| Mysterious Missing Managers 14:02 - Sep 2 with 5192 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
All this talk of managers got me thinking about managers of the past who seemed to be doing, or have done, a good job, then they seemingly disappeared and weren't considered again.
I mean, I could Google, but it might take an age to find out, and the TWTD hive mind might know, why on earth weren't the following offered jobs? Or did they choose to retire?
I'll start with:
David O'Leary
Brian Little
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:55 - Sep 2 with 2367 views | hype313 |
Tim Sherwood.... |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:58 - Sep 2 with 2365 views | Swansea_Blue |
Gus Poyet and Treacle of course. Seems a long time since people on here wanted him. I haven't heard anything about them for years after their golden boys status at Brighton. |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 16:02 - Sep 2 with 2357 views | Herbivore |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:55 - Sep 2 by hype313 |
Tim Sherwood.... |
Ah yes, the Willy in the Gilet. |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:25 - Sep 2 with 2308 views | WeWereZombies |
Phil Brown
Twelve years ago he had Hull tearing up the Premiership but he lost the golden touch and managed a succession of clubs, usually in the league below the previous one and with less success. Managed little more than a year as manager of an Indian Super League side and has been unemployed for the last seven months:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Brown_(footballer%2C_born_1959)#Managerial_ca |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:37 - Sep 2 with 2295 views | Tractorboy24 |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:58 - Sep 2 by Swansea_Blue |
Gus Poyet and Treacle of course. Seems a long time since people on here wanted him. I haven't heard anything about them for years after their golden boys status at Brighton. |
Off the top of my head I thought they were managing Bordeaux?
Similar with AVB, he was at Marseilles before lock down. |  | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:39 - Sep 2 with 2295 views | clive_baker |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:20 - Sep 2 by Illinoisblue |
John Gregory. Paul Jewell. |
John Gregory is such a nice bloke.
He had Villa top of the Premiership as it was then half way through the 1998 -1999 season. His managerial career since then really is an absolute car crash, with a string of rogue clubs. |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:41 - Sep 2 with 2293 views | clive_baker |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:48 - Sep 2 by Swansea_Blue |
Pochettino's not gone anywhere since leaving Spurs nearly a year ago.
Sign him up Marcus!! |
Got to be a front runner? [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 18:41]
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:42 - Sep 2 with 2289 views | clive_baker |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:37 - Sep 2 by Tractorboy24 |
Off the top of my head I thought they were managing Bordeaux?
Similar with AVB, he was at Marseilles before lock down. |
Surely there's some sentimentality for AVB, having interned here as a teenager? | |
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| Paul Jewell is DoF at Swindon..... on 18:51 - Sep 2 with 2269 views | Bloots |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:20 - Sep 2 by Illinoisblue |
John Gregory. Paul Jewell. |
...Richie Wellens (ex ITFC) is the manager there.
Noel Hunt (ex ITFC) is assistant manager.
They've done well as a team. |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:56 - Sep 2 with 2268 views | BryanPlug |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:57 - Sep 2 with 2267 views | BryanPlug |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:55 - Sep 2 by hype313 |
Tim Sherwood.... |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 19:23 - Sep 2 with 2250 views | Tractorboy24 |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:42 - Sep 2 by clive_baker |
Surely there's some sentimentality for AVB, having interned here as a teenager? |
AVB is still at Marseilles, so doubt we’d be anywhere near his thoughts.
Just seen Poyet was only at Bordeaux in 2018. | | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 20:10 - Sep 2 with 2219 views | gazzer1999 |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 20:46 - Sep 2 with 2202 views | deano85 |
Guess you could add Burley to that list.... After getting us to 5th you woukd think he would be hot property... Couple of gigs after us but must have retired young... | | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 21:34 - Sep 2 with 2181 views | Plums |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:06 - Sep 2 by Marshalls_Mullet |
To be fair, Oleary probably spent as much as anyone else during that period. So top 5 was not above expectations. |
I seem to recall from Ridsdale’s autobiography that he effectively had a free hand and left the club with some pretty interesting contracts to honour when it all came crashing down. |  |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:07 - Sep 2 with 2159 views | radiogaga |
I remember when Billy Davies and Iain Dowie were being properly talked up in the mid 2000s... That went well. [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 22:07]
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:13 - Sep 2 with 2150 views | connorscontract |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 21:34 - Sep 2 by Plums |
I seem to recall from Ridsdale’s autobiography that he effectively had a free hand and left the club with some pretty interesting contracts to honour when it all came crashing down. |
It was Ridsdale who talked up Seth Johnson's contract negotiations to £37,000 a week.
Allegedly. [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 22:14]
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:27 - Sep 2 with 2135 views | Plums |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:13 - Sep 2 by connorscontract |
It was Ridsdale who talked up Seth Johnson's contract negotiations to £37,000 a week.
Allegedly. [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 22:14]
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Oh yes, along with the Lee Sharpe negotiation which was astonishing - as told by Martin Edwards. | |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:36 - Sep 2 with 2127 views | allezlesbleus |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:49 - Sep 2 by Ace_High1 |
Not quite the same level and he is back now but Andre Villas -Boas? Seemed to ride off this wave of being Mourinho Mk II and got both the Chelsea and Tottenham jobs with no really credentials?
Another amusing one was Avram Grant - how or why he got both the Chelsea and West Ham jobs - wow! |
He is now at Marseille and they seemed to have picked up since his arrival last year. |  | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:41 - Sep 2 with 2122 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 18:39 - Sep 2 by clive_baker |
John Gregory is such a nice bloke.
He had Villa top of the Premiership as it was then half way through the 1998 -1999 season. His managerial career since then really is an absolute car crash, with a string of rogue clubs. |
John Gregory is the uncle of a mate of mine. My mate's party trick is that he can stuff a dozen pound coins in his foreskin, it's quite a good money maker for him. I've no idea if John Gregory has a similarly elastic foreskin. |  | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:53 - Sep 2 with 2106 views | monty_radio |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:43 - Sep 2 by Ftnfwest |
it always used to be the case that the majority of players who left us in the 'glory years' of the mid/late 70's - early 80's never did a huge amount elsewhere (or at least not exceed what they did here with one or two exceptions - Jonno/Muhren) but since Bobby in terms of managers they've all been pretty dire as well since leaving haven't they? Apart from MM who went on to take Gibraltar apart of course. |
As is often the case in other walks football management success seems to follow the Bard's dictum that there is a tide in the affairs of men. Alf and Bobby went from us on the flow tide while even George left us on the ebb - perfectly pictured on that wet Tuesday night at Grimsby.
Very few managers seem to rediscover a lost knack. It's a bit like what Powell said about political careers - that, ultimately, they all end in failure. | |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:57 - Sep 2 with 2092 views | clive_baker |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:41 - Sep 2 by StNeotsBlue |
John Gregory is the uncle of a mate of mine. My mate's party trick is that he can stuff a dozen pound coins in his foreskin, it's quite a good money maker for him. I've no idea if John Gregory has a similarly elastic foreskin. |
A dozen pound coins! I must say I’ve never tried it but I can’t imagine that’s easily done. Certainly puts a different meaning to the phrase ‘coming into money’.
I think I’m right in saying John Gregory grew up in St Neots are, so that makes sense that he has family around there. I met him a few times, really good bloke. | |
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 23:01 - Sep 2 with 2080 views | Enigma_Blue |
Whatever happened to that Irish manager Roy Keane, who did so well at Sunderland? [Post edited 2 Sep 2020 23:20]
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| Mysterious Missing Managers on 23:08 - Sep 2 with 2067 views | StNeotsBlue |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 22:57 - Sep 2 by clive_baker |
A dozen pound coins! I must say I’ve never tried it but I can’t imagine that’s easily done. Certainly puts a different meaning to the phrase ‘coming into money’.
I think I’m right in saying John Gregory grew up in St Neots are, so that makes sense that he has family around there. I met him a few times, really good bloke. |
It was a trick that made him a few quid on a Friday night as he'd scrounge a pound off people in the pub for an unspecified party trick, upon completion most people didn't want their golden nugget back.
You're correct about John Gregory being a St. Neots lad, his old man was manager of the football club in the 60's, which is well before my time. | | | |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 23:37 - Sep 2 with 2026 views | C_HealyIsAPleasure |
| Mysterious Missing Managers on 15:49 - Sep 2 by Ace_High1 |
Not quite the same level and he is back now but Andre Villas -Boas? Seemed to ride off this wave of being Mourinho Mk II and got both the Chelsea and Tottenham jobs with no really credentials?
Another amusing one was Avram Grant - how or why he got both the Chelsea and West Ham jobs - wow! |
Villas-Boas is now manager of Marseille, and actually had a higher win % at Tottenham than Pochettino... |  |
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