An emotional list rather than an accurate one.
So true - it is all about the times it 'clicks' for a manager and his team. Just look at Ranieri now. No one saw that coming.The Celtic comment was more an aside regarding the current incumbent.
Strachan is proof manager stability is nonsense. They decline rapidly and you just need to know when to push the button.
True. I forgot to add McAllister. He was shit too. Not as shit as Strachan though.
Jesus. Strachan had ONE good season ffs
To suggest Strachan was worse than many other managers is absurd.
You thought that before his final season did you?
One more than chris Coleman.
He was dreadful, if you think about it rationally, the team with Robbie Keane in failed to achieve an away win all season. The team that were relegated had players good enough to stay up.
To suggest Strachan was worse than many other managers is absurd.
You thought that before his final season did you?
He was dreadful, if you think about it rationally, the team with Robbie Keane in failed to achieve an away win all season. The team that were relegated had players good enough to stay up.
So Gordon Strachan is a worse manager than let's say Don Mackay is he?
Im with Terry Gibson on this one for us it has to be either Terry Butcher or Don Howe
| Darren Huckerby | £1,000,000 | |
| Gary Breen | £2,500,000 | |
| Alex Evtushok | £800,000 | |
| Simon Haworth | £500,000 | |
| Trond Soltvedt | £500,000 | |
| Kyle Lightbourne | £500,000 | |
| Martin Johansen | free | |
| Magnus Hedman | £600,000 | |
| Roland Nilsson | £200,000 | |
| George Boateng | £250,000 | |
| Viorel Moldovan | £3,250,000 | |
| Phillipe Clement | £625,000 | |
| Jean-Guy Wallemme | £700,000 | |
| Robert Jarni | £2,600,000 | |
| Ian Brightwell | free | |
| Paul Hall | £300,000 | |
| Robert Betts | £70,000 | |
| Marc Edworthy | £850,000 | |
| Steve Froggatt | £1,900,000 | |
| Laurent Delorge | £1,250,000 | |
| John Aloisi | £650,000 | |
| Morten Hyldgaard | £200,000 | |
| Mo Konjic | £2,000,000 | |
| Youssef Chippo | £1,000,000 | |
| Moustapha Hadji | £4,000,000 | |
| Runar Normann | £1,000,000 | |
| Robbie Keane | £6,000,000 | |
| Carlton Palmer | £500,000 | |
| Tomas Gustafsson | £250,000 | |
| Cedric Roussel | £1,200,000 | |
| Ysrael Zuniga | £800,000 | |
| Colin Hendry | £750,000 | |
| Jay Bothroyd | £100,000 | |
| David Thompson | £3,000,000 | |
| Craig Bellamy | £6,000,000 | |
| Ivan Guerrero | undisclosed | |
| Jairo Martinez | undisclosed | |
| Lee Carsley | £2,500,000 | |
| John Hartson | undisclosed | |
| Julian Joachim | £2,000,000 (1) | |
| Lee Hughes | £5,000,000 | |
| Keith O’Neill | £750,000 | |
| Youssef Safri | £750,000 | |
| TOTAL (excluding Hartson) | £56,840,000 |
Strachan's signings
Darren Huckerby £1,000,000 Gary Breen £2,500,000 Alex Evtushok £800,000 Simon Haworth £500,000 Trond Soltvedt £500,000 Kyle Lightbourne £500,000 Martin Johansen free Magnus Hedman £600,000 Roland Nilsson £200,000 George Boateng £250,000 Viorel Moldovan £3,250,000 Phillipe Clement £625,000 Jean-Guy Wallemme £700,000 Robert Jarni £2,600,000 Ian Brightwell free Paul Hall £300,000 Robert Betts £70,000 Marc Edworthy £850,000 Steve Froggatt £1,900,000 Laurent Delorge £1,250,000 John Aloisi £650,000 Morten Hyldgaard £200,000 Mo Konjic £2,000,000 Youssef Chippo £1,000,000 Moustapha Hadji £4,000,000 Runar Normann £1,000,000 Robbie Keane £6,000,000 Carlton Palmer £500,000 Tomas Gustafsson £250,000 Cedric Roussel £1,200,000 Ysrael Zuniga £800,000 Colin Hendry £750,000 Jay Bothroyd £100,000 David Thompson £3,000,000 Craig Bellamy £6,000,000 Ivan Guerrero undisclosed Jairo Martinez undisclosed Lee Carsley £2,500,000 John Hartson undisclosed Julian Joachim £2,000,000 (1) Lee Hughes £5,000,000 Keith O’Neill £750,000 Youssef Safri £750,000 TOTAL (excluding Hartson) £56,840,000
Great manager
Can't defend Butcher especially his tretment of Regis & Peake, but 90/91 his first season did ok in the end after a slow start
Phil Neal had been a managerat Bolton before as well as Assistant England Manager and assistant to Bobby Gould, hardly his first job in management.
Don Mackay - had Terry Gibson sold on him and he was replaced was a nackered Allan Brazil, he was responsible for bringing in Brian Borrows and Nick Pickering but also Wayne Turner and Greg Downes, 2 of the worst p[layers to play for the club
Well folks, this is it, the final installment of my quest to find Coventry City's worst ever team. We've got the players, now all we need is a manager. So over to you lads (and lasses). Pick a manager fitting of the hot seat with the worst ever CCFC line up. I'll recap the full team on Thursday's episode of Sports Lounge, 10am til 12 on 98.6 Hillz FM
Are you not doing worst kit man... ball boy... tea lady?
Strachan wasn't the worst, even if you take in to account the quality of players he worked with, and their value in monetary terms.
You need not look further than Thorn, who was a non-manager. And Butcher, if you want a runner-up.
Strachan wasn't the worst, even if you take in to account the quality of players he worked with, and their value in monetary terms.
You need not look further than Thorn, who was a non-manager. And Butcher, if you want a runner-up.
It's a difficult one. I agree he's probably not the worst (strachen).
But if you look at it holistically- he was the first manager to get us relegated in our history after 34 years in the top flight.
And aided to the financial predicament we're in now.
Which is more a fault of the chairman and the misguided belief managers recover once they hit a downward curve
Strachan would not be on the list had he not outlived his usefulness. Managers regardless of prior form must be sacked when the curve descends - it never recovers
Andy Thorn and Butcher who sold /got rid of Regis after just buying non league Paul Furlong, a season playing along Cyril would have done Furlong wonders
So you should no longer have a go at Thorn. It was the chairman's fault.
He is clearly the worst as he wasn't a manager was he?
I guess in that case he is exempt from this poll
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