Ranking All 20 Premier League Managers As Players

[@NIDELLANEUM]

I love how the Irish Guy wondered why did Maresca never play for Italy, when the reason is the same as to why Arteta never played for Spain: he was an excellent midfielder in an era where the national team had some of the best midfielders in the World

[@mjoestar7966]

arteta deserved at least 10 caps for spain. im not saying he was better than those midfielders but there were times they underperformed in their respective leagues

[@ChesterRGC]

Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta, Alonso, Cesc, Javi Martínez... Tbh Arteta really deserved some caps, but he was 7th in the midfielders list at best. That's why I like NT being able to call 26 players instead of 23

[@fatchair8658]

​@@ChesterRGC And then there were still Thiago, Gabi, Illaramendi, Parejo... Damnit loads of midfielders I think Thiago is the only one who was better than Arteta among the list, but if we can go back, Spain should've experimented a lot of their players on friendlies like Brazil, Argentina, England instead using same old guys

[@mateuszdzieniszewski6714]

​@@ChesterRGC marcos senna?

[@enffootballlab2022]

Since Jose can’t be mentioned tell us how good a player he was!😅

[@EduardoGrassoTV]

N°1, since Mourinho was not available, is...

[@robbiekop7]

Does this Irish Guy have younger twin brothers called Jedward 😩 I can't handle his chops

[@elv6240]

it's no secret

[@dennismukoyatv]

Jose was abject & unremarkable as a footballer. Coaching is a totally different career to playing.

[@mallyball2446]

He played one match then he became a managet

[@crazylizard1889]

Pep Guardiola had Busquets' brain but not his feet. Otherwise, he'd be an all-timer. Also, he did lose a UCL final 4-0 against a team that scored less than 50 league goals.

[@shuichisaihara53]

He feet wasn't that bad though because if you saw him play he had great passes under his locker and had an amazing connection with Ronaldo

[@thegoldencache]

Pep was a genuinely good player. He won 6 la liga titles, 1 champions league. And he wasn't like a bench player or something. He was a starter and even captained Barcelona to multiple La Liga titles.

[@Internazionale2010]

To be fair that 1994 Milan team didn’t need to score a crazy amount of goals in the league, they won by simply not conceding any. Milan vs Juventus back then was probably the biggest game in the world at the time and that’s coming from an Inter fan.

[@crazylizard1889]

@@thegoldencache I don't deny he was a good player. He was a very good player, but he wasn't a great player. And I mean genuine greatness, not people who've had a few decent matches on the bounce. He had a brilliant career as a player but he wasn't GREAT.

[@crazylizard1889]

@@Internazionale2010 I massively respect Capello's Milan. Before Pep took up management, they were the best club team ever. But that particular season, they were quite blunt and yet Pep (Cruyff's conduit and feeder player) presided over a 4-0 humiliation. That game killed off Cruyff's managerial career.

[@nat5281]

Can't believe Jose made your number one

[@daynerichards5292]

gonna be shameless and say Ruud 1st

[@ScheppundFries]

not for granted. Guardiola gives him a run.

[@O2RiDeR_]

Mate

[@chillin1999]

@@ScheppundFriesare you on fookin spice or what

[@mubarakisamotu5090]

@@ScheppundFriesRuud is first

[@dexterandhislab]

@@ScheppundFries nahhhh im screenshotting your ass 💀

[@daynerichards5292]

lemme guess Gary O'Neil 20th edit : fairs

[@maciejbala477]

nah that'd be only in the managers list lol

[@RD-zx6py]

His hatred of O'Neill is weird and unwarranted. He's a done well with what he's had to work with everywhere he's been and had to deal with referees trying to get him the sack.

[@ildelve]

Maresca didnt play for Italy because we had some of the best midfielders of all time when he was good.

[@crazylizard1889]

@@ildelve Not even one cap though. You don't play Germany every week.

[@ildelve]

@@crazylizard1889 Maresca was very bang average. Italy in his time had Pirlo, Marchisio, Gattuso, Montolivo, Motta, Palombo, De Rossi all who were better than maresca and this isnt even the full list.

[@diogofernandes6721]

@@ildelve Oh wow, Montolivo was ahead of him?

[@ildelve]

@@diogofernandes6721 Montolivo wasnt really great, but good enough to have the ball playing ability to be Milan's captain despite them being in their banter era. Maresca was not.

[@ThyUncle-d3q]

Arteta didn't lose his spark at Arsenal. He lost his legs. An ACL when playing for Everton and several injuries at Arsenal stopped his play on the wings and took away any semblance of explosiveness

[@mphozotwa4363]

Reminder: The Irish guy said Chelsea would finish 15

[@cooperharris4352]

Never forget 😂

[@snc6344]

reminder: it's not may yet

[@Z130U]

There's still time 😂

[@charliegriffiths7096]

I’d say the bottom 5 teams are cemented now they will be the same 5 teams in may give or take West Ham if they have a stinker the rest of the season

[@Q-hv2cb]

If Cole Palmer didn't exist, they may have as well 😂

[@bzilla-d4i]

Current Serie A Coaches Ranked as footballers: 1: Alex Nesta (AC Monza) 2. Alberto Gilardino (Genoa) 3.Cesc Fabregas (Como) 4. Thiago Motta (Juventus) 5. Antonio Conte (Napoli) 6. Simone Inzaghi (Inter Milan) 7. Eusebio Di Francesco (Venezia) 8. Raffaele Palladino (Fiorentina) 9. Paolo Vanoli (Torino) 10. Paolo Zanetti (Hellas) 11. Marco Baroni (Lazio) 12. Fabio Pecchia (Parma) 13. Vincenzo Italiano (Bologna) 14. Roberto D'Aversa (Empoli) 15. Ivan Juric (Roma) 16. Gian Piero Gasperini (Atalanta) 17. Davide Nicola (Cagliari) 18. Paulo Fonseca (AC Milan) 19. Luca Gotti (Lecce) 20. Kosta Runjaic (Udinese) Everyone up to Davide Nicola played in Serie A or at the highest level. Everyone up to 10 played international football.

[@ildelve]

Gilardino massively underrated but I still think Fabregas tops him. Nesta being first tho is certain. Also Di Francesco is Venezias manager not Vicenza (just saying because this comment is very good)

[@Internazionale2010]

As a Serie A fanboy, I love this comment

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Notice how many of these were Serie A players in the 2000s. That era was seen as the best in football (or, at least, a continuation of one of the best) and the generation of stars from these days went on to become incredible managers

[@bzilla-d4i]

@@ildelve ah yes typo, thanks for the heads up

[@bzilla-d4i]

I need to add that Juric was an international as well, slipped my mind

[@nananou1687]

If you consider Ruud van Nistelrooy, i cant imagine any one of the them touching the heights he did. A freak of a striker.

[@CanadianDaveCFC]

Sean Dyche reached the FA Cup semi's with Chesterfield, put some respect on our name! If not for a dodgy blind ref, we'd be the ones getting smacked by Chelsea in the 96-97 final, not 'Boro. I'd put Howe and Dyche above Ange, Emery and Hurzler, 100%. Still nice to see Chesterfield mentioned at least tho.

[@FCSprinty]

Crazy how every great manager was no better than a great player

[@איתןשי]

To be fair you had Kompany last year...

[@nuudelz3711]

Great players aren’t always great thinkers. They don’t need to compensate for skill by out thinking an opponent. Messi and Ronaldo would both be terrible managers for example

[@FCSprinty]

@@איתןשי thats fair lol

[@crazylizard1889]

@@FCSprinty Johann Cruyff

[@haoyuexu]

I would say Xavi did great job honestly however it does apply to Koeman. Also Xabi Alonso is slowly becoming one of the best upcoming coach.

[@איתןשי]

Last year would have been a more interesting list here... From Vincent Kompany at the very very top to Luton's manager sinking to the very bottom

[@ricardocorreia7962]

Kompany at the top is very debateble, Guardiola was just as revered as a player

[@TheStar17DMC]

@@ricardocorreia7962 I think Kompany had much more impact at City than Pep did at Barca. Both Kompany and Pep aren't exaclty "irreplacable" players but being the captain of Man City and comanding the backline of the Centurions. I think Kompany was the better player overall You can make an argument for Pep though since he was a starter when Cruyff was Barca's manager and that alone deserves respect

[@ricardocorreia7962]

@TheStar17DMC Pep was not just a starter, he was the capitain of those teams. Cruyff had him in the XI of players he ever trained. One of the best defensive midfielders of the 90s. Kompany was good, but clearly a bit overrated. Doesn't belong on the same discussion as some other defenders from his generation as Godin or Chiellini. As for "commanding" the backline of Centurions, he didn't even play half of the games that season, as Pep regularly favoured other players over him.

[@piyushsingh960]

​@@TheStar17DMCHe was Rodri / Busquets before them. He was the most important player in the dream team of Johan Cruyff behind Stoichkov maybe.You can read Cruyff's quotes about him as a player. And pep also won more. Barca's downfall started when he became injury prone in his later career and had a serious 5 season downfall before they were able to replace him.

[@JjHicks-d2w]

​@ricardocorreia7962 if kompany was fit he played lol don't be making stuff up 😂

[@ConnorPenfold]

Really interesting concept

[@samuelschonenberger]

Alfie made one before the Euros and the World Cup as well, where he went a little more in depth with a healthy portion of waffling like an HITC Sevens video usually has

[@thegreatpenguinoffensive421]

@@samuelschonenberger Irish Guy did this on the old channel as well; I really want more "PL table if" videos from him

[@kipzonderkop1994]

I’d love to watch you do this for other leagues, or maybe a European league of 21 managers from across Europe.

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

Mourinho mentioned at 11:13

[@thegreatpenguinoffensive421]

Bruh how are you supposed to talk about Nuno's playing days without mentioning him

[@bead8412]

Silly little video idea: where would your best placing premier league team place today if every other premier league team also had their best placing team as their squad

[@Drizzlybear1]

I actually think as a general rule those average pkayers make some of the best managers. They didn't have the natural talent so they had make up for it with hard work snd understanding the game. You need to have the tactical knowledge just to keep up.

[@Z130U]

Not always. Johan Cruyff, pep, zizou, Xabi...ect

[@sergiosalazar8702]

@@Z130UPep was good, but not on the level of those other 3

[@Baldinho17]

big up to druid park irish guy. missed a few sitters on there myself.

[@runema13]

didn't catch half of what he was saying but great channel , good job

[@lardyboyk4478]

Ange above Dyche is madness

[@ironicvirus1496]

Video idea: The worst premier league team your club captain still wouldn't start for Obviously its the current team the captain is at, not just Derby County

[@crazylizard1889]

Is Pep the only one to play in a UCL final? Edit: 2 finals

[@God_of_Arson]

Fun fact no nuno got a medal

[@crazylizard1889]

@@God_of_Arson But he didn't play the final.

[@silviofelix1991]

Fun fact: NES was the first player agency by Jorge Mendes

[@tobznoobs]

Amorim won't even manage man utd till mid november should have put Ruud in first place.

[@yehdhbjjjgf8539]

Agreed

[@Secrecy30]

Lopetegui´s performance at Logroñés was excellent. then he was transfered to Barcelona and failed, most probably he didn´t survive to pressure and suffered ridiculous mistakes. At his best he was one of the best GK in Spain, that translate to top 5 in the Premier League of the 90´s for sure

[@piyushsingh960]

Current laliga players ranked as a player. 1. Diego Someone 2. Carlo Ancelotti 3. Ruben Baraja 4. Marcelino 5. Valverde 6. H. Flick 7. Michel Rest never played at top level.

[@itzbouncy8048]

I'm sorry, but you are wrong about Dyche. Putting a few managers above him who played in Australia until 27 and players who only played in academy football is wild. Considering Dyche played for many league 1 and championship clubs for over a decade. Pretty wild take.

[@kayxklay3893]

Jimi Jackson mention on the Irish guy channel is crazy

[@billeh.foggin.gilmour]

Can already tell O Neil is gonna be the worst

[@lwandilentaphane5719]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Lt_Slider]

No he’s at 7th so Irish Guy actually did put him in a good place. But he still roasted him, so yeah the salt is still on

[@mattyboi7]

I never thought id see jimi jackson in an irish guy vid lmao

[@ercoleborgiano]

We all knew Pep would he top of the list lol. Not only is the current competition very weak but he also was an absolutely brilliant midfielder and of the best of his own era. Very intelligent player and could’ve achieved even more if it weren’t for injuries.

[@_AshJ14]

Let’s be honest the Irish guy hasn’t seen like 90% of these managers play 😅😅

[@mjoestar7966]

arteta deserved at least 10 caps for spain. im not saying he was better than those midfielders but there were times they underperformed in their respective leagues

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Arteta born any other gen probably captain 80+capps, so underrated jst same as manager. Gr8 COYG. N Scottish so love Gerz so played both my clubs showed England he was dyno 18month at us then Everton captain then our captain 3 fa cups 0 tilhe was manager n 0 since 04 till a player. He unreal

[@a.s.2611]

Babe wake up irish guy just posted 📫

[@TheFinishedArticle]

Bro i completely forgot you existed until i was recommended this video.

[@SenanHedderman]

20th Thomas Frank 19th Steve Cooper 18th Marco Silva 17th Oliver Glasner 16th Keiran McKenna 15th Sean Dyche 14th Ange Postegoclu 13th Eddie Howe 12th Fabian Hurzeler 11th Unai Emery 10th Nuno Espirito Santo 9th Russel Martin 8th Arne Slot 7th Gary O, Neil 6th Julen Lopetegui 5th Ruben Amorim 4th Enzo Maresca 3rd Andoni Iraola 2nd Mikel Arteta 1st Pep Guardiola

[@Jamesbrace04]

1:00 Michael with the rockets at druids park .

[@RicardoBorges396]

Nuno Espirito Santo was a very decent goalkepper

[@ConnorPenfold]

It’s a-shame that Vincent Kompany isn’t still managing in the Premier League

[@nleak92]

I'd be interested to see this for the championship

[@silviofelix1991]

Nuno Espírito Santo was the first player agency by Jorge Mendes.

[@reverseflashplays8615]

I’m surprised he even called Jose a bad footballer 😂😂

[@robertspence402]

I bet the irish guy talks about mourunho in his sleep

[@92mrcheese]

Russell Martin was a pacey exciting fullback

[@bzilla-d4i]

LOL who was supposed to make way for Enzo, there were much better midfielders out there.

[@DanielKelly-ds9tv]

Will still has made it clear on several occasions that yes he use to play football manager but in NO way does that affect his coaching methods he done the same as any other coach learnt how they learnt

[@shaunportelli6201]

Haven't started it yet and think Gary O'Neill will be 20th

[@davywilson8779]

in 2022 you made a video for every flop of every world cup squad where you said Gakpo Valencia would flop we never got a video for that

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

"Arteta was a left-winger at Everton" I think you might be getting confused...

[@sukhdevr3489]

He did play on the wings a lot in his early years here, then played CM later on

[@vijaygarv]

I await the day Mourinho finds you and comes on your channel for football predictions.

[@LZ10FC]

Unc Albert disrespect will not be tolerated

[@mach4518]

Video idea: If each manager, in their prime as a player, was captaining their club. Not just playing, captaining. Meaning that Everton will have to play like actual Milwall😂

[@Forestgravy90]

Dyche should he above Ange, he was at least a professional full-time

[@callumsmith5819]

Ange was a professional full time and would have played for Australia if he hadn't been constantly battling injury

[@OliverWard-k9g]

I would say to do it for the championship as well but it’s obvious who’d win that

[@retryo]

dyche scored in an fa cup semi final, defo should be higher on this list

[@juanmiguelgalindollado8691]

No disrespect to Iraola, who was actually a great player, but I raised watching them both play and Maresca was just better, a total magician. His years at Sevilla and even at Málaga after that (getting old, for a footballer, at the time) were just class. Not the best of attitudes, but too much quality.

[@aledjango]

That famous place "Wheel", we butcher Irish names regularly, so call it a draw

[@liamharnett6933]

Russell Martin was a centre back mate

[@Bagster321]

There's a general saying; the best players don't always make the best managers.

[@thelordpizzaman3461]

I'd rank Dyche and Howe up a bit imo

[@aleksanderpagels288]

Not Oliver Glasner and Sean Dyche logning younger as players than they look now

[@markriley5863]

This must have hurt. Having to put Gary O'Neill as high in a list as 7th 😂

[@johnwhalley8270]

Mourinho mention 9:07

[@giduadam5256]

Surprised O’Neil isn’t last😂

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Amirom not manager yet so Michael n am Arsenal but RVN shld be #1 other than that another gr8 vid

[@aaronhughes2550]

Those welsh pronunciations are giving me nightmares

[@GeoFootballManager]

Im a brentford fan and my theory is Frank is a better manager because hes so focused on the theory and managemrnt of people.

[@JamesSant1]

A-League would be the 40th best league in Europe

[@BudiPrasetyoHarsono]

Make this with Serie A and LaLiga manager, I'll subscribe yout channel 😂

[@sepehrnajafian3449]

It's crazy that 16 out of 20 of these managers were actualy below average players!

[@JasonWilliams89]

Sean Dyche almost made the Prem and is below a Melbourne player?

[@GLB223]

0:55 llllllladsss

[@chasemartins3359]

ranking a career second team and lower league player 12 over actual internationals is some of the worst logic i’ve ever heard in my entire life.

[@jimidave6281]

Mikel Arteta wasn't a winger; he was a 10 and played deeper earlier and then again at Arsenal.

[@mubarakisamotu5090]

He did play as a winger a some stage in his career

[@jameswg13]

as a villa fan i had no clue either

[@Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart]

I’m surprised Gary o Neil isn’t 20th

[@sirkibble2864]

6:18 YOU JUST GOT FOTMOBBED

[@akunwanneprosper7016]

He actually Replaced Ronaldo in a Portugal match 😂 😂 😂

[@Jarekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk]

Cristiano ronaldo is goat yes

[@DaRealND19]

I absolutely despise his repeated insults of Steve Cooper. Reeks of a guy with zero self-awareness and esteem trying to beat on someone who is doing much better than him.

[@seanhack628]

If its just on loan i count that as a one club man still

[@Madboiwastaken]

onefootball sponser is crazy 😭😭

[@sld1776]

Pep was really good. A poor man's Busquets. (Which is still a great level of footballer.)

[@pekar43]

You didn't upload in time for my dinner tonight You're falling off big time Michael

[@Sepp-sq1mj]

Nac mentioned

[@bernardosantos217]

Nuno espírito santo should’ve been higher

[@nyashamambo787]

As a united fan I feel robbed 😂😂

[@finnjeffrey572]

Ruud was the best surely

[@redsheep942]

Before watching pep is number one

[@daviesugo7641]

Nisterooy would have been 1st by far

[@bigcheesing]

Steve Bruce would make top 3 and he wouldn't be third.

[@stevenandrews3891]

Reel.. Porth-ma-dog.. For places not in England or Ireland.. a quick Google is your friend 😅

[@AaronHehe]

What place was maresca

[@futgaming17]

I just laughed when it was Gary O'Neil's turn😂😂

[@vinnyford5834]

How does Arne slot get ranked higher than Russell Martin! Then Kieran mckenna who never played football gets ranked above players who have? Such a stupid list

[@carlmcclatchie2122]

What a pointless list. Its like making a list of best cooks from the Uruguayan airplane crash.

[@aleksanderpagels288]

Tbh I had fun seeing what some of the managers looked like as a player, like Glasner who looked older than he does now 😂

[@idkkkkkkkk_]

2:25 as a Serbian wtf was that pronunciation.....

[@leecollison7527]

Most of the time, the best players make awful managers.

[@osobad1127]

In general the worst the player the better the manager

[@yehdhbjjjgf8539]

Cruyff Zidane xabi Alonso ?