18 Jun 2014 10:01:54
Before people dismiss Dave Hockaday, let me remind you of a young man, from a small town in what we call Palestine today, a man who no-one who had heard of, a lowly carpenter's son who went on to make quite a name for himself. I talk of course, of Moujid Hababa who took Lebanese side Hadja Qaik to promotion in1994. I think we should all bear that in mind and don't, I implore you, google any of the above.

1.) 18 Jun 2014
Son of a Carpenter that work miracles!! Wasn't that Jesus Dr T?
Although God help us with Wackaday! MOT

2.) 18 Jun 2014
A better example is a guy who no one had heard of who had been a second rate lower division goalie, who happened to speak Spanish and English so was doing some translation work for Bobby Robson- he's now regarded as one of the best in the world.unfortunately he's at Chelsea some 10-15 years later.

3.) 18 Jun 2014
Thing is Drummistman, Hockaday's been coaching for years without really making waves. There are loads of good coaches who never played or played lower league football (many schoolteachers become managers for instance) but they rose through the ranks quickly as coaches because they had a talent. Wilko, Hodgson, Wenger and the Special One to which you refer are all good examples. Hockaday's coaching career hasn't exactly set the world alight.

4.) 19 Jun 2014
A fair point, well made Axe man - I have no idea whether he would be good or bad- it can go either way, my point is just because we haven't heard of him before it doesn't mean he'll be bad, in the same way as someone who has been good before ( McDermott got Reading up you know- he didn't mention it much!) doesn't mean they'll do it again -
but I agree, if he was that good others would likely have been on to it by now - let's see.