Managers who lost the Midas touch.

[td53]

After conceding that Larry didn't seem to be the same fella who did the job first time, I was thinking about other managers who seemed to be mustard early in their careers but then somewhere on the journey seemed to just lose whatever made them decent and couldn't buy success whatever they did.

Nigel Adkins springs to mind.
Own Coyle definitely
Howard Kendall possibly
Paul Hurst seems to have that vibe now

Any more?

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Martin O’Neill , but to be fair Sunderland were a car crash waiting to happen that was his downfall

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Add Chris Coleman to the list .... coincidence Sunderland was a nightmare for him too.

 

[td53]

Martin O’Neill , but to be fair Sunderland were a car crash waiting to happen that was his downfall

Add Chris Coleman to the list .... coincidence Sunderland was a nightmare for him too.

Oddly Coleman was only really any good internationally whereas MoN was pretty bobbins with Ireland.

 

[Scaramanga]

Jose mourinho

 

[Popeye]

Gordon Strachan

 

[td53]

Jose mourinho

I think Mourinho would be well served going to a smaller club. I think his whole style and 'us against the world' mentality would work brilliantly at somewhere outside the elite.

 

[td53]

Gordon Strachan

Was he actually ever 'any good' tho?

 

[PNENIL]

Although he still manages a Premier League club ( hopefully to be relegated soon) , I'd put David Moyes forward.

 

[Dark_Side_of_the_Lune]

Holloway

 

[TangerineSeasider]

Iain Dowie had a decent enough spell at Palace before everything then went pear shaped after jumping ship to Charlton. Done very little from then on in.

* Other than his career taking off as that Goonies character look a like, Sloth

 

[td53]

Iain Dowie had a decent enough spell at Palace before everything then went pear shaped after jumping ship to Charlton. Done very little from then on in.

* Other than his career taking off as that Goonies character look a like, Sloth

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Aye, it was Oldham then Palace where he seemed really bright and modern then he was just crap.

Good call that.

 

[Plumbs]

Neil Warnock. *might have found it again when he stumbled across a sack of money in Wales*

 

[td53]

Dunno, he did alright at Rotherham. He's always been cack at 'big' clubs.

 

[Chunkylad]

Add Chris Coleman to the list .... coincidence Sunderland was a nightmare for him too.

He didn't do too bad for himself off the pitch though did he??

 

[TangerineSeasider]

He didn't do too bad for himself off the pitch though did he??

His ex isn’t too shabby either.