Top Ten manager in the history of the PL.

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1. Mourinho

2. Wenger

3. Fergy.

4. Benitez

5. Moyes

6. Ancellotti

7. O'Neill

8. Keegan

9. Dalglish

10. Hodgson

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1. Mourinho

2. Wenger

3. Fergy.

4. Benitez

5. Moyes

6. Ancellotti

7. O'Neill

8. Keegan

9. Dalglish

10. Hodgson

 

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TEN WORST.

 

Christian Gross

 

(Tottenham, December 1997-September 1998)

 

Lost 6-1 to Chelsea in his first home game in charge, and brought Spurs to the brink of relegation in his first season. Alan Sugar used his popular catchphrase “You’re Fired!” to Gross just 3 games into the 1998-99 season. Managed nine wins in 27 games at Tottenham.

 

Paul Hart

 

(Portsmouth, February-November 2009)

 

Tony Adams started the decline at Portsmouth, Hart just helped it along further. You can argue he had limited resources as basically the whole team was sold, but in his first few months in charge, Hart still had the likes of Crouch, Krancjar, Distin and Sol Campbell at the club. Led Pompey to the worst start in Premiership history by losing their first seven games this season, before being sacked in November. Has since gone on to spend just a month in charge of QPR and is now at Crystal Palace.

 

Tony Adams

 

(Portsmouth, October 2008-February 2009)

 

It was all going so well. Pompey had just won the FA Cup five months earlier, and when Harry Redknapp left for Spurs, Adams just had to carry on what he and Redknapp started. Four months, 10 points and 16 games later, Adams was out of a job.

 

Alain Perrin

 

(Portsmouth, April-November 2005)

 

After managing in France with Marseille, Perrin was expected to succeed in England. It didn’t happen: 4 wins in 20 league games and with Portsmouth 17th in the Premiership, Perrin was sacked and Harry Redknapp resumed the reigns at Fratton Park.

 

Egil Olsen

 

(Wimbledon, June 1999-May 2000)

 

After achieving great success with the Norwegian national team, Olsen went to manage the Crazy Gang. His long-ball tactics were despised by fans, and under his guidance, Wimbledon were relegated from the Premiership for the first time in 15 years. Vinnie Jones (who never played under Olsen) said his biggest regret about the Norwegian’s departure was, “I never got a chance to chin him.”

 

Sammy Lee

 

(Bolton, April-October 2007)

 

After a highly successful partnership with “Big Sam” Allardyce at Bolton, “Little Sam” took over when his mate took charge at Newcastle. But Lee couldn’t cut it in management: winning one out of 11 games and leaving Bolton in 19th place in the league. Now back as a number 2, serving under Rafa Benitez at Liverpool.

 

Paul Jewell

 

(Derby, November 2007-December 2008)

 

After doing well at Wigan, Jewell was appointed as boss of Derby after the departure of Billy Davies. Yes, Derby were hopeless that season, but if your team finishes with 11 points (a new Premiership record) and doesn’t even win a game in the Premiership when you are in charge (Derby’s only win that year was under Davies), then that says something about your management skills.

 

Graeme Souness

 

(Newcastle, 2004-February 2006)

 

Excellent at Blackburn, atrocious at Newcastle. In Souness’ reign as Newcastle boss, the club finished 14th in the Premiership in his first season in charge, and were 15th in the table when Souness was sacked in 2006. Souness had a number of falling outs with players, including Craig Bellamy, Jermaine Jenas and Laurent Robert, as well as spending big money on flops like Albert Luque, Jean-Alain Boumsong and Michael Owen. Injuries to key players affected his success at Newcastle, but Souness’ unpopularity with the fans cost him in the end.

 

Paul Ince

 

(Blackburn, June-December 2008)

 

Became the first black British manager in the history of the Premiership, when Blackburn employed him after a successful stint with MK Dons. Ince was tipped for big things with Blackburn, but never really got the chance to make things work. After 177 days and 3 wins in 17 games, Ince was given the boot by Blackburn.

 

Howard Wilkinson

 

(Sunderland, October 2002-March 2003)

 

Wilkinson was supposed to be an experienced manager who would help Sunderland achieve safety in the Premiership. What happened was 13 defeats in 20 games for Wilko, who was sacked in March 2003, and let Mick McCarthy come in and finish the job. That season, Sunderland finished with the worst points total in Premiership history with 19, which stood until Derby were kind enough to take that record off them.

 

The Next 5: Iain Dowie (Charlton, May-November 2006) Brian Kidd (Blackburn, December 1998-November 1999), Peter Reid (Leeds, March-November 2003), Steve Wigley (Southampton, August-December 2004), Les Reed (Charlton, November-December 2006

[Andrew 4284]

Souness was not excellent at Blackburn, that's bollocks

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That top tens not mine btw.

 

There is a case for O'Bleary I guess and Harry.

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Bit harsh on Tony Adams but he thinks he's a right intellectual just because he's a reformed alcoholic who's read a few poetry books. I remember him claiming Bobby Robson had 'no science' whatever that fucking means. Also tipped Steven Taylor as a future England captain iirc.

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Bit harsh on Tony Adams but he thinks he's a right intellectual just because he's a reformed alcoholic who's read a few poetry books. I remember him claiming Bobby Robson had 'no science' whatever that fucking means. Also tipped Steven Taylor as a future England captain iirc.

 

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Les Reed, Ian Dowie

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1.Alex Ferguson

2.Bobby Robson

3.Mourinho

4.Arsene Wenger

5.David Moyes

6.Harry Redknapp

7.Roy Hodgson

8.Martin O'Neill

9.Kenny Dalglish

10.Tony Pulis

[SloopJohn 0]

Harry Redknapp?

 

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Harry Redknapp?

 

 

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1. Mourinho

2. Wenger

3. Fergy.

4. Benitez

5. Moyes

6. Ancellotti

7. O'Neill

8. Keegan

9. Dalglish

10. Hodgson

 

What a pile of of horsehit.

 

What criteria is this using.

 

Ferguson being anything less than number one is proposterous.

 

Dalgish won it and finshed second (twice iirc), yet he's behind O'Neill who hasn't ever finished in the top four.

 

What has Hodgson achieved in the premier league?

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1. Mourinho

2. Wenger

3. Fergy.

4. Benitez

5. Moyes

6. Ancellotti

7. O'Neill

8. Keegan

9. Dalglish

10. Hodgson

 

What a pile of of horsehit.

 

What criteria is this using.

 

Ferguson being anything less than number one is proposterous.

 

Dalgish won it and finshed second (twice iirc), yet he's behind O'Neill who hasn't ever finished in the top four.

 

What has Hodgson achieved in the premier league?

 

I agree mate. Not my list. I was incensed enought to whack it on here to see if I had gone mad.

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Ferguson is top. No matter what is thought of him. Results do not lie.

 

Didn't Hodgson get (or nearly get) Blackburn relegated? Why is he held in such high esteem?

[Andrew 4284]

has to start

 

Ferguson

Wenger

Mourinho

Ancellotti

Dalglish

 

since theyre the only ones to have won it, after that its all opinion Id have

 

Keegan

Robson

Moyes (for the work hes done with everton on such a budget)

 

 

and then after that Im genuinely stumped, there have been some great achievements of managers in single seasons but no others for me stand up over time

Edited September 17, 2010 by Andrew

[Tom 13915]

1. Sam Allardyce.

2. Sam Allardyce.

3. Sam Allardyce.

4 Sam Allardyce.

5. Sam Allardyce.

6. Sam Allardyce.

7. Sam Allardyce.

8. Sam Allardyce.

9. Sam Allardyce.

10. Sammy Lee (former assistant to Sam Allardyce)

[TheMoog 0]

I'd have thought Houllier was better than Benitez no?

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I'd have thought Houllier was better than Benitez no?

 

i concur.

 

and what oneil is doing in that top ten is beyond me

[Billy Castell 0]

Ferguson is top. No matter what is thought of him. Results do not lie.

 

Didn't Hodgson get (or nearly get) Blackburn relegated? Why is he held in such high esteem?

 

The rot set in with Woy buying shit like Christian Dailly for £5m, and losing the dressing room, butit was Brian Kidd who ensured relegation. Souness got promoted and won us the Worthington Cup after that.