Durban,Hibbitt,Slade,Solskjaer.There has been a few over the years. Who takes the title?
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Durban,Hibbitt,Slade,Solskjaer.There has been a few over the years. Who takes the title?
Trollope sprung to mind.
Worst line up goes to last night tho.
Lol. Forgot about himQuote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
I heard today that Ole has had 400 million to spend at united. I wondered for a minute where we would be if Tan had given him that much….
I liked trollope, he was at least trying to play some decent football, and was pretty unlucky with injuries in key positions for the formation we were playing. Our results under him were terrible though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2b2bdoo
Trollope would have been a good manager if we had the players.
Mike Mccarthy has done it including managing the Republic of Ireland. But he is not replicating his previous success with us.
In my lifetime , Durban
2 relegations
His wife ran off with a tennis coach poor sod
At another defeat down the vetch the travelling thousands packed behind the goal sang ....
Durban, Durban , where's your wife ?
Durban , where's your wife ?
And we thought Mick had it rough from the crowd last night !
Goodfellow , Mullen
Has to be Durban, although we had a head coach/manager called Graham Wiliams in the early 80's who was just as bad. Honourable mentions for Phil Neal and Russell Osman.
Bankrupt.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
Its Durban in my time.
I remember being at an away game and one of the lads kept on chanting Corky out. Next morning i phoned him up to tell him the news he was longing for,Corky sacked. He was over the moon.
Statistically, Cork is one of our more successful managers.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfie
Durban was lied to about what was available at the club - he walked into a disaster.
If you're talking worst ever manager, then it has to be that arse Terry Yorath - no-one else even comes close.
In my time, George Swindin
Yeah Neal and Osman were my go-to answers. Hibbitt has to be considered for the pitch narrowing thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by islandblue
One area where Swansea have absolutely battered us in the last decade or so is managers. They had a few really good ones and very few bad ones.
Managers who took our team forward since we got out of the bottom two divisions were LL, Dave Jones and malky. Warnock worked a miracle which he quickly undid. MM started well but it was all honeymoon ahead of a terrible marriage. The rest are too mediocre to even name.
On an unrelated point: how many clubs have as many managers with two stints as us? I can think of hibbitt, Eddie may, Frank burrows, Len ashurst, and that is just in my lifetime.
There is so much competition here.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfie
OGS or Harris in recent memory for me. Both appalling.
What was Terry Yorarths win percentage?
Not up to date but it answers your question:Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
https://www.managerstats.co.uk/clubs/cardiff-city/
Odd thing is he had a very successful spell at Shrewsbury and they regard him as one of their best managers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hilts
Durban for me. I've been watching City since 1968 and he took us from Division 2 to Division 4 in two seasons. Graham Williams was really poor too but he was technically head coach as noted above. It was dismal under those two, in front of crowds as low as 2500 in the second tier.
Durban for me too
If that was the case why isn’t he a good manager now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Armitage Shanks
Gabbs and Scott young was pretty awful :hehe:
Durban no doubt
A thread about the best city managers would be much shorter.
Durban without a doubt.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfie
Spedger
Slade isn’t even in the 10 worst managers we’ve had in my lifetime. He wasn’t great, granted but the stick he gets for clearing up Ole’s mess is absolutely mental.Quote:
Originally Posted by alfie
Durban. Successive relegations. Dire football. Not an inspiring character.
Durban for me too. No contest (no points)
Durban.
We can announce it was indeed Alan Durban and a toilet will now be named after him .
lol!Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM
Slade was bought in with a mandate to clear the wage bill, get rid of all the deadwood, and keep us in the division. Putting us in a healthier position for the next guy to start over. The football was shit (although not as bad as it is at the moment) and some of the signings were awful (Alex Revell anyone?) but I'd say he achieved what he was hired to do.
I've revised my opinion of OGS in the last couple of years. Quite a few players from that period have retired now and are doing the podcast circuit, and when you listen to some of their stories about what was going on at the club (ie Tan picking the team) it's clear he was on a hiding to nothing from the get go. Still don't rate the guy, but a lot of the issues during his time at the club were not of his doing.
Trollope obviously never got the results but 11 games is a bit much to lump him in with "worst ever".
Again, Harris might not have been everyone's cup of tea but got us into the playoffs. Hardly "worst ever" material.
I think it was the other bob wilson that said the other day Warnock was one of our best ever managers before and during the PL season, and then one of our worst ever after it.
Harris made the play offs after a dreadful start under Warnock. It went to sh1t last season but he hardly qualifies as the worst.
1994 - 1996 was painful. The Hibbit / Neil / Osman era.
OGS the worst of post 2000 era for me. Went down with a whimper and looked lost in the championship.
Mick Mcarthy
That's a lie. Dml would keep that going with Warnock posts.Quote:
Originally Posted by RichardM