why do clubs consistently go for the big name ex player..

[floyd the barber]

How many top ex-players have gone on to become fantastic managers.??

 

not many...of course king kenny did a great job for us and blackburn...

 

Keegan has had many chances...hasnt succeded at any...

 

 

Anyone else???

all the great managers didnt exactly set the world on fire as players..

[Sion]

Franz Beckenbauer

Mario Zagallo

Brian Clough was supposed to be a good player, but couldn't say so myself.

Same for Capello

[Bo Benn]

Rijkard did more than ok for barca, and pretty good for holland as well.

Staying in Barcelona Guardiola looks a decent manager so far, guess the jury is still out on him though. Also I think he has benefited from coming through the ranks as opposed to a lot of ex-stars who start from the top.

 

Nils Liedholm was good both playing and managing.

[goodrobotusses]

Plenty of great players became great managers, just as plenty of mediocre players did also. The common mistake made is to assume that ability with a ball at your feet, or leadership qualities on the pitch, will equate to being a good tactician, coach, or man-manager. Completely different skillsets. Some good players have it (Guardiola seems thus far to be a good recent example), others don't (Bryan Robson). But there's a world of difference between charging around and being 'Captain Marvel' and actually understanding the tactical and psychological nuances of the sport, not to mention identifying and utilising the correct attributes within players to implement your ideas.

Edited December 17, 2008 by hisdumbwaiter

[Owen1978]

so whats the case for Steve McLaren?

[goodrobotusses]

Government scheme to get vagrants in gainful employment.

[libero]

so whats the case for Steve McLaren?

Donrt be crazshy they are talking about English managers not dutch.

You know how crazshy those dutch get.

[charlie clown]

You can guarantee that the minute Carra retures there'll be folks queueing up (not least on here) demanding he is made manager at Liverpool.

 

Same happened with Gary Mac when he jacked it in - regular calls for him to join our coaching staff. I think in time he'll be a good manager but he's got a long way to go and lot ot learn even now.

[Sir Tokyo Sexwale]

flipping it - many of the 'great' managers haven't been all that as players - Shanks, Paisley...

 

People would lump in Ferguson too, but he's a c*** arther than a great

[Cam]

You just need to take a look at the managers who have won the vast majority of trophies in the noughties - Benitez, Houllier, Ferguson, Wenger and Mourinho.

 

Nothng players but understood & could manipulate the game far more than any footballing great, fan, pundit or journalist could ever understand.

 

However, they were probably all better than Babel