It's a very small number though, isn't it?

Even Brian Clough had a couple of disasters - Leeds and Brighton - where the set up didn't match his personality/style. I've always thought that there are very, very few genuinely brilliant football managers - a fair bit of it is having the right people around them.

Posted By: Ottosson Foxtrot on May 17th 2011 at 14:24:56

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Good piece on Wet Sham by Henry Winter (Other Football) - norway, May 17, 13:32:58
- Sulivan and Gold. (Other Football) - usacanary, May 17, 14:16:15
- the majority of Chelsea fans hate him (n/m) (Other Football) - Karnivore, May 17, 14:14:12
- Us appointing Peter or Hammers appointing Avram....or both? (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, May 17, 14:10:02
- All comes down to who you listen to i suppose, Grant got Chelsea to champs league final (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, May 17, 13:48:05
  - My Mum could have got Chelsea to the Champs Lge Final with that team! (n/m) (Other Football) - Kirrie, May 17, 14:08:19
    - And yet Scolari..... (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:10:53
- This piece on Avram Grant is quite interesting ... (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 17, 13:41:50
  - So... in summary (Other Football) - norway, May 17, 15:36:28
  - That's a fantastic post, even if it contains the words Michael Heseltine and clitoris in t (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 17, 14:14:41
    - What was it like being part of the Moldovan eurovision entry? (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:19:37
    - Twisted Blood is my favourite football blog, I think. Always intelligent and amusing. (n/m) (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 17, 14:18:51
  - would you welcome him to follow in langberts footsteps otto? (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 13:52:36
    - Would depend on the circumstances, I suppose. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 17, 14:11:10
      - bryan gunn (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:17:04
        
        No Gunn = No Langbert. (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, May 17, 14:22:53
        
        bloody excellent succession planning by smith (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:24:30
        
        His signing of Paul Langbert was a master stroke (n/m) (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:22:31
        
        I think I'm invisible sometimes... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:24:15
        
        fierce panda? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:25:10
        
        *sigh* (n/m) (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:25:09
      - jurgen klinsmann? (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:13:44
      - Capello (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:12:28
        
        Ancelotti, Mourinho..... (n/m) (Other Football) - Karnivore, May 17, 14:15:03
        
        Yes, Mourinho has been staggeringly successful wherever he's managed... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:21:48
        
        It's a very small number though, isn't it? (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 17, 14:24:56
        
        Ramos at Sevilla (n/m) (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:49:39
        
        Yeah it's about a team but someone has to be the leader... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:26:50
        
        Chris Hughton at Newcastle was an interesting one, as is Pardew. (Other Football) - Ottosson Foxtrot, May 17, 14:31:17
        
        And that last paragraph: never a truer word spoken (or written).. (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:35:51
        
        otto's correct though (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:29:03
        
        Oh yes, I am agreeing with Otto, but the leader has to be a good un... (Other Football) - Dandy Highburyman, May 17, 14:31:58
        
        alec fergusons (Other Football) - Tombs, May 17, 14:26:13
        
        Says a lot about our footballing set up (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:18:15
    - The media love to tout Grant up as a miserable draining non motivator (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 14:05:27
  - "A manager who is expert at guiding a winning and talented squad may collapse when asked t (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, May 17, 13:47:13
- Just like any organisation really, create a fall guy, and hide behind anyone elses (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 13:40:02
  - Agreed (Other Football) - Vivid Data Shark, May 17, 14:17:57
  - By class act I assume you mean talented footballer (n/m) (Other Football) - samcd84, May 17, 13:43:02
    - meant to be a bit of an arrogant cunt isn't he? (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, May 17, 14:01:12
    - Yeah, also, same old with the media, I see Green's well away from the flack, (Other Football) - pants, May 17, 13:45:04
      - Hard to rate Greeno, really (Other Football) - Huge 5mal1, May 17, 13:56:06

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