30 Sep 2016 09:53:38
Ed001
Who are the top 5 mangaers currently.

{Ed001's Note - Simeone, Klopp, Mourinho, Bielsa and I can't think of another off the top of my head, which is what has taken so long to reply as I couldn't think of a 5th, even though I have said it recently.}

1.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 11:59:14
No pep Ed.

{Ed001's Note - nope, his teams get gradually worse over time as he coaches them, that is not the sign of a top coach. Also he overcomplicates the game. It should be simple at its best.}

2.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 12:18:02
Ancelotti, ed01?

{Ed001's Note - he has failed to lift as many league titles as he should have to be classed as a great. In my opinion.}

3.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 12:47:08
Ranieri?

{Ed001's Note - I like him, but not sure he can be classed as a top 5 after his time in international management.}

4.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 12:50:30
Perhaps Pocettino? Wenger?

{Ed001's Note - Pochettino has not proven himself yet. Wenger has struggled for too long.}

5.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 12:52:04
Allegri? Tuchel? Lucho?

{Ed001's Note - Allegri is the one I was thinking of. Tuchel has not impressed me at all. He is a poor man's Klopp. I am not sure who you mean by Lucho?}

6.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:06:47
So do mourinhos ed? How come you selected him?

{Ed001's Note - no they don't. Jose usually leaves when they are at their peak. His last job was a struggle, but he has had a lot going on off the field, to me he looks like he needs a long break.}

7.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:27:42
Ancelloti?

{Ed001's Note - no mate, missed out on far too many league titles with the best team in it.}

8.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:31:00
Ancelotti ed?
Up the pool.

{Ed001's Note - see above.}

9.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:42:16
Unai Emery? Low? Koeman? Sarri?

{Ed001's Note - Emery is a good shout, he has done well. Loew has not proven himself other than as manager of the team with by far the best players, in Germany. Koeman, not even close, not even good, in my opinion, too much of an arse. Sarri I do not know enough about, prior to Napoli, to judge him.}

10.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:59:12
Sampaoli?

{Ed025's Note - ED01 knows its koeman back, but his red tinted glasses wont let him actually say it.. :)

11.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 14:21:39
I love ed1s reply above, can't be more correct.

12.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 15:49:45
ed001 how about Roger Schmidt?

13.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 13:50:26
Do you think Emery may come to the PL one day in the future Ed?

{Ed001's Note - probably. I hope so, he certainly was keen at one time, not sure about now.}

14.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 14:08:02
Sorry ed, meant Luis Enrique of Barcelona. Also, couldn't you argue the same about how Bielsa should have won more than he has?

{Ed001's Note - meh, hard to judge Enrique, he did nothing to suggest he was special before Barca. Bielsa has never had the best teams like Ancelotti has done repeatedly. Ancelotti is just too nice for me.}

15.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 15:49:45
ed001 how about Roger Schmidt?

{Ed001's Note - I don't know enough about him to consider him a top 5 manager in the world.}

16.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 16:40:26
How about Jorge Jesus eds?

{Ed001's Note - he needs to win outside of Portugal. Or do a bit better in Europe.}

17.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 17:29:51
What about international managers?
I think Jochim Löwe has done a good job despite his personal hygiene issues 😁.

{Ed001's Note - yes but he is managing Germany, who are much better than the rest, so he needs to prove himself elsewhere.}

18.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 18:22:23
Ed regarding Leow, he built that German team from scratch since 2006, bringing through all the great players we now know of today so shouldn`t he get the credit for having the best players if he is the one that brought them through? I do agree that he needs to prove himself as a manager of a club or elsewhere as well because he was a failed manager at Hamburg where he got the sack.

{Ed001's Note - did he bring them through or did the club academies not do that?}

19.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 20:17:24
I see your point, Ed. I meant that he brought them through the national team through the national team youth ranks when many may not have deemed it fit. I agree that Germans have revamped their club and national team youth systems since 2008 which has kept the assembly line coming with talented players. In 2009, Khedira, Neuer, Boateng, Ozil, Muller and Kroos all came from the U21 team that beat England in the 2300p Euro U21 final (players in that England team have disappeared from the football landscape, in contrast due to poor professional choices and bad management) . After that, these boys all went on to start for Germany at the 2010 World cup. That is to Leow`s credit, IMO for having the gonads to play them and they did not disappoint. 4 years later, these same players won the World cup. I just think he should get credit for actually giving these boys a chance? Just asking.

20.) 30 Sep 2016
30 Sep 2016 21:46:13
Why not give it to Gary Neville he talks rubbish 24/ 7 the press would love him 😀

And the irritating Michael Owen as his mini me

I'd pay to see that

Maybe because Of my Irish roots I'm saying that, well actually I am but OMG anything could happen these days.