And the job will be his at Xmas time as orient need to be back in league one ASAP as AH won't get them promoted:thumbsup:
Good luck to him.
plus Nathan Jones and Neil Harris , that's 5 in the league and two international, Peter Butler (Botswana) and Spencer Prior (Thailand women)Great to see another ex-blues in the managerial hot seat - along with Edinburgh and Powell. I wonder how many other teams can "boast" of having 3 ex-players as managers?
Andy Edwards has been demoted,but you can add in Martin Allen at Barnet.plus Nathan Jones and Neil Harris , that's 5 in the league and two international, Peter Butler (Botswana) and Spencer Prior (Thailand women)
Great to see another ex-blues in the managerial hot seat - along with Edinburgh and Powell. I wonder how many other teams can "boast" of having 3 ex-players as managers?
Given that there are 92 league clubs are pretty much every manager has played professionally and the average career must cover let's say 5 clubs, then I imagine most clubs....
sounds like a challenge!
One for your lunchtime!
Only 92 CVs to look up.
A few less than that with the amount of managers who have just been sacked!
Ok I've worked it out/
with only 4 current managers having played for Southend, 18 clubs have had more past players as current prem/league managers (if that makes sense)
Top 4 are:
Barnsley (9) Heckingbottom, Curle, Wilson, Davis, Hignett, McCarthy, Monk, Neil, McCann,
Bristol City (8) Johnson, Dyche, Curle, Tisdale, MCarthy, Robinson, Mellon, Moyes
Sheffield Wednesday (8) Heckingbottom, Clough, Smith, Wilson, Pearson, Monk, Sheridan, Grayson
Burnley (7) McGreal, Davis, Phelan, Adams, Cook, Alexander, Mellon
Also, the following clubs have zero ex-players managing in the prem/efl
Arsenal
Colchester United
Crawley Town
Fleetwood Town
Fulham
Milton Keynes Dons
Newport County
stevenage
Stoke City
Ive excluded teams where the players didnt play a game, and non-league/foreign clubs for obvious reasons.
Ok I've worked it out/
with only 4 current managers having played for Southend, 18 clubs have had more past players as current prem/league managers (if that makes sense)
Top 4 are:
Barnsley (9) Heckingbottom, Curle, Wilson, Davis, Hignett, McCarthy, Monk, Neil, McCann,
Bristol City (8) Johnson, Dyche, Curle, Tisdale, MCarthy, Robinson, Mellon, Moyes
Sheffield Wednesday (8) Heckingbottom, Clough, Smith, Wilson, Pearson, Monk, Sheridan, Grayson
Burnley (7) McGreal, Davis, Phelan, Adams, Cook, Alexander, Mellon
Also, the following clubs have zero ex-players managing in the prem/efl
Arsenal
Colchester United
Crawley Town
Fleetwood Town
Fulham
Milton Keynes Dons
Newport County
stevenage
Stoke City
Ive excluded teams where the players didnt play a game, and non-league/foreign clubs for obvious reasons.
Most people would agree that Fulham's ex-manager ,Chris Coleman, is doing a pretty damm fine job as manager of wales.
I'm sure he is, but that wasn't the question was it?