Ryan Giggs

[Doon frae Troon]

Story up here is that he will be the new Celtic manager.

Good move for both if it happens.

 

[richy]

Story up here is that he will be the new Celtic manager.

Good move for both if it happens.

Good move for Celtic

He'd be better off managing in the conference

 

[GreiginFife]

Good move for Celtic

He'd be better off managing in the conference

Yeah, becasue there are any number of Vanarama League teams that will get him experience of managing in Europe...

 

[FairwayDodger]

Two words.....

John Barnes

 

[Khamelion]

Good move for Celtic

He'd be better off managing in the conference

Isn't it tantamount to the same thing ?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Two words.....

John Barnes

Great player, shocking manager.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

Good move for Celtic

He'd be better off managing in the conference

Please explain, or is that what some folk call 'Banter'.

 

[Val]

Great player, shocking manager.

Like very many

 

[MegaSteve]

Great player, shocking manager.

I think that could be said of many...

 

[Khamelion]

Please explain, or is that what some folk call 'Banter'.

Not banter, I think it is a genuine poke at the SPL being inferior to the EPL.

 

[Val]

Not banter, I think it is a genuine poke at the SPL being inferior to the EPL.

Which it is but to he didn't compare it to the EPL he compared it to the conference which is just stupid.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Like very many

The better managers have been average footballers at best.

 

[Norrin Radd]

The better managers have been average footballers at best.

Brian clough or king Kenny anyone.
both top players and werent bad at the managers job either.

 

[ger147]

The better managers have been average footballers at best.

Guardiola had a very good playing career.

 

[Del_Boy]

Guardiola had a very good playing career.

There will always be exceptions but I think on average the original bod is correct the better managers were average players

 

[Qwerty]

Regardless of tactical nous I don't think he's got the required minerals to be a successful manager. Time will tell..

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Brian clough or king Kenny anyone.
both top players and werent bad at the managers job either.

For every Kenny there's 10 John Barnes's.

There are very few great players who go on to make great managers.

 

[Dan2501]

Nah, there are plenty:

Pep
Cruyff
Ancelotti
Dalglish
Clough
Keegan
Heynckes
Laudrup
Capello
Koeman
Rijkaard
Simeone
Beckenbauer

Obviously there are going to be quite a few that don't make it as top managers, but there are plenty of world class players who have gone on to become top managers.

 

[Kellfire]

Nah, there are plenty:

Pep
Cruyff
Ancelotti
Dalglish
Clough
Keegan
Heynckes
Laudrup
Capello
Koeman
Rijkaard
Simeone
Beckenbauer

Obviously there are going to be quite a few that don't make it as top managers, but there are plenty of world class players who have gone on to become top managers.

That's definitely "very few" when the list of great players runs into the hundreds and thousands.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Nah, there are plenty:

Pep
Cruyff
Ancelotti
Dalglish
Clough
Keegan
Heynckes
Laudrup
Capello
Koeman
Rijkaard
Simeone
Beckenbauer

Obviously there are going to be quite a few that don't make it as top managers, but there are plenty of world class players who have gone on to become top managers.

Keegan was a great footballer but he definitely wasn't a top manager.