For much of this decade, Europe's fund managers have watched in horror as America's stockmarket soared while Japan's stagnated.
Plenty of leading managers have watched and passed judgment without feeling there is a Downing-shaped hole in their side, and that is why no big club bothered moving for him before last summer.
For the last 10 years, John Friedman, the property manager, has watched over the building he frequented as a younger man.
The manager has watched his side slump to desperate defeats in their past two matches, against West Ham and Manchester United, but it is the manner of their losses which is worrying Rodgers.
The former Cardiff City manager has watched his side lose in five of his seven games in charge and though they went close to earning a point when Shaun Maloney hit the post late on, Wigan find themselves three points from safety.
Wren, the Atlanta Braves' general manager, had watched his slightly remodeled and upgraded team go 6-4 on a recent West Coast trip and batter two imposing pitching staffs in San Francisco and San Diego.
The Manchester United manager had watched his new side establish a lead which already seemed insurmountable when Zlatan Ibrahimovic collected possession around 25 yards out and, with Bournemouth's players still dizzied by Anthony Martial's sprint, skimmed a shot through Steve Cook, across Artur Boruc and into the far corner.
WASHINGTON — Mets Manager Jerry Manuel has watched his unreliable bullpen implode too many times.
"For any profitability, you have to mark it up more and more," said the company's general manager, Jerry Haines, who has watched profit margins dwindle to about 1% from 5% in the last few years rather than hike prices enough to cover the increased costs.
Lennon matured as a manager, as anybody who has watched him will testify.
