Football has changed in England a lot over the last few years, we’ve witnessed some of the best
coaching the elite division has ever seen and you only have to glance at the prem table over the last
decade to find that plucky ‘little’ clubs have retained their status as Premier League outfits for years
thanks in large part to a progressive and fearless brand of football.
Rewind a couple of years and every time a Premier League hotseat became available there were
clamours for the likes of Moyes, O’Neill, Hughes and even Steve Bruce- but now those calls are a lot
quieter.
In this post we look at some managers and question, is it time to walk away, cash in those big
cheques and try out that new driver on the fairway?
Steve Bruce
Ah Steve, the media darling with a stunning record of achievements on par with Pep, if you read
some of the dribble online about him anyway. Yes, to his credit he secured promotion to the
promise land on 2 different occasions, and was an affable man, but the style of football was horrific
and his tactical abilities where questionable, to be polite. I think old Brucey has announced that
Wednesday could be his last hoorah and I think that’s a really good idea for both him and football.
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Martin O’Neill
Once apparently considered for the Liverpool job, Martin O’Neill has proven himself over the years
as a very good man-manager but a limited tactical coach at the top level. There are numerous
examples throughout his career where he has been beaten in major games and been so easy to
outfox and his eye for a player was very hit and miss. Football has passed him by I’m afraid and
unfortunately the Forest gimmick will do nobody any favours in the end. His biggest chance was at
Villa but he messed up and his career has never recovered.
Alex Mcleish
Dull, drab and eye-watering, those were some of the adjectives Scotland fans used to describe Alex
McLeish and the Tartan Army as they suffered one of the most embarrassing defeats in their nation’s
history not too long ago. He’s never been renowned as an expansive coach McLeish, and bizarrely
his best season came when he won the League Cup for Birmingham City then took them down a few
months later!
Tony Pulis
No list would be complete without the cap-bearing and mildly scary Tony Pulis. As soon as the ball
boys at Stoke first started to reach frantically for the towels you instantly uncovered this man’s
philosophy on football; it’s a shame that the Premier division had to witness his brand of anti-
football as long as it did and condolences to Boro fans for the last 18 months of his tenure- at least
he is gone now.
Paul Lambert
Serial relegater, and probably not what you’d describe as ‘charismatic’, yes he did take Norwich up
two times in two seasons but Paul Lambert deserves a place on the list purely because he refuses to
accept that he’s a poor football manager. The Villa job was too big for him leading to relegation to
the
Championship
and since then he’s gone on to relegate Stoke and Ipswich (an impressive feat
given they had Mick McCarthy for so long).