Current top managers, who where the best players?

[Mike D]

just for fun, was just wondering idly.

 

who do you all think out of the current managers,lets say worldwide,

who where the best in there playing days?

 

I know it doesnt necessarily mean if your the best player you become a great manager.

and I think you can easily see where this is going ;)

[Jose Jones]

Kenny, obviously (not sure if he counts as a Top Manager again yet though)

Guardiola was a great player

Ancelotti was decent

Bernd Schuster was a quality player - maybe not quite in the Top Manager echelon.

[Pidge]

Leonardo

[18-5]

Dunga?

[Mike D]

yeah doesnt have to be top manager, lets just say current managers, must be managing at this time

[18-5]

Guardiola, Mancini come to my mind.

 

Can't think of anyone from the UK. :whistle:

[DJLJ]

Maradona. Though not entirely sure whether he is managing this exact moment.

[Pidge]

yeah doesnt have to be top manager, lets just say current managers, must be managing at this time

 

In that case, Paul Ince.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Michael Laudrup

[Mike D]

could do a a bit of a list/table out of all the current prem managers, see where we think they stack up?

[IamTheWalrus]

Di Matteo, Nicol, Ince

[Mike D]

or maybe break it up for each league?

 

think we can all agree that Kenny is top for the premier league :)

[stevienando]

Vialli was alright.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Gheorghe Hagi

 

Edit: Just realised, Laudrup and especially Hagi, can't really be classed as top managers.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Gus Poyet was a quality player. Doing a good job at Brighton.

[Mike D]

dont worry bout them being top managers, just top players

 

maybe try and not be biased, hard I know, Moyes for Preston was good

 

Ferguson, any footage survive? was TV even invented then, and do records exist ;)

 

got Bruce aswel

Edited January 18, 2011 by Mike D

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Frank de Boer

Roberto Donadoni

 

By the way, Hagi was one of the most outrageously gifted players of all time; he just didn't have the mentality to match his ability. More natural talent than Kenny.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Lothar Matthäus - Brilliant player

 

Robert Prosinečki

 

Jean Tigana

 

Laurent Blanc

 

Ciro Ferrara

 

 

They were were good:

 

Fabio Capello

Stuart Pearce

Slaven Bilic

Edited January 18, 2011 by Hugo Sanjeev

[Bobby Hundreds]

Deschamps

[s(k)aturation]

Pity Roy Hodgson's not eligible for this conversation.

 

He was apparently very handy for Gravesend & Northfleet.

[Hermes]

Although no longer managing, Cruyff is way above anybody. The best European player ever, the best Barcelona manager ever. The architecht of total football and the philosophy behind the current Barcelona set up.

 

No man has ever had such an influence on football.

[Hugo Sanjeev]

Although no longer managing, Cruyff is way above anybody. The best European player ever, the best Barcelona manager ever. The architecht of total football and the philosophy behind the current Barcelona set up.

 

No man has ever had such an influence on football.

 

Rinus Michels was the architect of the dutch "total football" and no doubt was a huge influence on Cruyff.

 

If we're talking great players who were ex managers, Franz Beckenbauer was pretty special too.

[king7]

Does Maradona count? Not a great manager I admit, but was managing on top level not so long ago. And the best player ever IMO.

[dirty_sanchez]

Frank Rijkaard is currently unemployed, but he was a fucking brilliant player.

 

Looking at the Premier League, there aren't many great players managing. Mancini was superb though.

[ChicagoRed]

Even though he's out of work, I'd add Zola. But I'd remove Bruce - a prick as a player who's even worse as a manager.

 

Can anyone think of any ex-Manc whose done well and shown some class?