Current footballers ...

[Starfish]

... that you really cannot see as managers . Who are they?

Give us examples of current players you think will become managers in the future while you're at it.

[AthleticoSpizz]

Torres
Toure and
Tevez not

Andy Griffin yeah

[PEARCEY]

Gerrard Yes

[Victor Meldrew]

Stephen Hunt,Noel Hunt....in fact anybody called Hunt NOT and anybody called Wright-Phillips.
Carragher,Jagielka and Scott Parker YES.

[leon]

David Beckham - he'd keep getting distracted by his reflection in the changing room mirror

[Tad Showbiz]

No
Frank Lampard
John Terry
Ashley Cole
Rio Ferdinand
Joey Barton

Yes
Gary Neville
Phil Neville
Andy Griffin
Alex Pearce

[PlasticRoyale]

David Beckham - he'd keep getting distracted by his reflection in the changing room mirror

Beckham could go onto much bigger things if he chose to...

[prostak]

Thinking of current and recent RFC players, I would give my face to see Bikey become a manager. I don't care to speculate on the likelihood of this one.

[papereyes]

David Beckham - he'd keep getting distracted by his reflection in the changing room mirror

Beckham could go onto much bigger things if he chose to...

Beckham has a long and distinguished career in the public eye ahead of him. He really is far smarter and more eloquent than he gets the credit for. He speaks convincingly as himself and that's a very tough thing to really pull off.

Most modern players at the top end won't, imo. They're set for life on the money they've got. Look down the leagues and the management positions are increasingly being occupied by people who realised that although they were never the greatest players, they had other talents.

[Svlad Cjelli]

David Beckham - he'd keep getting distracted by his reflection in the changing room mirror

Beckham could go onto much bigger things if he chose to...

Beckham has a long and distinguished career in the public eye ahead of him. He really is far smarter and more eloquent than he gets the credit for. He speaks convincingly as himself and that's a very tough thing to really pull off.

Most modern players at the top end won't, imo. They're set for life on the money they've got. Look down the leagues and the management positions are increasingly being occupied by people who realised that although they were never the greatest players, they had other talents.

Yes, management is a 7 days a week job. I can't see the likes of Beckham needing that kind of stress or time committment.

[Svlad Cjelli]

Often the best managers are medicorce players or those who have had various injuries, so they've spent a lot of time on the bench, watching and learning.

[Red]

Often the best managers are medicorce players or those who have had various injuries, so they've spent a lot of time on the bench, watching and learning.

Give us 3 examples.

[T.R.O.L.I.]

Mourinho, Wenger and Benitez.

[Tinrib]

Often the best managers are medicorce players or those who have had various injuries, so they've spent a lot of time on the bench, watching and learning.

Give us 3 examples.

Sir Steve

[southbank1871]

Brian Clough

[Svlad Cjelli]

Often the best managers are medicorce players or those who have had various injuries, so they've spent a lot of time on the bench, watching and learning.

Give us 3 examples.

Injured players : Brian Clough, Steve Coppell,

Medicore bench-warmers : Neil Warnock, Alex Ferguson, David Moyes, Harry Redknapp

[prostak]

Roy Hodgson!

[Hoop Blah]

I agree with the lesser player arguement but I think it has more to do with having to improve your knowledge of the game to succeed making them good managers rather than watching from the bench more. I'm sure that helps them suss out what works and doesn't from their good and bad managers, I just think a more naturally gifted player doesn't have to figure out what's going on as much as a lesser player.

It depends on the type of manager as well. Top level and International football is increasingly becoming a case of inspiring and selling the ideas/club to ever powerful and choosy players. The figure head and headline grabbing players might be more suited to that, with lots of the right people around them to do the technical/tactical bits, whereas the lower down you go, and the less resources you have the more you probably need to be able to stand on your own two feet.

I can see Nicky Forster being a decent manager. I can see the likes of Harper, Little or Gunnarsson being good as coaches or number 2's but maybe not as managers themselves. I think Carragher will be one to make a real go of it too. For all his faults he seems to live and breath the game and has a real appetite for learning about it too. I'm sure you need to love it to manage.

[Big Foot]

Chris Makin

[Gordons Cumming]

I didn't think Glen Hoddle would make a manager.