Next manager poll

[JHB]

Could'nt agree more on the final sentence.
Too many managers are now aspiring to be the David Brent of managers with empty meaningless phrases, usually in an attempt to avoid scrutiny over poor performances.
I think of the great managers like Clough, Ferguson, Paisley and Shankly who all conveyed simple messages with clarity.

I think at Palace we've largely avoided the, to use a Roy Keane term, 'bluffers' as managers, although on occasions Pardew gave signs that he could join the club.

One of the many stories about Clough is a him giving a half time team talk to one of his Forest teams who were losing. Apparently it simply went “Gentlemen, we are sh*t. Think of your families watching and be less sh*t”