Best Manager and Player 12:41 - Jan 4 with 2164 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. | ![](/images/avatars/27408.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 12:43 - Jan 4 with 2152 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 2150 views | lifelong | I would suggest John Toshack as being a good candidate. | ![](/images/avatars/9937.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 12:46 - Jan 4 with 2135 views | Dr_Parnassus |
Best Manager and Player on 12:43 - Jan 4 by 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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Hmmm only seems to have had 4 international caps for Scotland and didn’t play outside the Scottish leagues. | ![](/images/avatars/27408.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 12:57 - Jan 4 with 2117 views | theloneranger | Zidane, Toshack. | ![](/images/avatars/21051.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 13:06 - Jan 4 with 2092 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 2072 views | Cleddau | Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Zidane and Deschamps all have impressive CVs as player and manager. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 13:18 - Jan 4 with 2066 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 | ![](/images/avatars/13593.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
Best Manager and Player on 13:19 - Jan 4 with 2063 views | lifelong | Kenny Dalglish. | ![](/images/avatars/9937.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 13:22 - Jan 4 with 2052 views | GixerJack |
Best Manager and Player on 13:19 - Jan 4 by lifelong | Kenny Dalglish. |
That’s the fella… I never could understand his accent 😂😂 | ![](/images/avatars/13593.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 13:22 - Jan 4 with 2051 views | theloneranger | Vicente del Bosque and Jupp Heynckes. | ![](/images/avatars/21051.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 13:30 - Jan 4 with 2031 views | Joesus_Of_Narbereth |
Best Manager and Player on 13:18 - Jan 4 by 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 |
Both respected and successful players as was Pep but I don’t think anyone would count them amongst the elite like Cruyff or Zidane. | ![](/images/avatars/29499.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 13:49 - Jan 4 with 2006 views | KeithHaynes |
Best Manager and Player on 13:30 - Jan 4 by 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. |
Kevin Cullis could have been so much more than he was. | ![](/images/avatars/27565.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 14:08 - Jan 4 with 1982 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 . | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 14:23 - Jan 4 with 1968 views | onehunglow |
Best Manager and Player on 13:19 - Jan 4 by lifelong | Kenny Dalglish. |
Top man is Kenny. Spoken to him several times. You do get his accent after a while when one’s ears have attuned | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 16:44 - Jan 4 with 1915 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? | ![](/images/avatars/21549.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 17:07 - Jan 4 with 1900 views | Kilkennyjack |
Best Manager and Player on 16:44 - Jan 4 by 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? |
Great shout big Jack. Cruyff you might think though ? | ![](/images/avatars/9736.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 17:09 - Jan 4 with 1898 views | STID2017 |
Best Manager and Player on 17:07 - Jan 4 by Kilkennyjack | Great shout big Jack. Cruyff you might think though ? |
Probably the greatest yes | ![](/images/avatars/21549.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 17:29 - Jan 4 with 1880 views | JACKMANANDBOY | Bobby Robson, whilst only 20 England caps success at PSV, Lisbon, Barcelona, Porto, Ipswich, Newcastle and a decent run with England | ![](/images/avatars/9036.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 18:01 - Jan 4 with 1868 views | onehunglow | All a bit of fun but this is like GOAT boxers ,which is dumb but fun. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 18:33 - Jan 4 with 1849 views | 1462jack |
Best Manager and Player on 18:01 - Jan 4 by onehunglow | All a bit of fun but this is like GOAT boxers ,which is dumb but fun. |
Both sugar Ray’s | ![](/images/avatars/16310.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
Best Manager and Player on 19:08 - Jan 4 with 1836 views | STID2017 |
Best Manager and Player on 18:01 - Jan 4 by onehunglow | All a bit of fun but this is like GOAT boxers ,which is dumb but fun. |
Best GOAT is Billy - by a mile. Or at least by a bridge | ![](/images/avatars/21549.gif) |
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Best Manager and Player on 21:22 - Jan 4 with 1791 views | Kilkennyjack |
Best Manager and Player on 17:29 - Jan 4 by JACKMANANDBOY | Bobby Robson, whilst only 20 England caps success at PSV, Lisbon, Barcelona, Porto, Ipswich, Newcastle and a decent run with England |
A top man. Decent bloke. Produced a stand out England team in 1990. | ![](/images/avatars/9736.gif) |
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