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Yeah I'm not sure I really agree with any of the logic, not many of them went in at a top job.

None have them have been willing to work from the bottom up though,

Name me any top manager that started at the bottom... I'll wait.

Pep G started with Barca B in the Spanish 3rd division

Being groomed for the Barca job is different to taking the reins at Morecambe

Hardly Halesowen Town is it?

How about Di Matteo at MK Dons?

Brian Clough - Hartlepool
SAF - East Stirlingshire
Steve Cotterill - Sligo Rovers

Not a shit enough level, by the sounds of it.

Unai Emery started in Spain's div 3

Brian Clough - Hartlepool
SAF - East Stirlingshire
Steve Cotterill - Sligo Rovers

So a dead bloke, an 82 year old and Steve Cotterill... A fine selection.

So you don’t want answers then?

So you don’t want answers then?

Exceptions not the norm, especially not for the past 20 years. Of all the managers those are two that anybody could come up with.

Top managers do not work they way up from the bottom.

Tam

Brian Clough - Hartlepool
SAF - East Stirlingshire
Steve Cotterill - Sligo Rovers

Lawrie McMenemy Bishop Auckland.
Martin O'Neil. Wycombe.
Mourinho worked up from nowhere as well. And Wenger.
And Houllier.

There have been loads.

I'm assuming it was a serious question in the first place, I haven't read the thread carefully so might be missing a "Whoosh".

Nobody relevant for the past 10 (at least) years then.

Roberto De Zerbi started at Serie D side Darfo Boario.

Me neither.