Coldeanseagull
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Damn, we would've been 15 points clear at the top now
Apparently Phil Neville was offered the job in the Summer
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Albion Robster
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Would have done a better job than Hyypia.
Would have been able to call on some loan deal favours from Everton and Man United as well.
Would have been able to call on some loan deal favours from Everton and Man United as well.
If he was, I think we were looking at the wrong Neville.
World Cup viewers may disagree...
Lurchy
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Probably. Most successful managers were players who didn't win much / had careers that largely went unnoticed. Struggling to think of many who had similar careers to P Neville who went on to be great managers.
BensGrandad
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AmexRuislip
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I'd have preferred his sister.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
It would be quite nice to hear whether he was offered something or not, but I imagine it would not be healthy for the club to contradict him, if it were not the case.
philgull25
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Sometimes thing work out for the best. History shows it could be worse!
Ali_rrr
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What I do know is that it was between Hughton and Hyypia and we ultimately went with the latter before coming back to Chris.I wonder how many did actually turn it down before we got to hyypia
Seagull58
In the Algarve
As this old thread has been resurrected, this claim is often thrown around because some top players have been shit managers. However, Zidane, Ancelotti and Cruyff (RIP) have done OK. How accurate is it?
Lurchy
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As with most things there will be exceptions.
But I think it’s telling that the most highly rated managers coming through weren’t household names.
Crawley Dingo
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Pretty accurate with that crop of former Manure players, probably claiming they can get Alex trained decent cast offs by having the ear of their former club. I dont know how common that tactic is with former players but i bet it goes on.
carteater
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Apparently we approached Wayne Rooney in September 2023.
I think there's a general truth (a generalisation in fact) that the most overtly talented sportsman tend to struggle with coaching and the "softer" side of captaincy, because they're less familiar with having to struggle to work through problems themselves and/or are so single minded that they don't relate to other people's problems as well.