which city manager did the worst job with the best squad? (9 Viewers)

[fernandopartridge]

Which ones? Derby stands out, but I'm not sure of the others.

Leicester. We did the double over them. They had a great start that season but went on a slide iirc. Got relegated the following season (Akin-panic-buy was signed around that time). Middlesbrough were poor too. Sunderland. Everton were not a good side at that time either.

 

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[mds]

Atkinson and Strachan between them, all that money, some fantastic players/performances and nothing, oh yeah errr relegation.

 

[stupot07]

The problem with choosing Coleman is we look back at the squad with rose tinted spectacles. Yes a lot went on to bigger and better things but they didn't all peak at the same time. E.g Dann and fox had left before Best's immense half a season, turner peaked under Boothroyd, plus can any championship side with a midfield of Doyle, Hughes, bell and clingan...Osborne/Stephen wright at right back, etc really that good enough for pushing for promotion?


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[Colonel Mustard]

Leicester. We did the double over them. They had a great start that season but went on a slide iirc. Got relegated the following season (Akin-panic-buy was signed around that time). Middlesbrough were poor too. Sunderland. Everton were not a good side at that time either.

I can only respectfully disagree. Boro had a good defence (Ehiogu, Vickers, Cooper) and Boksic. Leicester, though never a location for superstars, still had a tidy squad (Izzet, Guppy, Elliott, Savage et al). Everton similarly had B- players all-around, from Weir and Watson and Xavier to Ferguson and Campbell upfront. Sunderland finished seventh, so it's tough to dispute the balance of their squad.

Which is not to say any of those teams were much better than CCFC, but we had a weak defence and only Bellamy upfront. Maybe if Hartson had been signed earlier...but there was always the feeling the club had gone too far. Dublin, Keane, McAllister, Huckerby, Whelan and Nilsson were tough acts to replace.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

You will never forgive him? Really? It's not like he did it on purpose: he's a passionate man - everyone can see that. I'm sure he tried his damnedest. What if he pleaded with you for forgiveness on his knees, would you spurn him still? Walking off to the sound of him weeping 'I'm so sorry...'?

He was still shit though.

 

[dongonzalos]

COVENTRY (4-3-1-2): Westwood; Wright, Dann, Turner, Hall; Henderson, Doyle (Beuzelin 59min), Gunnarsson; Eastwood; Morrison, Best. Subs (not used): Marshall, Ward, Osbourne, McPake, Simpson, Thornton.

5-6 of these players played in the prem after leaving Cov

6th should have been a possibility

 

[stupot07]

COVENTRY (4-3-1-2): Westwood; Wright, Dann, Turner, Hall; Henderson, Doyle (Beuzelin 59min), Gunnarsson; Eastwood; Morrison, Best. Subs (not used): Marshall, Ward, Osbourne, McPake, Simpson, Thornton.

5-6 of these players played in the prem after leaving Cov

6th should have been a possibility

What game was that? I imagine that it was a 442 with Eastwood playing left wing. Look at the bench. It's shit, nowhere near good enough for 6th. A back 4 containing wright, turner and hall not good enough for too 6, a midfield of then Doyle, boozy and Eastwood not footed enough for top 6. Morrison was on the decline,


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[dongonzalos]

What game was that? I imagine that it was a 442 with Eastwood playing left wing. Look at the bench. It's shit, nowhere near good enough for 6th. A back 4 containing wright, turner and hall not good enough for too 6, a midfield of then Doyle, boozy and Eastwood not footed enough for top 6. Morrison was on the decline,


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Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Carvalho, Belletti, Mancienne.

So I'd give them some slack

Westwood
Turner
Dann
Gunner
Henderson
Best

good enough for a top six team and all went in to at in the Prem.

 

[stupot07]

Chelsea: Cech, Bosingwa, Terry, Alex, Ashley Cole, Lampard, Mikel (Essien 65), Ballack, Malouda, Drogba (Di Santo 80), Kalou (Quaresma 46).
Subs Not Used: Hilario, Carvalho, Belletti, Mancienne.

So I'd give them some slack

Westwood
Turner
Dann
Gunner
Henderson
Best

good enough for a top six team and all went in to at in the Prem.

That's my point they all weren't at their peak and good enough at the same time. For example turner was what 18-19 still full of mistakes back then, the majority of fans thought he was carol and he didn't show his quality for another 2 years until Boothroyd was here. best 2 didn't hot his peak until the next season. Gunnar was still young and green and having a tricky second season, Henderson was only 18 and only played 10 league games so hardly fair to point to him in terms of the performance of a seasons squad.

Look at the other players in that squad. Skyblue rose tinted spectacles



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[dongonzalos]

That's my point they all weren't at their peak and good enough at the same time. For example turner was what 18-19 still full of mistakes back then, the majority of fans thought he was carol and he didn't show his quality for another 2 years until Boothroyd was here. best 2 didn't hot his peak until the next season. Gunnar was still young and green and having a tricky second season, Henderson was only 18 and only played 10 league games so hardly fair to point to him in terms of the performance of a seasons squad.

Look at the other players in that squad. Skyblue rose tinted spectacles



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Elliot ward and Fox were involved in that season as well

Both went in to play in the Prem

A challenge for the top six was definitely a realistic proposition

 

[stupot07]

Elliot ward and Fox were involved in that season as well

Both went in to play in the Prem

A challenge for the top six was definitely a realistic proposition

No, it wasn't. The midfield was shite, the 'squad' wasn't good enough and the squad sorely missed any pace and any real leaders.

Only Dann has gone on to have a decent PL career, the rest have proved not quite good enough. Good teams are the sum of its parts with the right blend of attributes, we had some good young potential talent, but collectively there wasn't another quality or the right attributes for a promotion push.


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[dongonzalos]

............Westwood...........
........Ward..Turner..Dann....
J.Clarke. .......................Fox
.............Tabb...Doyle
.
..............Henderson...........

............Best....Morrison.....

So this lot should not have been capable of challenging for sixth?

 

[Grendel]

............Westwood...........
........Ward..Turner..Dann....
J.Clarke. .......................Fox
.............Tabb...Doyle
.
..............Henderson...........

............Best....Morrison.....

So this lot should not have been capable of challenging for sixth?

Are you having a laugh?

 

[stupot07]

............Westwood...........
........Ward..Turner..Dann....
J.Clarke. .......................Fox
.............Tabb...Doyle
.
..............Henderson...........

............Best....Morrison.....

So this lot should not have been capable of challenging for sixth?

Nope....for a start Tabb and Henderson never played in the same side, Clarke was 17 years old and isn't a wingback, still no pace no leadership, turner was still a bit of a calamity back then. And you've got 2 strikers who at that time struggled to score much more than 10 goals each. Where would the other goals come from? And who's on the bench?


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[Grendel]

Nope....for a start Tabb and Henderson never played in the same side, Clarke was 17 years old and isn't a wingback, still no pace no leadership, turner was still a bit of a calamity back then. And you've got 2 strikers who at that time struggled to score much more than 10 goals each. Where would the other goals come from? And who's on the bench?


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At least we know we why dongle likes thorn - they are both seriously clueless. How the hell would that team be in the top 6. Tab always faltered to deceive, Doyle is a Teague one chuffer, Morrison was awful, fox has never been rated by fans anywhere but here, ward was frozen out and wood was preferred, turner was frequently slagged off on here and Clarke 6 years on looks out of his depth in league 1.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Coleman I'd say

 

[dongonzalos]

Coleman I'd say

You must be wrong sounds like he was in charge of a right bunch of Numbnuts who fluked their way into the premiership
Classic

 

[rupert_bear]

The question was who had the best squad and fucked it up which is why I said Cantwell, if you are looking for a worst manager than him but with a poorish squad I would say Don Howe closely followed by Don MacKay, fucking crap both of them..

 

[stupot07]

You must be wrong sounds like he was in charge of a right bunch of Numbnuts who fluked their way into the premiership
Classic

Eh? That makes no sense.

Coleman should above done better 17-19th last day relegation survival was not good enough, but that squad at that time was not good enough for top 6/promotion for all of the reasons I've put.


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[johnwillomagic]

Hmm Thorn was pretty bad should never have been relegated from Championshion imo with resources......Atkinson for us was pretty crap too......overall winner yep would say Coleman overall but we have had some stinkers!!

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

Eh? That makes no sense.

Coleman should above done better 17-19th last day relegation survival was not good enough, but that squad at that time was not good enough for top 6/promotion for all of the reasons I've put.


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I think it should have been capable of pushing for the top half at least.

You point to some players and say they weren't good enough which you are right, but its just another indication of how Coleman pissed away our resources. 1.2 million on Eastwood, Morrison and Wright among the highest earners. More transfer fees down the drain on players like Bell, Clingan, Wood, Mcpake

 

[Gazolba]

Strachan by a mile.

 

[torchomatic]

"With the best squad". Are you saying that Coleman's squad was better than Strachan's?

You must be wrong sounds like he was in charge of a right bunch of Numbnuts who fluked their way into the premiership
Classic

 

[lordsummerisle]

Coleman was a dreadful manager, but he also put together an awful squad.

The problem was with all the Sisu/Ranson/Coleman mass love in at the time every player signed at the time was supposedly much better than what we had before,

All "Got to build his own team", "Players need to fit the profile" stuff.

Dann was(and is) genuinely good,as was Westwood Fox was good at our level, as was Best. Turner a good young player, but not really good enough for the top level, same with Best, Tabb and Ward. Mifsud also a very good shout in the Championship.

None of the above(apaer from Westwood) of course were Coleman signings, and were relpaced by increasingly less good players, despite many saying that that they were great, Ranson saying that Wood and Hussey would be as good as, if not better than Fox and Dann a particularly memeorable statement from the "football man".

Eastwood, Baker, McPake, Bell, Deegan, Clingan, Boozy, off the top of my head, were dreadful Championship players, and certainly no better than what we had before.

Our fabled triumverate of Ranson("Football man"), Coleman("Best young manager outside the Premiership"), amd Thorn("Top scout"), were huge failures and spunked away an awful lot of money whilst doing so.

 

[rightumpty]

Peter Reid. Absolutely clueless and disinterested.

 

[glancy89]

Starchan by a country mile. He got us relegated with great players and will never be forgiven!!

Bryan Richardson and his money grabbing tactics relegated us! I think a lot went on behind the scenes that Strachan had no control over, this is the man that discovered Boateng, Huckerby, Robbie Keane, Hadji, Chippo etc......Andy Thorn was dog poo and also got us relegated!

 

[skybluelee]

A million miles Coleman. The 08/09 squad should have walked into the play offs. The squad Strachan took down was shit and finished where expected.

 

[dongonzalos]

A million miles Coleman. The 08/09 squad should have walked into the play offs. The squad Strachan took down was shit and finished where expected.

Apparently your a bit mad for thinking that a bunch of players that over half went on to play in the Orem could have finished sixth

 

[stupot07]

Apparently your a bit mad for thinking that a bunch of players that over half went on to play in the Orem could have finished sixth

Yes it is for all the reasons I've outlined. Skyblue rose tinted spectacles.


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[ccfc1234]

Coleman

Mark Robins 33 matches played and more wins than draws and losses combined (51%) shame we cant have him back!!

 

[letsallsingtogether]

I would say that Colemans team should at least have made the play offs, as for relegation from the prem we survived on many occasions on the last day with a few managers.
Our luck just ran out.
Well and truly because shortly after Sisu arrived.

"With the best squad". Are you saying that Coleman's squad was better than Strachan's?

 

[SkyBlue_Bear83]

"With the best squad". Are you saying that Coleman's squad was better than Strachan's?

It's all relative to the division you are in but I'm guessing you already know that.