New Manager Thread

[pauld]

It won't surprise you to know that this sort of stuff is my jam!

[McGurk's Missus]

When the new owners come in - Sam Allardyce.

Get your £5 on now.

[DV]

Depends on how many caps those earlier Southend managers had because it's quite a bit less than Swindon's.

15 of the 38 men to manage Swindon on a permanent basis have international caps.

Vizard (Wales, 22 caps)
Harris (Scotland, 1 cap)
Page (England, 7 caps)
Mackay (Scotland, 22 caps)
Macari (Scotland, 24 caps)
Ardiles (Argentina, 52 caps)
Hoddle (England, 53 caps)
McMahon (England, 17 caps)
Quinn (Northern Ireland, 46 caps)
Todd (England, 27 caps)
Wise (England, 21 caps)
Sturrock (Scotland, 20 caps)
Malpas (Scotland, 55 caps)
Wilson (Northern Ireland, 24 caps)
Sheridan (Republic of Ireland, 34 caps)

If you count caretaker managers then 43 more caps emerge (unless I've missed someone?)

Mike Walsh (Republic of Ireland, 4 caps)
Ady Williams (Wales, 13 caps),
Paul Bodin (Wales, 23 caps)
Noel Hunt (Republic of Ireland, 3 caps)

Either way, it's an impressive haul for a lower league side

It's also kind of funny that our manager during the one Premier League season plus the man who achieved our first second tier promotion (Head), the League Cup success (Williams) and Anglo-Italian fun (Ford) had a combined total of zero caps between them!

Purely off the top of my head but how do Newcastle do?
Even just Keegan, Dalglish, Gullit, Shearer & Souness must bring up a fairly good number

[Wobbly Bob]

I think that Chelsea will be ahead of us re managers & international caps. Yuck.
Lamps OBE will have pushed the numbers up.

[Costanza]

In my pathetically sad haste. I started compiling.

Chelsea are either first or second thus far purely on the modern era appointments.

A few are helped by people like Mark Hughes.

A few bigger teams had surprisingly low totals. I think West Ham were one.

I'm over half way and Swindon are Top 20-25 if I recall correctly.

[REDBUCK]

In my pathetically sad haste. I started compiling.

Chelsea are either first or second thus far purely on the modern era appointments.

A few are helped by people like Mark Hughes.

A few bigger teams had surprisingly low totals. I think West Ham were one.

I'm over half way and Swindon are Top 20-25 if I recall correctly.

Have you got to Plymouth yet

[Costanza]

Have you got to Plymouth yet

They hit the mother load with Shilton. Fletcher was a biggy too.

Plenty of examples with clubs with 10+ capped managers but didnt win many and then other clubs only having 4 or 5 managers with caps but they earned loads which shoots them up.

[tj2002]

A mate of mine who is an Oldham fan just sent me this, 4 year anniversary of a Shez classic

[jayohaitchenn]

Sittonesque. Needless to say I fucking love it.

[singingiiiffy]

who do we want? even paul hart could give us more attacking impetus than sheridan

[Riddick]

who do we want? even paul hart could give us more attacking impetus than sheridan

Someone who has not failed repeatedly before.
Someone with a plan.
Someone with some charisma and leadership to show the fans as well as the players.
Someone with a clear identity on the pitch.
Someone who improves players and not make them worse.
Someone who plays players in position.
Someone who doesn't talk crap in post match interviews.

Probably too much to ask for though.

[Jimmy Quinn]

Pulis is available!

[Dr Pierre Chang]

Give it Holloway till the end of the season

[Riddick]

Give it to a young manager with passion and a plan. Not some has been.

[Jimmy Quinn]

Should have appointed cotteril he's flying at Shrewsbury