There is no denying that a high caliber manager moulds and develops a winning football team. A team with world-class individuals but without a master to harness the individual strengths into a collective force, that team is never going to achieve anything significant. Just ask Liverpool during the "Spice Boys" era. Great team, poor manager quality.
The way I see it, there are four levels of management expertise within the Premier League at this moment.
These are,
World Class Managers
Ferguson and Wenger - Image from The Sun UK
European Level Managers
Premiership Level Managers
Don't just let me "frame" your opinion on this, do let me know what you think.
Do you think Gary Megson, dubbed the "Ginger Mourinho" is really a Premiership-level manager?
Perhaps the fact that Hull City's amazing early season form last year elevated Phil Brown's status to Premiership-level manager?
I have one final list that I would like to share and it's a list of managers that I would like to see returning to Premiership management.
If Only They Would Come Back to The Premiership
1. Jose Mourinho
2. Alan Curbishley
3. Steve McClaren
4. Carlos Quieroz
5. Guus Hiddink
We have all missed Mourinho's prickliness and media eloquence. Perhaps if Inter does not progress far in the Champions League and Rafa Benitez stutters in Liverpool, we could hear about a potential managerial switch. Now THAT would be great news!
The way I see it, there are four levels of management expertise within the Premier League at this moment.
These are,
World Class Managers
- Sir Alex Ferguson
- Arsene Wenger
Ferguson and Wenger - Image from The Sun UK European Level Managers
- Roy Hodgson
- Rafa Benitez
- Carlo Ancelotti
Premiership Level Managers
- David Moyes
- Steve Bruce
- Martin O' Neill
- Harry Redknapp
- Sam Allardyce
- Mark Hughes
- Gianfranco Zola
- Roberto Martinez
- Alex McLeish
- Mick McCarthy
- Gary Megson
- Owen Coyle
- Paul Hart
- Tony Pulis
- Phil Brown
Don't just let me "frame" your opinion on this, do let me know what you think.
Do you think Gary Megson, dubbed the "Ginger Mourinho" is really a Premiership-level manager?
Perhaps the fact that Hull City's amazing early season form last year elevated Phil Brown's status to Premiership-level manager?
I have one final list that I would like to share and it's a list of managers that I would like to see returning to Premiership management.
If Only They Would Come Back to The Premiership
1. Jose Mourinho
2. Alan Curbishley
3. Steve McClaren
4. Carlos Quieroz
5. Guus Hiddink
We have all missed Mourinho's prickliness and media eloquence. Perhaps if Inter does not progress far in the Champions League and Rafa Benitez stutters in Liverpool, we could hear about a potential managerial switch. Now THAT would be great news!
