The fact that McLeish was in the top 20 paid managers in the world when he was with us makes me think that there are plenty of managers on the continent that would be more than happy to come to us should any vacancy arise.
While I enjoy beans on toast, a bit of bangers and mash and a nice cuppa, I find myself yearning for Poule au Pot Henri IV, tagliatelle all'etrusca and a a bottle of Côte Rôtie.
It is the case that most British managers come from 20th century British football culture, which is by and large a direct, percentages style, with all the virtues of determination and organisation and all the vices of rigidity and unsophistication. You get the odd exception like Rodgers, but for the most part they're all pretty much the same.As for Moyes, he is, I have to say, the absolute zenith of the type of manager we do not need. He's good at reactive tactics, defence-building, that sort of thing, but what we need is someone with stylistic vision, someone who'll use the youth system (which by all accounts Moyes failed to do), someone who will above all drag this club kicking and screaming into this century. Nothing against Moyes, or indeed against Lambert, but they're just the opposite of what we need right now.
How many British managers (Rednose excepted) have won a trophy or finished top four in the past ten years?
Quote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:20:27 PMHow many British managers (Rednose excepted) have won a trophy or finished top four in the past ten years?Harry Redknapp and Steve Mclaren
Quote from: glasses on April 23, 2014, 02:23:03 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:20:27 PMHow many British managers (Rednose excepted) have won a trophy or finished top four in the past ten years?Harry Redknapp and Steve MclarenYou've missed at least one, but the point stands.
Quote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:24:25 PMQuote from: glasses on April 23, 2014, 02:23:03 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:20:27 PMHow many British managers (Rednose excepted) have won a trophy or finished top four in the past ten years?Harry Redknapp and Steve MclarenYou've missed at least one, but the point stands.Moyes and now Rodgers are the other two (if you count NI).
Quote from: Monty on April 23, 2014, 02:24:59 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:24:25 PMQuote from: glasses on April 23, 2014, 02:23:03 PMQuote from: dave.woodhall on April 23, 2014, 02:20:27 PMHow many British managers (Rednose excepted) have won a trophy or finished top four in the past ten years?Harry Redknapp and Steve MclarenYou've missed at least one, but the point stands.Moyes and now Rodgers are the other two (if you count NI).You surely haven't forgotten the other one?