It's pathetic really isn't it, but I reckon that the greatest British managers of all time, Alf Ramsey, Brian Clough, Bob Paisley to name but a few would not cut the mustard in the current times.
Why?
Players in the "good old days" would do what their manager told them to, no questions asked. Discipline was key to success. Nowadays players hold all the power and if the manager asks them to do something they don't like, they sulk and refuse, seemingly content to pick up their six figure wage bill without any qualms at all.
We are seeing it regularly with Liverpool, where the players have managed to get rid of Roy Hodgson, a great manager with a good CV, and are now doing their best to get rid of "King" Kenny Dalglish by costing the club a huge amount of money and performing like a pub player. Roberto Mancini will have the same problem at Manchester City, certainly having been undermined in selecting Carlos Tevez because he costs the club too much money not to pick him.
The quicker that the money drops out of football, the better it will be for the game. The current situation isn't sustainable.
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