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I agree of course, but generally the fastest runners win their races, the best tennis players win their games and the best golfers get round a couple of shots below they nearest rivals. Football management doesnt follow that the best get the success, some do it back to front, they get the...

The point about profile/cameras works both ways, everything becomes exaggerated, the ones failing are not useless and the ones succeeding arent geniuses either, there are too many intangibles when assessing managers blindly on their results, yet as we know its a results based business. There is...

To be fair you could lend any of those points to any level, most fail irrespective of the status of the club they manage, more-so now as the fans and media have recalibrated their own patience thresholds to any manager that happens to mange their team.

He's not stupid, he has a better chance with better finances, with a higher status club with better players. Cutting teeth at lower end clubs tend to be for those that have no other option.

This will be an interesting watch and to some extent for me anyway will show whether 'luck' might be the most important attribute in football management. I am sure he has secured funding guarantees from their board, we know he is exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced and seems to be a...