ROGER DOMENEGHETTI of whoateallthegoals.com wonders just how big a part football managers play in the suceess or otherwise of their teams

The manager is the football daddy, standing astride the modern game like a colossus. They may come in different shapes and sizes; Ferguson, the taciturn, angry schoolmaster; Mourinho the arrogant, cosmopolitan clothes horse ; Redknapp the cheeky chappie wheeler dealer, oh hang on, he isn’t a wheeler dealer, is he? But you get my drift…
How did it come to this? There has always been the touch of the cult leader about the football manager;...