@owlstalk Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 What do you think? Who do you think (when they were in their prime) could still succeed in todays footballing world as manager of our club? Howard Wilkinson? Big Ron? Danny Wilson? 1 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Danny Wilson 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 the good ones ..... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChapSmurf Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Carlos. Obvs! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mosborough-owl Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 I really liked Brian laws. Did a cracking job with what he had. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Garry Monk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Basement Jack Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 Wilkinson Disciplined and Way ahead of his time tactically.( wing backs) Wednesday were one of the most drilled teams in the country under Wilkinson. Every fan knew exactly how we were going to play. The opposition did too but most of the time were powerless to stop it . As flamboyant as Atkinson and his side was the drinking culture of the time wouldn’t cut it today Football is far more professional now and would be well suited to a young Wilkinson 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemmoJemoJemmo Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 47 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: What do you think? Who do you think (when they were in their prime) could still succeed in todays footballing world as manager of our club? Howard Wilkinson? Big Ron? Danny Wilson? All decent managers from the past would succeed. They'd simply adapt. Good Management still requires the same skills:- Man management Motivational skills Tactical awareness The ability to spot a good player Organisational Skills Good delegation etc etc 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemmoJemoJemmo Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 1 minute ago, Basement Jack said: Wilkinson Disciplined and Way ahead of his time tactically.( wing backs) Wednesday were one of the most drilled teams in the country under Wilkinson. Every fan knew exactly how we were going to play. The opposition did too but most of the time were powerless to stop it . As flamboyant as Atkinson and his side was the drinking culture of the time wouldn’t cut it today Football is far more professional now and would be well suited to a young Wilkinson But in todays game Atkinson would adapt and cut the drinking out… 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobness Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 5 minutes ago, JemmoJemoJemmo said: But in todays game Atkinson would adapt and cut the drinking out… What about the breakfast fryups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBoy1762 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Now Hutch has gone, there's only 1 man for the job! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffield_dave Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Brian Laws would love a go with this team and I reckon he’d give it a reyt go. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athelwulf Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 44 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: What do you think? Who do you think (when they were in their prime) could still succeed in todays footballing world as manager of our club? Howard Wilkinson? Big Ron? Danny Wilson? Under Channers, none of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Sturrock. Very underrated as a manager. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Since 1971 Posted May 30, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2022 33 minutes ago, Basement Jack said: Wilkinson Disciplined and Way ahead of his time tactically.( wing backs) Wednesday were one of the most drilled teams in the country under Wilkinson. Every fan knew exactly how we were going to play. The opposition did too but most of the time were powerless to stop it . As flamboyant as Atkinson and his side was the drinking culture of the time wouldn’t cut it today Football is far more professional now and would be well suited to a young Wilkinson Wilkinson I agree, way ahead of his time. Not many folk could adapt and change - Clough famously relied on money and fear to man manage and motivate players. But as Pleat said about 20 years ago, how do you motivate multi-millionaires safe with their f#ck off money? Just posted this in another thread about Howard Wilkinson... Howard Wilkinson was pretty much unknown when appointed but actually way ahead of his time. In 1983/4 Mick Lyons said Wilkinson would manage England one day. He was right of course. Wilkinson improved fitness no end, through professionalism, Alan Smith's physio work and training. It got immediate results with average to good players at that level.15 yrs later Wenger did something similar at Arsenal with international superstar players and also got immediate results. Wenger got quite a bit more positive coverage for it. Roberto Carlos developed the attacking full back role in the mid nineties. Conte and Tuchel have developed the full back into winger option recently into team tactics. They get worshipped in the media for innovation and adaptive, "total" football using full backs costing £30 million each. Howard Wilkinson used five at the back with overlapping full backs becoming wingers. He did it with Mel Sterland, Nigel Worthington and Lawrie Madden. The majority of the media called it "long ball kick and rush". Man City and Liverpool have had huge success in recent years using the pressing game, winning the ball back as soon as possible, defending from the front. Pressuring the opposition into errors. The media call it Mentality Monsters, heavy metal football and the High Press. Howard Wilkinson used the pace of Bannister, Varadi and Marwood to close down defenders, pressure them into mistakes, defend from the front. It worked very well, it also led to success. I remember really good European cup winning teams like Liverpool and Tottenham just not being able to deal with it at the time, good defenders looking baffled and harrased on the pitch. The media called it The Percentage Game, kick and rush, football by numbers etc. Howard Wilkinson played percentages with very limited resources at Wednesday. When given resources at Leeds, he had massive success. He is still the last Englishman to win the title. 2 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 I’ve always thought we missed a trick with the Cowleys. I thought they could be our next Howard Wilkinson. They wanted the job, desperate in fact, but wanted more control over transfers/players etc and so walked away from it. 3 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swfc1983 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Just now, vulva said: I’ve always thought we missed a trick with the Cowleys. I thought they could be our next Howard Wilkinson. They wanted the job, desperate in fact, but wanted more control over transfers/players etc and so walked away from it. Agree with that, although raw I think they seemed a really good fit at the time, wether the job would’ve swallowed them up or not will remain to be seen but shame it never happened. I’d have taken them all day over Monk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pulis Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Would love to see Laws have a go with our current boys. You never know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Pulis Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Also Stuart Gray. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearwood Owl1 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Howard Wilkinson as others have said. He knew how to win football matches. He'd win plenty in L1 and no doubt higher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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