Worst Football Managers

[Green Valley]

I'll start off with a couple

Hristo Stoichkov

'I don't believe in tactics,' Stoichkov announced on taking over at Celta Vigo last summer. He wasn't lying, having started one World Cup qualifier with a 2-4-4 formation that left Bulgaria trailing Malta for half an hour. But it was in man-management that the hot-headed Stoichkov's deficiencies were most apparent. He forced three players (two of them captains) into premature retirement and, running out of people to argue with, went for an entire country - accusing Romania of fixing a qualifier. Hugely unpopular at Celta, he was sacked six weeks into this season.

Claude Anelka

In 2004, tired of engineering transfers for his restless brother Nicolas and fed up with 'the crazy things' he saw managers do, agent and DJ Claude Anelka decided he wanted to be a boss himself. With a 'mystery' backer, he offered £300,000 to any lower-league club who would let him be manager, and got a bite at Raith Rovers, in Scottish Division One. Citing Cruyff, Wenger and the boss of Chinawhite nightclub as influences, his philosophy and signings - some from the Paris seven-a-side leagues - brought Rovers just one point from 24 before he stepped aside.

Jim Fallon

Statistics are not the only way to judge a manager, but if they were, Dumbarton's Jim Fallon would have an unmovable grip on the worst manager crown. The club's 1995-96 record makes horrific reading: played 36, won three, drawn two, lost 31. Then consider that two of the wins came in the opening two games, before they appointed Fallon. A record of 0.147 points per match convinced the board he deserved another crack the following season. He's now a physio.

who dont you rate?

 

[RussellYid]

John Barnes.

 

[donny1013]

Tony Adams - Thinks he is some philosophical, 21st Century manager when in fact he is just a half decent number 2.
Phil Brown - Did well getting Hull to the EPL and had a good start last season, but he was just tying to make headlines by giving the team a dressing down on the pitch up at Citeh last season and that really blew up in his face.

 

[sidford]

John Barnes.

was the first person that popped into my head as well! him, stevie 'gaffer' staunton and maradona look odds on to running the three above pretty close

 

[donny1013]

Barnes has just been sacked ironically

 

[WhiteStripe]

Rafa Benitez. I'll get bludgeoned for this, but for me, he isn't as good as his record would suggest.

Ok wrong thread, as he's by no means one of the worst, I just think he's maybe one of the most overrated.

 

[RobinLeonard]

Considering the players he has at his disposal... Raymond Domenech. I am perplexed as to why this man still has a job.

 

[PT]

Ramos. I have my Spurs blinkers on today and even Gross would get the nod over him in my view.

 

[donny1013]

Ramos. I have my Spurs blinkers on today and even Gross would get the nod over him in my view.

Sevilla have hardly been struggling since he left and we are now third in the league. Whereas Villarreal have struggled big time this season since Pellegrini has gone to Real

 

[Kyras]

Souness, leaves a trail of destruction wherever he goes :lol:

 

[jimtheyid]

Glenn Roeder. And Rafa Benitez. The man makes ridiculous signings, is a general **** and often baffles with team selection

 

[aws_young]

It has to be said, Ossie wasn't the best was he? Haha.

 

[Partizan]

Florentino Perez, the president of Real Madrid, is one of the worst managers. :grin::wink:

 

[Marty]

As previously mentioned, Tony Adams and Raymond Domenech. Souness is also up there.

I'd also like to throw Paul Hart into the mix. Never had a decent win percentage at any club he's ever managed, and yet still gets jobs. Very odd.

 

[yid1o]

Dave Bassett.
I have an irrational hate of this complete twat. His knowledge of football and how it should be played is bettered by my 2 year old niece. Utter cock.

 

[Supersonic]

I always thought Bryan Robson was pretty dire.

 

[AW?]

Grosse?

 

[PantherX]

Arsene.........my Spurs blinkers are especially tight today (in fact I think they may be cutting off blood circulation to my head).

 

[SpunkyBackpack]

My old youth team coach Terry, former marine, didnt watch football other than youth football and when warning us about the oppo taking long pot shots was asked whether David Beckham was playing for them today? His answer?

'i dont know'

Classic response.

He also used to take our warm ups by getting us to jerk our stretches as much as possible. Oh yeah, we once played a tour of Cornwall, a kid on the other team landed badly in our area and did his back, we eventually had to call for the air ambulance, but only after my dad had to physically restrain him from actually dragging the kid off the pitch by his legs so we could carry on with the game, yes, dragging a 12 year old boy who may have a spinal injury by his legs.


What a ledge

 

[Bus-Conductor]

Ramos. I have my Spurs blinkers on today and even Gross would get the nod over him in my view.

I have been fortunate enough to witness spurs winning a few trophies but I have enjoyed none any more than the way we won the League cup under Ramos.

Add to that the fact that he signed two or three of the best signings that this club made in the last twenty years, saved us almost certainly from the fatal fate that was Jol's love of Dawson & Robinson, got us pressing the ball further up the field than the six yard line and passing.

Throw in that he did a pretty fucktastic job at Sevilla (yes with the expert guidence of Monchi I know, but still...)

I think this makes you the Dave Bassett of bad football manager judges.

Dave Bassett.
I have an irrational hate of this complete twat. His knowledge of football and how it should be played is bettered by my 2 year old niece. Utter cock.

The correct call.
This was the name that I came in here to type when I saw the thread title. A complete grade A nob end from start to finish, and a perfect illustration of the stupidity of believing that just because a bloke has been a player and in the "game" he is likely to be any wiser or tacticaly astute than a reasonably intelligent fan. A shining example of his species - that is the species that is footballer/manager/failed manager/pundit. Most of whom failed o level pissing.