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Thread: Defender's don't make good...........

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    Defender's don't make good...........

    Managers
    History and stats back this up???

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Apart from Gareth Southgate, Eddie Howe, and Jurgun Klopp. Also Guardiola and Conte were defensive midfielders so not sure your argument holds a lot of water

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    I don't know the stats, but as the game is largely played in front of them and positioning is crucial to their position I'd expect them to have a pretty good understanding of the game.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Quote Originally Posted by NYCBlue View Post
    I don't know the stats, but as the game is largely played in front of them and positioning is crucial to their position I'd expect them to have a pretty good understanding of the game.
    With us a lot of the time the game is behind them

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
    With us a lot of the time the game is behind them
    Maybe that's Hudson's problem. Although, he played in a pretty good team.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Probably more accurate to say Cardiff city managers don't make good managers!

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Quote Originally Posted by ManBearPig View Post
    Probably more accurate to say Cardiff city managers don't make good managers!

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Warnock was a winger, Harris was a striker, as was Morison, Ole was a very successful striker, Trollope a midfielder. Malky Mackay generally reckoned to be one of the better City managers of this century was a centreback, Dave Jones a full back. Frank Burrows and Eddie May were centrebacks, Len Ashusrt a full back and going back even further, Jimmy Scoular was the equivalent of a DCM.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Clough
    Toshack
    Ferguson
    Keegan
    Dalglish
    Pep
    Ancelotti
    Arteta
    Good few trophies there

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    In the current championship table the two teams in the automatics are managed by ex defenders.

    Teams in 4th,5th, 6th and 8th also managed by ex defenders.

    6 of the top 8 managers in our division were ex defenders, 1 an ex striker and 1 - Critchley - a coach by trade, never had a playing career.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Quote Originally Posted by Grandstand Boy View Post
    Apart from Gareth Southgate, Eddie Howe, and Jurgun Klopp. Also Guardiola and Conte were defensive midfielders so not sure your argument holds a lot of water
    Southgate

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Alf Ramsey was a full back

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Rafa
    Bielsa
    Steve Cooper
    Steve Bruce
    Big Sam
    Slaven Bilić
    Tony Mowbray
    Dean Smith
    Malky Mackay
    Tony Pulis
    Nathan Jones
    Sean Dyche
    Chris Hughton

    Some defenders off top of my head who have had success at this level and managed in Championship in last 10 years.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Yeah, but apart from that lot what ex-defenders make good managers....

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Chris Wilder another defender / successful
    championship manager.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Alf Ramsey, Franz Beckenbauer, Phil Scolari and Marcello Lippi played as defenders and won the World Cup as managers. They did OK. Meanwhile, the manager who won the World Cup recently (Lionel Scaloni) apparently played most of his career at right-back.

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Defenders who have won the Euros as managers: Richard Moller Nielsen (Denmark, 1992), Berti Vogts (Germany, 1996), Roger Lemerre (France, 2000), Otto Rehhagel (Germany, 2004), Fernando Santos (Portugal, 2016).

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    Re: Defender's don't make good...........

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    Defenders who have won the Euros as managers: Richard Moller Nielsen (Denmark, 1992), Berti Vogts (Germany, 1996), Roger Lemerre (France, 2000), Otto Rehhagel (Germany, 2004), Fernando Santos (Portugal, 2016).
    Maybe some defenders can make it as good Managers, but Hudson won't.

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