The Sports Buff ⚽️ ⚾️ 🏈

In today’s football world, it appears there is no room for the veteran manager. The oldest manager was David Moyes in the Premier League (61). In the top flight, although that still is the case, in recent months, there has been a return of some familiar faces in the dugout of well-known English clubs and one Scottish club.

In case you haven’t realised, the names I am mentioning are Martin O’Neill, who has returned to Celtic until the end of the season, Roy Hodgson, who has returned to Bristol City, a former club in 1982 and Neil Warnock, who has taken the reins at Torquay United, who are in the Conference.

The trend had been to appoint young managers, your Cesc Fabregas of this world, your Julien Nagelsmann, but for every young pup you have in the managerial world, surely you need a wise head too.

Former Curacao boss Dick Advocat is back in work, after resigning from his post as coach of the minnows. The former Rangers manager is assisting Feyenoord’s boss Robin Van Persie, who, despite being second in the Eredivisie, has been having a tough time of it in his homeland.

Arguably, the help of one of Holland’s greatest managers can help the former United striker get his mojo back. For all the young guns in the managerial world, from time to time, a proven manager who has been there, done it, is needed to.