The 10 Worst Football Managers

[Moonrakers]

was he? i always thought he turned that down, same as he did the manager's job at villa.

mcmahon was a crap manager at swindon, a joke at blackpool and he's a fuc_king travesty on TV over here nowadays.

McMahon was atrocious at Swindon, and managed to dismantle a very strong 'spine' of players whom had been absolute legends to us (Frazer digby, Shaun Taylor, Jan Aage Fjortoft ect.).

Having said that, Swindon's Maurice Malpas is looking more and more like a good shout for a slot in the the worst 10.

[Jockstar]

Swindon's Maurice Malpas

Was a good player though.

[bendix]

David O'Leary.

An utter idiot.

People 'credit' him for getting Leeds to the CL semi-finals. In my mind, that's wrong. He inherited a group of excellent young players like Woodgate, Smith, Robinson, McPhail etc from George Graham (who, in turn, should thank Howard Wilkinson for investing in youth in the early 90s) but then really screwed up by trying to bring in showboaters like Seth Johnston, Duberry and Robbie Fowler.

Worse, he sacked Eddie Gray as Coach and replaced him with long ball specialist Brian Kidd. Our form went spectularly downhill from that point on. He lost his backroom staff. Youth team coach Paul Hart hated him so much he resigned and went to Forest.

And worst of all, he lost the players' respect. They lost faith even before the Bowyer / Woodgate issues arose, but then publishing his book made them despise him.

To prove it wasn't just a Leeds thing, what happened at Villa? Exactly the same issues arose.

[MSingh]

Kevin Keegan should be well up there on the list..

[bendix]

True. Why do people - specially Geordies - respect Keegan as a manager? He's achieved nothing except bottling a massive lead to throw away a title and developing a deserved reputation as a quitter.

Bizarrely, the more times he quits in a huff, the more they want him back.

[MSingh]

True. Why do people - specially Geordies - respect Keegan as a manager? He's achieved nothing except bottling a massive lead to throw away a title and developing a deserved reputation as a quitter.

Bizarrely, the more times he quits in a huff, the more they want him back.

Delusion & Desperation are the words you're looking for Bendix..

[tw25rw]

Glen Roeder... will never understand how that clown keeps scoring good jobs.

[spiderman2]

Kevin Keegan should be well up there on the list..

You dont know what youre talking about, he took Newcastle from being relegation certainties to the old 3rd division to the top of the old division 2 in one year winning the league, with what at the time was a record points total, and playing fantastic football.

Then in his first season in the Premier league he took them to third on a limited budget, playing the best football England had seen for a long time, he got us into Europe for the first time in 20 odd years, we fnished 2nd twice and 6th under Keegans reign.

Last season we'd have possibly gone down if Allardyce had stayed they really were that bad, but by the end of last season Keegan got the team playing good football again, at the start of this season the team looked organised and possibly being able to get into Europe, but then they sold Milner from under him and dumped 2 unknowns onto him, IMO and everyone elses he had every right to leave.

If it wasnt for Keegan there would be no 52,500 seater stadium filled out almost every week, and theyd probably still be yoyoing between divisions.

As a player he got NUFC promoted to Division 1, the crowds went from 22,000 to 36,000, he was entitled to a share of the gate receipts as part of his contract, but as it was too much money he was too embarrassed to take it and let the club keep it.

He done a good job at Fulham getting them promoted, done well at City getting them promoted at the first attempt and keeping them in the premier league, finishing in respectable positions aswell as getting them into Eruope, and walked at England when he shouldnt have.

Now for you to compare this to Graeme Fcuken Sounmess or Glenn Fcuken Roeder tells me youve be on the waccy baccy or probably something stronger.