Since when does shooting your handicap equal a bad round? On average, players equal or better their handicap about 16% of the rounds they play. Every time I shoot my handicap I consider it a good round, and if I'm within 3 shots of my handicap its an OK round. If you're playing off 7 and you've had 2 bad rounds, shooting 7 over both times then you're a bandit and should be playing off no more than 5.

 

[Seagull58]

I know nothing about Golf but did Hollingbury once at 107 shots,is this good?

I think you know the answer to that one.

 

[JBizzle]

Jose Mourinho, Rafa Benitez, Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Andre Villas Boas, Brendan Rogers and David Moyes have all done pretty well for themselves considering they never played top class football.