Champagneblade
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To be fair to Warnock he’s only managed teams expected to get relegated in the PL.
Notts County, us, Palace in a time of turmoil, QPR. In the case of the latter, got them up, had them 4th bottom then they gave loads of cash to Hughes and got relegated.
It seems doing one good job in an uncompetitive foreign league is also enough these days to be offered a middling top flight role at the very minimum and no less.
I’m not saying they are not very good managers but Mourinho has never had to manage without money. Did well at Porto but should have been knocked out of the European cup were it not due to a duff call vs Man U. Villas Boas very similar, did well at Porto but failed at Spurs and Chelsea. Even Pochetino did nothing spectacular at Espanyol, a decent job at Southampton and he’s set.
None of them have had to repeatedly fashion a silk purse from a sow’s ear like Warnock has.
None of them have taken an at the time unfancied team and turned their fortunes around quite like Warnock has at Cardiff.
He’s definitely a victim of football snobbery, be that the penchant for foreign coaches or high profile ex players.
Hughes is another good example. Managed Man City, Fulham, QPR, Stoke and Southampton. Made all of them progressively worse but still gets a job at the top table.
Steve Bruce is another who has been afforded far greater opportunities yet performed averagely. You can throw Pardew in there too. How about Sherwood? In any normal conpany how was Sherwood more qualified than Warnock for the Spurs or Villa jobs?
We’ve never seen Warnock perform with a club the size of Villa or a large budget yet his ability to optimise resources is consistently better than a lot who have.
We won’t next year either. His budget will be one of the lowest and he’ll be expected to overachieve.
I suppose if he is 4th bottom at Christmas they’ll sack him and bring a Redknapp or the like in to save them, fritter away someone else’s cash and still fail.
He’s had a very successful career and any chance at the top level he’s had to create himself unlike many other so-called big name managers.
No malice from me. Who would you have preferred in the 07/08 season looking back? Big name Robbo or another year of Warnock?
Notts County, us, Palace in a time of turmoil, QPR. In the case of the latter, got them up, had them 4th bottom then they gave loads of cash to Hughes and got relegated.
It seems doing one good job in an uncompetitive foreign league is also enough these days to be offered a middling top flight role at the very minimum and no less.
I’m not saying they are not very good managers but Mourinho has never had to manage without money. Did well at Porto but should have been knocked out of the European cup were it not due to a duff call vs Man U. Villas Boas very similar, did well at Porto but failed at Spurs and Chelsea. Even Pochetino did nothing spectacular at Espanyol, a decent job at Southampton and he’s set.
None of them have had to repeatedly fashion a silk purse from a sow’s ear like Warnock has.
None of them have taken an at the time unfancied team and turned their fortunes around quite like Warnock has at Cardiff.
He’s definitely a victim of football snobbery, be that the penchant for foreign coaches or high profile ex players.
Hughes is another good example. Managed Man City, Fulham, QPR, Stoke and Southampton. Made all of them progressively worse but still gets a job at the top table.
Steve Bruce is another who has been afforded far greater opportunities yet performed averagely. You can throw Pardew in there too. How about Sherwood? In any normal conpany how was Sherwood more qualified than Warnock for the Spurs or Villa jobs?
We’ve never seen Warnock perform with a club the size of Villa or a large budget yet his ability to optimise resources is consistently better than a lot who have.
We won’t next year either. His budget will be one of the lowest and he’ll be expected to overachieve.
I suppose if he is 4th bottom at Christmas they’ll sack him and bring a Redknapp or the like in to save them, fritter away someone else’s cash and still fail.
He’s had a very successful career and any chance at the top level he’s had to create himself unlike many other so-called big name managers.
No malice from me. Who would you have preferred in the 07/08 season looking back? Big name Robbo or another year of Warnock?
