Which football manager would you bring in to sort your love life out?

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I think sensibly I'd need Steve Bruce or Steve McLaren - someone who can help me give less away and hold onto a lead. But because I'm bigger than that, and also an optimist, I think I'd go for Jacques Santini. Also because I am a fool.

Now your turn.

Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 August 2004 11:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Props to Ronan for this question, incidentally.

Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 August 2004 11:59 (twenty-one years ago)

Ian Holloway obviously

the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:08 (twenty-one years ago)

Um... David Pleat...

Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Davis Pleat...with Sven as his Director of Football.

winterland, Monday, 9 August 2004 12:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Nick you are a bad man.

Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Being England football manager is like making love to a beautiful lady. Oh. Less of the like.

Swiss Tony (daveb), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:37 (twenty-one years ago)

omg dave I was going to post the EXACT same joke, omg!

Ste (Fuzzy), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually, fuck Santini, I'm bringing Anders Frisk in.

Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:40 (twenty-one years ago)

cloughy

RJG (RJG), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Nigel Clough.

Johnney B (Johnney B), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:44 (twenty-one years ago)

mick mccarthy

"women don't appreciate it when you call them an effin' double-u and an effin' c"

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Don't need a manager, I'd go straight to the top and call in Collina.

jel -- (jel), Monday, 9 August 2004 15:57 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, wait I'll go for Sam Alladyce. He'd help me out.

jel -- (jel), Monday, 9 August 2004 16:03 (twenty-one years ago)

Kevin Keegan - to awake the sleeping giant

Joe Kay (feethurt), Monday, 9 August 2004 16:12 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.football365shop.com/store/thumbNail.asp?size=200&image=/store/catalog/Dowie_Detail.gif

William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Monday, 9 August 2004 16:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Mourinho.

Ronan (Ronan), Monday, 9 August 2004 16:56 (twenty-one years ago)

At least hanging out with Ian Dowie would make you look good, whoever you are. Sven seems to have a good track record of late.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:42 (twenty-one years ago)

Sven would just steal your girlfriend though, wouldn't he?

jel -- (jel), Monday, 9 August 2004 17:49 (twenty-one years ago)

four years pass...

Steve McClaren! I can't believe I started this thread with fucking Steve McClaren.

Matt DC, Sunday, 21 September 2008 20:54 (seventeen years ago)

to be fair those Dutch are quite kinky

They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Sunday, 21 September 2008 21:26 (seventeen years ago)

two years pass...

mourinho is still the man for the job. he can bring the glory days back

I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 24 October 2010 23:44 (fifteen years ago)

why not roy? reads books, pleasant demeanour, multilingual, avuncular...

nakhchivan, Sunday, 24 October 2010 23:46 (fifteen years ago)

i dont think the cupla focal on gift grub counts as multilingual tbh

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 October 2010 23:47 (fifteen years ago)

mourinho would nick any girl worth having

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 October 2010 23:47 (fifteen years ago)

wenger would repeatedly hook you up with the same girl

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)

nah he'd almost hook you up with the most beautiful girl in the bar, but would take great credit in even getting you that far.

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 25 October 2010 00:30 (fifteen years ago)

103. Thanks to US ringtone sensation Soulja Boy, the hot new slang amongst American teens is "Paul Jewell that ho", an act involving taking a girl out to a pleasant meal at Pizza Express.

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rmde cat and the dweebs (DJ Mencap), Monday, 25 October 2010 10:23 (fifteen years ago)

Tony Pulis, if it was all going bad he'd just take his clothes off and headbutt someone.

Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:26 (fifteen years ago)

The problem with Roy is that he would keep convincing you that you were doing a great job with that girl by the bar even if every single other person in the room including the girl could see you were being desperate, drunken and a bit creepy.

Matt DC, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:32 (fifteen years ago)

thought you'd go with the Lillestrøm manager tbh xp

Ismael Klata, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:33 (fifteen years ago)

wenger would repeatedly hook you up with the same girl

You'd then have a five-year period of enforced celibacy while he used his bare hands to build you a penthouse for you to continue not having sex in.

Matt DC, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:35 (fifteen years ago)

http://england.worldcupblog.org/files/2009/02/rain-mcclaren.jpg

Making it rain on you ho's.

Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:36 (fifteen years ago)

Would go for Guardiola over Mourinho these days but it's a close call.

Matt DC, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:37 (fifteen years ago)

The missus thinks a little too much of both of those guys, not sure I'd want them getting involved.

Ismael Klata, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:40 (fifteen years ago)

Joachim Low then.

Matt DC, Monday, 25 October 2010 10:41 (fifteen years ago)

Rafa Benitez would hook you up with a beautiful model on the first night, then tell you your performance sexually was appalling and you were a pathetic loser. Then he would proceed to start a campaign against your parents, your employers, and your friends, alleging they were the ones at fault for you being single.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 12:09 (fifteen years ago)

haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 25 October 2010 12:24 (fifteen years ago)

and tbf gerard houllier laid all the groundwork for that model anyway

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 25 October 2010 12:25 (fifteen years ago)

Roy Evans would let you shag his daughter.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 13:31 (fifteen years ago)

Phil Brown would let himself shag your daughter

Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:37 (fifteen years ago)

Phil Brown is surely the worst possible answer to this question.

Matt DC, Monday, 25 October 2010 13:40 (fifteen years ago)

Sammy Lee.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:05 (fifteen years ago)

Houllier would concentrate on keeping all the friends you could potentially date at all costs, micromanaging everything you say and do to ensure you didn't lose any precious friends. You'd never meet anyone new and he wouldn't let you go to any new places in case you lost existing friends.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:06 (fifteen years ago)

bryan robson would get drunk and not bother to fuck with your and your fucking girl problems. you would die single. bryan robson would somehow get hired again.

cant believe you sb'd me for that (darraghmac), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:15 (fifteen years ago)

David Moyes: Strong, dependable, always looking to go down at the start of things.

O holy ruler of ILF (a hoy hoy), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)

Moyes manages to get you a date with a Hollywood actress at your local KFC.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:06 (fifteen years ago)

Need to go for Wenger - you'll be scoring all the time and not just directly cunting it into the top corner but with poise, finesse, skill and imagination.

If your wife ever thought you were cheating he'd be all "I didn't see anything".

He'd also pay off your overdraft and build you a new house.

Tilting at Bushmills (onimo), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:09 (fifteen years ago)

Phil Brown would let himself shag your daughter

― Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, 25 October 2010 14:37 (2 hours ago)

this is kinda worrying given i) phil brown's penchant for speaking about himself in the third person, ii) the likelihood that phil brown spends his days watching detective serials and reading internet forums & iii) the average age of ilx posters

nakhchivan, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:19 (fifteen years ago)

The thought of your teenage daughter bringing home an aging unemployed Phil Brown is horrifying.

I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, 25 October 2010 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

http://crabfootball.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/phil20brown202.jpg

Inspector Anthony Slade, Monday, 25 October 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)

not just directly cunting it into the top corner

tbh I've had much success with the women through suggesting this very practice.

Antoine Bugleboy (Merdeyeux), Monday, 25 October 2010 17:52 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

Rafa Benitez would hook you up with a beautiful model on the first night, then tell you your performance sexually was appalling and you were a pathetic loser. Then he would proceed to start a campaign against your parents, your employers, and your friends, alleging they were the ones at fault for you being single.

― I see what this is (Local Garda), Monday, October 25, 2010 12:09 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 20:54 (thirteen years ago)

cupla focal on gift grub

i think darragh turned into stanley unwin for half a sentence.

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:01 (thirteen years ago)

At this moment in time I need mourinho. Ruthless decisions must be made if I'm ever to return to the Champions League.

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:17 (thirteen years ago)

Lol I've posted this several times already

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:19 (thirteen years ago)

the cupla focal on gift grub isn't a rud nua or anything

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:20 (thirteen years ago)

England managers would all be dreadful at this, but in completely different ways.

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:26 (thirteen years ago)

el tel prob the most chivvying up of presences

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:27 (thirteen years ago)

he'd have you kitted out with petrol station flowers in no time, but she'd be no lady

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:30 (thirteen years ago)

trap would pull out an excavated corpse of indeterminate gender and lose the head at you when you meekly opined that maybe you could have done better without him

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:31 (thirteen years ago)

gonna get carlos queiroz to acquire me a £10k 'escort girl' who turns out to be a wheelie bin.

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:32 (thirteen years ago)

I'm definitely getting Daniel Levy to sort out the prenup

Ismael Klata, Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:36 (thirteen years ago)

seems like a smart idea until you realise he owns the rights to yer firstborn

Randy Carol (darraghmac), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

great i've got 40% of your future income, but what exactly am i supposed to do with a josé maría callejón?

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:39 (thirteen years ago)

Sparky Hughes would be your man if you were caught in a particularly dry spell. He'd just encourage you to take it any way and any how you could get it, irrespective of the cost

Windsor Davies, Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:42 (thirteen years ago)

I think sensibly I'd need Steve Bruce or Steve McLaren - someone who can help me give less away and hold onto a lead. But because I'm bigger than that, and also an optimist, I think I'd go for Jacques Santini. Also because I am a fool.

Now your turn.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 9 August 2004 12:58 (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this post is beyond incredible

a hoy hoy, Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:45 (thirteen years ago)

but then once you reach the bedroom you'll find yourself aimlessly staring at your paramour, hoping that things will work themselves out. xp

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:47 (thirteen years ago)

This thread was started after a big im conversation, I recall.

Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Saturday, 1 September 2012 21:47 (thirteen years ago)


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