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What about the non black managers who aren't given the opportunity to have an interview? How is that fair? I heard there is a shortage of Latino managers. There is almost no Asian managers either and no women in the men's game. Why should black men get an interview when other ethnicities and genders are passed over?

He's American and they love that sort of thing. Annoying isnt it...

This has been reported on before. From memory it was the BBC and the guardian that said that the amount of black people taking their badges was low. IMO this is what should be worked on.

Fergie had great success before United though so he earned more time. As has been stated, many black managers have been give chances it's just that there doesn't seem to be many with the badges and even fewer who actually perform to a decent standard.

Stop being such a Mong Turkish.

Didn't realise you meant the majority of the mongboard that explains it then.

MOST people? Hold on mate. I don't think most people thought he was our worst player for a period. You were reactionary and in the minority.

Koeman being another example...

Is the number of black managers who have failed and then not given another chance any higher than the white number? I don't know the figures but I can't imagine there would be a huge disparity. If there was a campaign to get more black and minority people to take their coaching badges then that is something I would wholeheartedly support. Get a load of talented young black coaches banging down the doors trying to get these jobs and then people may have a point about discrimination. It seems to me that most black people who shout racism are actually the ones with very little managerial talent, who have been given more than one chance and who have been very poor.

Rubbish from you again. No black managers have currently shown themselves to be a genius world class manager in the way Ferguson and Mourinho have. I hope that someone does come through because it will stop all this nonsense. The likes of. Ince have had a number of chances and have been absolute rubbish. Being black has absolutely zero effect on their ability to manage, I would have thought I wouldn't have to state the obvious...

I would say John Barnes has been given as many chances to fail as a host of white managers. Les Reid for one as was pointed out earlier. Jan Portvliet is another with a saints connection. The reason Harry has had so many chances is because he appeals to a certain type of owner, has connections in the media to make him look better than he is and has actually achieved success at some of the clubs he has been at. It certainly has nothing to do with his skin colour.

Well even you reckon he has a point here so it doesn't really matter that he brought up a race issue.

Really I was talking about Turkish rather than myself. It isn't that hard to do, you just managed it yourself.

Why not address the points then rather than the poster? Playing the ball not the man in other words.

So are you really saying that a top quality black manager would not be as in demand as any other top manager? Because I think that is nonsense. If we had the black Alex Ferguson then people would be falling over themselves to hire him and rightly so.

Brilliant post. What they should be doing is trying to get the next hotshot manager to be black. If we had a brilliant black manager with a cracking record then no one is going to give a damn about his skin colour. It's all about how they perform and unfortunately most black managers have been totally sh*te.

Yep. The number of black managers has increased so it's harder to play that card so now the likes of Barnes has to delude himself that it's because of his skin colour. Someone like Houghton hasn't had a problem getting a new job has he? Probably because he isn't a bad manager.

Fonte not playing I think so that's good.

My company made a profit this year. Still have a load of debt though.

My parents love him which says it all.

The echo said the money is still owed according to the accounts but that the loan is going to replace it.

Not sure how this is relevant to the 2015 election.

It's a friendly so it doesn't really matter?

Afraid it happened. He also said he has a bit of a reputation in the industry. We went even talking about him at the time, more about celebrities in general.

Yep unless it's a labour led coalition with the likes of the snp because they are even more extreme.