October 26, 2010

The 20 Greatest Football Managers of All-Time: and Phil Brown.

posted by yerfatma to soccer at 08:24 AM - 3 comments

No Alf Ramsey. I can't even read the list.

/bias

posted by Mr Bismarck at 11:32 AM on October 26, 2010

I've always wondered about Bob Paisley. Was he that good a manager or did he just benefit from inheriting Shankly's team and training/tactical methods? I know it's hard to argue against Cups, but many of the others on the list were tremendous innovators.

Glad to see Lobanovsky there. An amazing character. And Ramsey was a great innovator, despite what some elements of the press would say.

posted by owlhouse at 10:46 PM on October 26, 2010

The stuff Ramsey did at Ipswich is hardly ever mentioned as the press focus purely on the wingless wonders, (which in itself was a tactical innovation, albeit an unattractive one)

Ramsey was probably the first manager in England to play consistently with a forward off a main striker and led Ipswich to the Division 2 championship in 1961 and then won the English title in 1962 - Ipswich's first season in the top division.

We also have very clear information about how much of a difference Ramsey made because after the title he left for the England job and his successor, Jackie Milburn, got the side relegated in his first season in charge.

I got to grow up hearing about Sir Alf and watching Sir Bobby. Good times.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 08:53 AM on October 27, 2010

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