GARY TEDDER on the lax way clubs select their manager – and one club bucking the trend...

Thumbs up: New Plymouth Argyle boss Derek Adams

SO HOW should we view the world of the football manager? A glamorous if high-pressured lifestyle, working with great players, watching as many matches as you can of the sport you love, receiving the unbridled adulation of your team’s fans, having the occasional Saturday evening spot of jovial banter with Gary Lineker on live TV, and all underpinned by a remuneration package well in excess of that of Her Majesty’s Prime Minister?...