- Dec 1, 2003
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English.
Sorry, I was reading the title of the thread...
English.
Okay, that's it - out.Sorry, I was reading the title of the thread...
And anyway, they're more managers who have taken slightly rubbish teams and made them quite good rather than the best of the best. Which is maybe more a consensual opinion then mine per se, but I'm not sure either Strachan nor Moyes would be particularly popular choices for the England job.
Another way of looking at it: most great managers are intelligent people. Most footballers are stupid.
Most british managers are not successful because they do not know about how to build a team. That is the main reason. I think that many british managers are good tactically, but when you don't have the nose for how to build a team, it will be difficult.
There are a few exceptions, though....
Harry Redknapp is a very good teambulder, and is good at finding talents and player types suited for his team.
I also rate Martin O'Neill as quite good in the transfer market, and he is also a very good motivator and great to get the best out of teams.
Ferguson is of course one of the most successful managers in the world, but he is also a very good teambuilder, and finds talents to build the team around - long term. That is the main factor for his success. You need certain player profiles to build your team around, and if you get that, you make it easier for yourself.
Sam Allardyce is also a good manager, and did a great job with Bolton. He was also quite good in the transfer market, and that is the reason why he is rated as a good manager, and got the Newcastle job and also was in connection with the England job. It is all about being good in the transfer market, and do it easier for yourself.
Most british managers are not successful because they do not know about how to build a team. That is the main reason. I think that many british managers are good tactically, but when you don't have the nose for how to build a team, it will be difficult.
There are a few exceptions, though....
Harry Redknapp is a very good teambulder, and is good at finding talents and player types suited for his team.
I also rate Martin O'Neill as quite good in the transfer market, and he is also a very good motivator and great to get the best out of teams.
Ferguson is of course one of the most successful managers in the world, but he is also a very good teambuilder, and finds talents to build the team around - long term. That is the main factor for his success. You need certain player profiles to build your team around, and if you get that, you make it easier for yourself.
Sam Allardyce is also a good manager, and did a great job with Bolton. He was also quite good in the transfer market, and that is the reason why he is rated as a good manager, and got the Newcastle job and also was in connection with the England job. It is all about being good in the transfer market, and do it easier for yourself.
I think this is by far the most important thing. It's exaclty why we are struggling at the moment. We've been terrible in the transfer market in the last year or so.
We have done better than ever in the Transfer market the last two year or so. That is the most positive thing. In the past we did so many errors in the transfer market, and that destroyed every chance to progress. Now we have a good squad in place - and when we have brought in players, we have been thinking long term. We have a plan behind every buy now. We still need improvements, though, and some has to leave the Club aswell.
:???: But in the last 2 years (jan 2006 window onwards) we've spent about £67 million on 12 1st team squad players. Yet in this time we've gone from 4th in the Premiership to 16th. Yet in the two years prior to that we spent about £41 million on 21 players. In that time we went from 15th in the Premiership to 4th. I don't see how going from spending an average of £1.9 million per player and 4th in the Prem, to spending £5.6 million per player and 16th in the Prem, represents good transfer marker activity. :shrug:
this long term plan is working wonders just now :|
Don't look at it this way, man. The difference between now and the past is: In the past we bought overpriced players on the top of their game with no sell on value. Like Ferdinand, Thatcher, Ziege, Richards, Sherwood, Rebrov, Perry, etc.... All players over the age of 26 or so, except Thatcher, who we paid £5mill for and a totally waste of money.
In the last 2 years, we have spent a lot of money, but the difference is that every player has a sell on value. The likes of Berbatov, Kaboul, Zokora, Chimbonda, Prince Boateng, Taarabt, Bent, Bale, etc.... do have a sell on value and a name in the market. We have been thinking long term here, and there is a plan behind it. That is why we have done the better than ever in the Transfer market under Arnesen/Comolli.
Think about this.