Don't most managers start off as Coaches/Assistant Managers?
All the great managers had a first job somewhere. As coaches/assitant managers go Phelan has more experience than most, and under debatably the greatest manager the UK has seen.
Posted By: Pixelman on January 6th 2015 at 10:59:38
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- Don't most managers start off as Coaches/Assistant Managers? (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 6, 10:59:38
- hughton was asst manager at spurs for years and years (NCFC) - pab, Jan 6, 11:59:51
- dont they usually start off in the lower leagues and work up (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:00:55
- quite a few have a tough time in their initial job (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:06:41
- And then cut his teeth at Wycombe and Colchester (NCFC) - Duck, Jan 6, 11:12:03
- is there a precedent for a successful championship manager that was a novice? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:14:37
- depends on the definition of successful (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:20:24
- play-offs would be an acceptable definition of success in our predicament i'd have thought (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:21:51
- what i'm getting at is that i don't believe phelan is the answer now (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:31:01
- Well said, spot on! (n/m) (NCFC) - Kirrie, Jan 6, 12:10:34
- good post (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 6, 11:34:12
- what i'm getting at is that i don't believe phelan is the answer now (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:31:01
- play-offs would be an acceptable definition of success in our predicament i'd have thought (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:21:51
- Roy Keane ;) (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:17:49
- bit too mavericks (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:20:55
- Brendan Rodgers? (n/m) (NCFC) - Duck, Jan 6, 11:17:21
- took him a while to get going, think we need to get more of a wiggle on really (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:19:39
- It all points to Neil Warnock! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 6, 11:26:12
- please, not him (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:31:58
- It all points to Neil Warnock! (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 6, 11:26:12
- Nope, initially manager at Watford - finished 13th (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:18:44
- And had a shocker at Reading I suppose (n/m) (NCFC) - Duck, Jan 6, 11:21:00
- took him a while to get going, think we need to get more of a wiggle on really (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:19:39
- depends on the definition of successful (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:20:24
- is there a precedent for a successful championship manager that was a novice? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Jan 6, 11:14:37
- And then cut his teeth at Wycombe and Colchester (NCFC) - Duck, Jan 6, 11:12:03
- quite a few have a tough time in their initial job (NCFC) - phrankin, Jan 6, 11:06:41
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