Ferguson's Minions Stealing a Living?

We have seen countless examples of upand coming Manchester United players being talked up as something special only to watch them fade away into deserved obscurity but there is ever increasing signs of Ferguson's former players and pals entering the murky world of football management.

It seems that simply sharing Ferguson's company is enough to warrant a top flight role regardless of experience, managerial prowess or knowledge.

Brian Kidd, Steve Bruce, Steve McClaren, Roy Keane, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince and Bryan Robson are all from the 'School of Ferguson' and entered straight into management with only McClaren and Kidd experiencing brief assistant roles.

Some have spectacularly failed, some have been poor and some have been average.

My point is that these individuals are being hired, it appears, solely on their association with Ferguson. How are managers elsewhere supposed to climb the greasy pole of management if these jobs are frittered away to these undeserving individuals?

In years to come who would bet against the likes of Gary and Phil Neville, Ryan Giggs and maybe Nicky Butt amongst others from entering management?

Why are these people given high powered jobs with absolutely zero experience of even the most basic form of management? no other company would funciton like that so why does football operate like that?

Will chairmen being to look beyond creating 'the next ferguson' and actually be a tad more sensible and give managers that deserve a shot a go at managing at a bigger club with a bigger budget? Are these ex players stealing jobs?

Life is unfair. If football teams are foolish enough to go for it more fool them. Hughes and Ince have been okay so far and Bruce is alright too.

Who would you say has been the most successful from the class of Fergie?

I vote Maclaren. He did a decent job at Boro and got them to a Uefa Cup final. He was terrible at England but he still became England manager which is a triumph in itself. He's also doing a solid job at Twente so far.

I actually think Steve Bruce is a decent manager.

Last season he did really well. His Birmingham team were well clear of relegation, and didn't at all look like going down, until he left. And dspite appointing a good manager, they slipped down the table, and out of the premier league. Wigan, the team he left Birmingham for, were in the relegation places, and had been very poor throughout the season. They looked like going down, until Bruce took over, turned things around, and kept them in the division. And since then, he's turned Wigan into quite a good team, most notably with the loan signing of Zaki.

aint got nowt to do with the almighty Sir Alex Ferguson......it's because they have been associated with the greatest football club on the planet....Manchester United

Roonanialdo has spoken.....end of

At the end of the day its the club that makes the call. It's not like they are pressured to hire a manager that was a player under Ferguson...

The pretenders will fall by the wayside soon enough. Bruce, Hughes and Keane might make it, we'll see.

"aint got nowt" is a double negative, mate