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Offline Chip Butty 111

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Worst 'celebrity' managers
« on: October 15, 2024, 10:11:54 AM »
Just for laughs, after our own celebrity manager disaster, who was the worst
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2024, 10:18:01 AM »
Gary Neville at Valencia has got to be up there.
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Offline VILLA MOLE

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2024, 10:20:28 AM »
Gascoigne had a short go somewhere cant remember where it was though
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Offline Risso

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2024, 10:22:45 AM »
Rooney for the knuckledraggers.
Troy 'monster' Deeney
Tony Adams at Portsmouth
Alan Shearer - Sob on the Tyne-gate
John Barnes - Celtic
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2024, 10:23:20 AM »
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on October 15, 2024, 10:20:28 AM
Gascoigne had a short go somewhere cant remember where it was though

Kettering. The chairman at the time was an old school mate of mine.
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Offline andyh

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2024, 10:25:30 AM »
Quote from: Risso on October 15, 2024, 10:22:45 AM
Rooney for the knuckledraggers.

surely the best, not the worst :-)

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Offline Chip Butty 111

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2024, 10:27:42 AM »
Quote from: Risso on October 15, 2024, 10:22:45 AM
Rooney for the knuckledraggers.
Troy 'monster' Deeney
Tony Adams at Portsmouth
Alan Shearer - Sob on the Tyne-gate
John Barnes - Celtic
I'd forgotten about Barnes at Celtic, Zola at Blues was on a par lol...
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Online Sexual Ealing

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2024, 10:31:04 AM »
Didn't Wulfs have Walter Zenga at one point?
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2024, 10:32:11 AM »
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on October 15, 2024, 10:31:04 AM
Didn't Wulfs have Walter Zenga at one point?

They hired Paul Lambert after seeing his work for us.
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Offline VILLA MOLE

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2024, 10:35:41 AM »
Quote from: Risso on October 15, 2024, 10:23:20 AM
Quote from: VILLA MOLE on October 15, 2024, 10:20:28 AM
Gascoigne had a short go somewhere cant remember where it was though

Kettering. The chairman at the time was an old school mate of mine.

Yes that was a mad decision considering his level of stability
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2024, 11:20:21 AM »
Claude Anelka. Admittedly, more brother of a celebrity than actual celebrity. Invested money into Raith then appointed himself manager. Resigned after one draw and seven defeats from eight games.
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Online LeeB

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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2024, 11:23:39 AM »
Merson at Walsall was pretty bad, by his own admission.
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2024, 11:36:58 AM »
Roy Keane? Lasted a bit longer at Sunderland and Ipswich then some of the others but seemed to run on "buy ex-manure players" really, especially at Sunderland.
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2024, 11:39:25 AM »
Dwight Yorke. Anywhere and doing any job. Village idiot.
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Re: Worst 'celebrity' managers
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2024, 11:41:09 AM »
Quote from: Rory on October 15, 2024, 11:39:25 AM
Dwight Yorke. Anywhere and doing any job. Village idiot.

Has only ever managed for one season and won the cup. Doesn't seem to be that much of a disaster.
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