| Best Manager and Player 12:41 - Jan 4 with 3189 views | Dr_Parnassus |
The thread on Russ being a lower league player got me thinking.
Who is the best player to ever make a top manager?
So that’s greatest football and managerial career combined. I can’t think of too many who have excelled as truly world class in both, not in the modern era anyway.
Pep I guess, but after him it’s very thin on the ground in terms of managers who have dominated the managerial sector AND playing. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 12:43 - Jan 4 with 3177 views | NotLoyal |
I would definitely say Alex Ferguson. Clough ?
Depends on the caveat for world class. [Post edited 4 Jan 2023 12:44]
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| Best Manager and Player on 12:43 - Jan 4 with 3175 views | lifelong |
I would suggest John Toshack as being a good candidate. | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 12:46 - Jan 4 with 3160 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Hmmm only seems to have had 4 international caps for Scotland and didn’t play outside the Scottish leagues. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 12:57 - Jan 4 with 3142 views | theloneranger |
Zidane, Toshack. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 13:06 - Jan 4 with 3117 views | grabsplatter |
Ancelotti, Guardiola should get a mention but I'd go with Cruyff [Post edited 4 Jan 2023 13:13]
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| Best Manager and Player on 13:13 - Jan 4 with 3097 views | Cleddau |
Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Zidane and Deschamps all have impressive CVs as player and manager. | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 13:18 - Jan 4 with 3091 views | GixerJack |
Roberto Mancini or Antonio Conte.
For a good few years now what we’ve been seeing is that managers are being brought in from Europe so many are less aware of their playing careers.
Dalgliesh is probably worth a mention albeit from a few years back | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 13:19 - Jan 4 with 3088 views | lifelong |
Kenny Dalglish. | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 13:22 - Jan 4 with 3077 views | GixerJack |
That’s the fella… I never could understand his accent 😂😂 | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 13:22 - Jan 4 with 3076 views | theloneranger |
Vicente del Bosque and Jupp Heynckes. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 13:30 - Jan 4 with 3056 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Both respected and successful players as was Pep but I don’t think anyone would count them amongst the elite like Cruyff or Zidane. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 13:49 - Jan 4 with 3031 views | KeithHaynes |
Kevin Cullis could have been so much more than he was. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 14:08 - Jan 4 with 3007 views | Robbie |
Swans point of view , Toshack and Michu , and I can go back to Tony Millington days  .
Latterly Messi and Sir Alex must be up there at the top . | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 14:23 - Jan 4 with 2993 views | onehunglow |
Top man is Kenny.
Spoken to him several times.
You do get his accent after a while when one’s ears have attuned | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 16:44 - Jan 4 with 2940 views | STID2017 |
Got to give a shout to Jack Charlton ?
World Cup medal winner, honours with Leeds plus took the Republic of Ireland to the WC Finals knockout stages? | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 17:07 - Jan 4 with 2925 views | Kilkennyjack |
Great shout big Jack.
Cruyff you might think though ? | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 17:09 - Jan 4 with 2923 views | STID2017 |
Probably the greatest yes | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 17:29 - Jan 4 with 2905 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Bobby Robson, whilst only 20 England caps success at PSV, Lisbon, Barcelona, Porto, Ipswich, Newcastle and a decent run with England | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 18:01 - Jan 4 with 2893 views | onehunglow |
All a bit of fun but this is like GOAT boxers ,which is dumb but fun. | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 18:33 - Jan 4 with 2874 views | 1462jack |
Both sugar Ray’s | | | |
| Best Manager and Player on 19:08 - Jan 4 with 2861 views | STID2017 |
Best GOAT is Billy - by a mile.
Or at least by a bridge | |
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| Best Manager and Player on 21:22 - Jan 4 with 2816 views | Kilkennyjack |
A top man.
Decent bloke. Produced a stand out England team in 1990. | |
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