Been talking football at work and we got on to the subject of player managers. There's been plenty who have done the job in the past but modern football has probably brought an end to this duel role. I can only think of Dalglish and Gullet who won anything major as a PM. 

Was Neal still playing when we won the Van Cup, or had he retired ?

22 minutes ago, ZiggyStardust said:

Was Neal still playing when we won the Van Cup, or had he retired ?

Think he retired at the end of the Division 4 season from memory - if he didn't, he should have

59 minutes ago, Underpants said:

Been talking football at work and we got on to the subject of player managers. There's been plenty who have done the job in the past but modern football has probably brought an end to this duel role. I can only think of Dalglish and Gullet who won anything major as a PM. 

not major but Hoddle got Swindon promoted and got Chelsea to some finals, semis and in Europe for the first time in years BEFORE the oil money

Did vialli not win anything when at Chelsea as player/manager?

24 minutes ago, 1969 said:

Did vialli not win anything when at Chelsea as player/manager?

Cup Winners Cup and League Cup, albeit they were already in the latter stages of both competitions when he took over from Gullit

Did Rooney play and manage at Derby? 

Mixu  at Hibs 

did they not win a Cup when he was there 

Souness at Rangers won quite a bit. 

11 minutes ago, Duck Egg said:

Souness at Rangers won quite a bit. 

Was gonna type the same. It’s an odd one as the percentage to player/managers v managers must be incredibly low.

i always wonder how hard it must be to be good pals with someone to going cold on them basically overnight.

I can’t remember who but it was a millwall player in 90s who said he was close to McCarthy and he became a prick overnight when appointed manager.

1 hour ago, little whitt said:

Mixu  at Hibs 

did they not win a Cup when he was there 

He retired from playing quite a while before he got the Hibs job in 2008. Didn’t win anything either (League Cup had been won under John Collins the previous year then Scottish Cup under Alan Stubbs in 2016, and yes I was at both games)

Mixu did score a hat trick in a 6-2 Edinburgh derby win though which means he pretty much drinks for free (Steve Fulton played for Hearts that night)

41 minutes ago, tomski said:

Was gonna type the same. It’s an odd one as the percentage to player/managers v managers must be incredibly low.

i always wonder how hard it must be to be good pals with someone to going cold on them basically overnight.

I can’t remember who but it was a millwall player in 90s who said he was close to McCarthy and he became a prick overnight when appointed manager.

It was probably more like McCarthy became a manager and it was the player who was always the prick.

Edited April 20, 20233 yr by Underpants

7 minutes ago, Underpants said:

It was probably more like McCarthy became a manager and it was the player who was always the prick.

I’ve just remembered who the player was!!!!!! Awkward

1 hour ago, tomski said:

I’ve just remembered who the player was!!!!!! Awkward

Heard that on a podcast recently. Was it SJM?

7 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Heard that on a podcast recently. Was it SJM?

Pretty sure it was aye.

10 hours ago, Leyther_Matt said:

He retired from playing quite a while before he got the Hibs job in 2008. Didn’t win anything either (League Cup had been won under John Collins the previous year then Scottish Cup under Alan Stubbs in 2016, and yes I was at both games)

Mixu did score a hat trick in a 6-2 Edinburgh derby win though which means he pretty much drinks for free (Steve Fulton played for Hearts that night)

👍

Speed 

at Sheffield wednesday 

?????

13 hours ago, little whitt said:

Speed 

at Sheffield wednesday 

?????

Speed was at Sheffield United

13 hours ago, Traf said:

Speed was at Sheffield United

Same City 

give me 1/2 point for that 

Didn't McGovern do it for a short time with us🤔

Vincent Kompany did it briefly at Anderlecht 

5 hours ago, Underpants said:

Didn't McGovern do it for a short time with us🤔

Yes, played a few

Wasn't John Aldridge player manager for a while at Trampmere? 

Sure he won the c*nt of the year award 3 years running late 90's. 

40 minutes ago, Electric Gretar said:

Wasn't John Aldridge player manager for a while at Trampmere? 

Sure he won the c*nt of the year award 13 years running from the late 90's. 

 

Sure he won the c*nt of the year award 23 years running from the late 90's. 

5 hours ago, MancWanderer said:

Sure he won the c*nt of the year award 23 years running from the late 90's. 

Think he had to share it a few times with Elton Welsby and there was the year Mark Lawrenson pipped both of them.