Managers News Archives


This section covers all news specific to football managers of different clubs and international teams.

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Sep
1
2008

Who care more, fans or managers?

If you have never coached or managed a football team you will believe, like I did, that the fans feel the highs of victory and lows of defeat more than anyone else. You will believe that the players and staff just don’t care as much as you do.

I...

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Aug
30
2008

Arsene Wenger: Legacy at the Crossroads

Football management produces stereotypes, geniuses, interesting characters and complete enigmas, in equal measure, but trying to fit Arsene Wenger into a single category is a challenge.

I should preface this piece by declaring that, as a Man...

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Aug
26
2008

Stevenage struggle to get started

Many a preseason favourite for the title have struggled to start their campaign in the manner that the media hype would suggest, but few have done so quite as spectacularly as Stevenage Borough.

Returning manager Graham Westley had made a number...

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Aug
25
2008

Liverpool appoint Mrs Redknapp as assistant manager

‘Onest ‘Arry Redknapp appears to be feeling the pinch of the credit crunch. Obviously Lord Stevens’ enquiry into bung-taking in football found no evidence he was anything other than an upstanding member of the football community,...

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Aug
17
2008

How the Dutch sabotaged England’s Euro dreams

An astonishing leaked interview with former England boss Steve “Umbrella” McClaren has made it clear to British football authorities that the man they entrusted with England’s dismal Euro 2008 qualifying campaign was in fact a Dutch...

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Aug
15
2008

50 “Guaranteed” Predictions for the 08-09 season

The predictions are divided into 5 categories – the press, the players, the game, the teams and everyone else (fans, agents, management). You’re welcome to add your own predictions in the comments, discuss the predictions I’ve made...

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Aug
14
2008

Safe or Not? The 08-09 Manager Sack Race

Last season the manager sack race got a bit ridiculous with many managers under severe pressure and some getting fired despite being backed in the transfer window and a few dismissed without being given a full season to show what they could do at the...

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Jul
21
2008

What Coaches Want From Their Players

As fans we see the game of football very differently from the coaches and managers. How many times have we watched a game and then heard the manager talk about it afterward and said to ourselves, “What game was he watching?”

I...

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Jun
30
2008

Euro 2008 Manager Ratings

We’ve looked at the players, now it’s time to look at the managers involved at Euro 2008 and find out how they got on:

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Jun
30
2008

Redknapp wants to continue, age no matter

Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp wants to continue in office even after the three years he has on his contract. The 61 year old is set to give a tough competition to the ‘ages battle’ for Man Utd boss Sir Alex Ferguson, by remaining...

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