Premier League Managers

Tony Montana

I've noticed few managers are respected or admired in the League by us for various reasons. For example, in the General Football thread Mancini has been described as average and a joke of a manager for not handling Balotelli presumably.

So who do you rate and why? Who do you hate, who's average etc?

Bold Tone

I rate and hate Fungus for obvious reasons and i think Mancini is below average even after all his achievements so far.
I used to rate Wenger but not anymore though i cannot hate him after all he has done for us.

Tony Montana

This includes managers not in the top 4 as well. Just saying.

Rex

I think Laudrup has done really well.

Meatwad

i rate and hate fungus the red nose. i definitely rate moyes. i rate avb, hughton, martinez and i really rate what laudrup has done so far, on and off the pitch.

Captain

Fergie, Wenger, Moyes. The rest is much of a muchness.

Do like AVB.

Mello

Moyes is impressive.

Mirth

Ferguson is the best manager in the leaugue.

Followed by Wenger and Moyes. Keep an eye out on Avb, Hughton and Laudrup.

Mark Hughes is the worst.

Clrnc

Not talking about like or hate, just rate the following managers.

Moyes, Laudrup, AVB, Pardew, Clarke, Jol, Redknapp

Jury is still out on the following but I am positive about them

Adkins, Rodgers, Hughton, Martinez, McDermott, Lambert.

And you have to hand in to Sam and Pulis for being effective for whatever they does.

Captain

lagos wrote:
Wenger? don't even think he makes the top ten!

Bold Tone

1_Alex Ferguson_Manchester United-Everything including c*ntishness
2_David Moyes_Everton-tactics, motivation, current results
3_Arsène Wenger_Arsenal-past achievements, own manager bias
4_Michael Laudrup_Swansea City-tactics, style
5_Rafael Benítez_Chelsea-tactics, current results
6_André Villas-Boas_Tottenham Hotspur-tactics, current results
7_Brendan Rodgers_Liverpool-style
8_Steve Clarke_West Bromwich Albion-current results
9_Roberto Mancini_Manchester City-last year's achievement
10_Tony Pulis_Stoke City-pragmatism
11_Martin O'Neill_Sunderland-motivation
12_Chris Hughton_Norwich City-current league position
13_Martin Jol_Fulham-current league position
14_Sam Allardyce_West Ham United-pragmatism
15_Alan Pardew_Newcastle United-current league position
16_Paul Lambert_Aston Villa-current league position
17_Nigel Adkins_Southampton-current league position
18_Roberto Martínez_Wigan Athletic-style/current league position
19_Brian McDermott_Reading-current league position
20_Harry Redknapp_Queens Park Rangers-bottom of the league!

Captain

How can you seriously rate Moyes and Laudrup above Wenger and Benitez and latterly Mancini? What is this madness?

Tony Montana

At the moment he's better than Wenger. He's got a lot less resources and he's doing well with them. Laudrup is a good manager but he's cool so people tend to overrate him. He's not really doing any better than Rodgers did yet. But I like him.

Tony Montana

General Mirth wrote:
Ferguson is the best manager in the leaugue.

Followed by Wenger and Moyes. Keep an eye out on Avb, Hughton and Laudrup.

Mark Hughes is the worst.

Mark Hughes isn't managing at the moment.

Captain

Moyes isn't better than Wenger in any way, shape or form.

Captain

Put it this way, if both left their roles this summer, Moyes would be lucky to get the Arsenal job and certainly wouldn't be at the top of the list. Wenger would be more or less no.1 choice for Madrid, City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and pretty much every other big club in the world.

Tony Montana

Meatwad wrote:
i rate and hate fungus the red nose. i definitely rate moyes. i rate avb, hughton, martinez and i really rate what laudrup has done so far, on and off the pitch.

Would you have any of those guys not named Ferguson as Arsenal Manager?

Alfonso

I think Moyes is one of the most overrated managers in the league, alongside Martin O Neil. Big Sam is unfortunately one of the most underrated.

Martinez has potential but needs to move to a bigger club. Chris Houghton is not a Premier League manager, doesnt have it in him, Norwich are one of contenders to go down.

Martin Jol is a poor mans Claudio Raineri. Will build you a good team but doesnt know how to win trophies.

One to look out for is Paolo Di Canio.

Tony Montana

Captain wrote:
Put it this way, if both left their roles this summer, Moyes would be lucky to get the Arsenal job and certainly wouldn't be at the top of the list. Wenger would be more or less no.1 choice for Madrid, City, Chelsea, Bayern Munich and pretty much every other big club in the world.

...on past reputation with a lot of resources compared to what Moyes has had in ten years. All the above teams you've mentioned have a lot of resources.

I don't want to make this into a bash Wenger thread. But definitely this season Everton are as good as us with arguably less talent throughout their squad.

Tony Montana

Alfonso wrote:
I think Moyes is one of the most overrated managers in the league, alongside Martin O Neil. Big Sam is unfortunately one of the most underrated.

Martinez has potential but needs to move to a bigger club. Chris Houghton is not a Premier League manager, doesnt have it in him, Norwich are one of contenders to go down.

Martin Jol is a poor mans Claudio Raineri. Will build you a good team but doesnt know how to win trophies.

One to look out for is Paolo Di Canio.

What has Big Sam done that Moyes hasn't?

Martinez is forever flirting with relegation. Tony Pulis doesn't do that but people think he's rubbish.

I see you like aggression in your managers. You're a big Mourinho fan so I see why you like Di Canio.