Betting tips / Michael Lintorn / 26 January 2012 / Leave a comment Bet Now View Market

English tacticians are scant in the Premier League, but Michael Lintorn has a feeling that could soon change.

Neil Warnock's QPR exit led to some odd and undignified incidents, such as him reading out fan mail to a confused Sky Sports News reporter and Joey Barton firing a barrage of Twitter abuse his way.

Lost in the drama were the wider implications of his dismissal, namely that it has left the Premier League with just three English managers - Harry Redknapp, Alan Pardew and Roy Hodgson - and two of those are in their mid-60s.

The blame can't lazily be dealt to foreigners coming over here and making our Premier League worth watching either as only five coaches hail from mainland Europe. Instead, the other dozen come from elsewhere in Britain and Ireland.

The reasons why tacticians from the other Home Nations, who enjoy far less success at international level and produce fewer elite players - not that Fabio Capello's squad is exactly brimming with them - outnumber the locals are difficult to quantify.

Let's look at the bosses in the lower leagues capable of climbing the ladder in similar fashion to Norwich's Scottish chief Paul Lambert.

Ignoring Sam Allardyce, who has already held three top-flight jobs, top of the class right now is Nigel Adkins. The former Scunthorpe physio is engineering Southampton's revival, and after guiding them out of League One, has them second in the Championship and [2.4] to secure a double promotion.

In the division below, Chris Powell is attempting to lead another former Premier League side back to the big time in his first managerial role in charge of his beloved Charlton.

The 42-year-old was appointed last January, however, after a promising start things turned sour, and they finished 13th. Perhaps benefitting from his club legend status, the Addicks not only kept faith but let him completely revamp the squad, with spectacular results.

They are seven points clear of their three closest League One challengers with a game in hand, and [1.59] to be crowned champions. Barring a catastrophic collapse, they could well be aiming to follow in Norwich and Southampton's footsteps next season.

Adkins and Powell aren't alone in boasting Premier League potential. Tony Mowbray is back on track at Middlesbrough after a dire Celtic stint, Leeds' Simon Grayson has two promotions on his CV, Nigel Pearson has shone with several teams and Nigel Clough is slowly making progress at Derby.

But which Football League bosses have impressed you? Have your say in the comments field...