Why don't ex-Manchester United players make successful managers?

sandy10

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Just a thought?...

Mark Hughes
Gordon Strachan
Paul Ince
Steve Bruce
Roy Keane
Bryan Robson
Ray Wilkins
Lou Macari
Steve Coppell
Mark Robins
David Platt
Darren Ferguson
 
Its hard to live up to Sir Alex rep, so while they do all right they don't do as well as him and they all seem to be measured against him.
 
They're following the general trend of all English managers*.

* Yes, I'm aware that a few of the managers on that list aren't English
 
If you mean drifting aimlessly from club to club with aspirations of mid-table mediocrity against a back drop of moaning incessently and playing insipid football ala Steve Bruce. Then it's hard to measure.
 
For a start how do you measure successful, and then how many successful managers are there actually in the league full stop:

Fergie
Wenger
Dalglish (from his previous stint at Liverpool/Blackburn)
???

Basically, if you're not at one of the top clubs, you ain't gonna be successful.
 
sandy10 said:
Just a thought?...

Mark Hughes
Gordon Strachan
Paul Ince
Steve Bruce
Roy Keane
Bryan Robson
Ray Wilkins
Lou Macari
Steve Coppell
Mark Robins
David Platt
Darren Ferguson
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I don't think being a successful soldier and a good shot with a gun automatically qualifies you as a good field commander... maybe some just aren't up to scratch in the strategy department.
 
What an utterly stupid thread this is.... words seriously fail me.

Both Hughes and Bruce are very good managers for the record, without even touching on the rest
 
Brucey did excellently with a horrific Birmingham team for years, and I really rate Sparky as a manager.
 
Lots of them have been successful, managed in the top flight and have achieved promotions to the premiership and championship :confused: There are quite a lot of very decent manangers in that crop so not sure what you're on about really. :confused: Darren Ferguson just got Peterborough promoted to the championship for the 2nd time now and achieved back-to-back promotions before that.

David Platt though yes, godawful money wasting buffoon. Paul Ince is also a tool.

Out of the rest I would say that these have been reasonably successful:

Mark Hughes
Gordon Strachan
Steve Bruce
Roy Keane
Bryan Robson
Ray Wilkins
Steve Coppell
Mark Robins
Darren Ferguson

Even if you wanted to split hairs there is still at least 4 or 5 successful managers on that list.

But I guess they don't seem to meet your narrow minded criteria of success?
 
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Surely Man United have had more successful players go on to manage than any other English club although Liverpool have had fewer but they've been far more successful.
 
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Apart from Hughes none of them have had the sort of money Fergie has spent, plus he is a good motivator and he is the boss the club evolves around him.
 
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