SuperMikey Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Ian Branfoot:______ 1991-94______(28.91% win ratio) Alan Ball:_________ 1994-95______(32.84) David Merrington:__ 1995-96______(31.25) Graeme Souness:__ 1996-97______(29.17) Dave Jones:______ 1997-00______(32.74) Glenn Hoddle:_____ 2000-01______(42.31) Stuart Gray:______ 2001_________(31.58] Gordon Strachan: _ 2001-04______(35.45) Steve Wigley:_____ 2004_________(17.65) Paul Sturrock:_____ 2004________(38.46) Harry Redknapp:___ 2004-05_____(26.53) Bassett & Wise:___ 2005_________(33.33) George Burley:____ 2005-08_____(41.28] John Gorman:_____ 2008________(16.67) Nigel Pearson:____ 2008________(21.43) Jan Poortvliet:____ 2008-09_____(25.00) Mark Wotte:______ 2009________(22.22) Alan Pardew:_____ 2009-10_____(53.13) Dean Wilkins:_____ 2010________(0.00) Nigel Adkins:______ 2010-Pre____(61.22) Top 5 managers on stats: 1) Nigel Adkins 2) Alan Pardew 3) Glenn Hoddle 4) George Burley 5) Paul Sturrock Worst 5 managers on stats: 1) Dean Wilkins 2) John Gorman 3) Steve Wigley 4) Nigel Pearson 5) Mark Wotte Interesting to see just how far ahead Nigel is (based on those stats) than other managers who have served for similar periods. Unfair perhaps that our 3 'worst' managers were only in charge for a combined total of 38 games. Personally I think that Strachan is the best manager we've had in the last 20 years, but if Nigel can reach the heights that Gordon achieved with us (top 8 finish, cup final) then Nigel will easily surpass him in my estimations. Gordon took a really average, struggling side and turned them into cup finalists and a top half team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Shocking to think The Big Mac was manager for longer than all those put together?I believe Hoddle was the best as he did it in the Premiership with a small budget, although the football was not so entertaining as other managers but he knew how to get a result.My best loved manager was Strachan, he was funny & got the team playing great football, Adkins is proving to match him but he needs to do it first in the big league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 While I love NA, and everything he's done for this club over the past couple of years, I think we're jumping the gun a bit to be calling him the best manager of the last 20 years. The likes of Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and David Moyes (and others!) are still streets ahead of him and have proven themselves at the highest level year after year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Nice to see some sense here. Congratulations to Adkins and Pardew. But, Glenn Hoddle voted our best PREMIERSHIP MANAGER. Pity that Hoddle's re-appointment was rejected by the vocal minority ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'00' Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Reporter Can I have a quick word Gordon GS Velocity Best manager closely followed by Hoddle.NA can be assesses after a few years in the EPL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO5 4BW Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Ball, Hoddle, Strachan, Pardew and Adkins the top five, the last two not at Premiership level. Ball only there for 1 1/2 seasons. I'd go for Hoddle as best - he might have been barking mad, and a less than pleasant character, but sure knew how to organise a football team. Can't help but agree with Dalek's 'what ifs'. WGS let himself down by putting out a side in a cup final to lose 1-0. Worst? 'arry boy in my opinion. The Dutch duo were absolute clowns and Branfoot was anti-football, but neither had the reputation that Fleet Street's friend had. He failed big time with us. Those players would not have gone down with WGS or Hoddle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjwills Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Nice to see some sense here. Congratulations to Adkins and Pardew. But, Glenn Hoddle voted our best PREMIERSHIP MANAGER. Pity that Hoddle's re-appointment was rejected by the vocal minority ! Give it a rest it is not like we do not know your opinion on the subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan The Flames Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 That list proves that we never managed to replace Chris Nicholl. I thought Jones might do it, I knew Strachan wouldn't but it was an enjoyable ride. It was a shame that Hoddle f***ed of at the first opportunity and it was a shame that Sturrock wasn't given a longer shot at it. Will NA finally replace CN, who knows, but the signs are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ottery st mary Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Alan Pardew .... but now displaced from top spot by the best Manager in the Premier...our own Uncle Nigel Adkins.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreemantleSaint Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I'd say Hoddle and Strachan were by far the best in the Premiership era. Hoddle was only here for just over a year but he took the team forward five years in terms of preparation, tactics, professionalism and a winning mentality. After the Stuart Gray blip Strachan built on Hoddle's foundations and made his side the fittest Saints team I've ever seen, they could have run for two lots of 90 minutes I reckon. The Bally 18 months was great fun but mainly built on the common sense of building the team around by far the best player. Adkins had done an amazing job so far but I agree with others that he'll need to do reasonably well in the Premiership over the next few seasons to be considered the best since Lawrie Mac (or better?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNSUN Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 I've been re-re-reading MLT's autobiography and Ball as manager brought about his best period. A manager that knew a good player when he saw one and had contacts in the game to boot. Should've stayed, as Hoddle should've. Bugger stats, Adkins is the best for me. Two promotions in two seasons, I'd like to have seen the others manage that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPTCount Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 strachan or hoddle, both got us into the top third Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Duckhunter Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 1. Bally- Should have stayed, fitted the club. Great knowledge, enthusiasm and was loved by the fans. Great ride for 18 months, whether it would have lasted, who knows? 2. WGS, mainly because he got us to a cup final and a decent league placing. 3. Hoddle-Was at his best for us, but has done nothing of note since. Messed up for England when he really could have been fantastic. Strange bloke. The bloke I feel sorry for was Chris Nicholl, did a pretty decent job, but following Lawrie was an impossible task. Shows how great Lawrie was, the hardest job in football is replacing a legend and he replaced Ted and took us to another level. If Nigel does half as well as Lawrie, he'll do for me............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjsaint Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Didn't realise that Sturrock's win ratio was so high. Nor Burley's. Mind you stats can say almost anything depending on how they're presenting. Best manager? Hard to compare the Prem with the Championship and L1, and 1992 with 2012. Different worlds. In addition we have been working under vastly disparate financial conditions as certain times. However I'll go for NA, due to the back-to-back promotions. Best in the Prem would have to be either Hoddle or WGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 WGS, good football top 3rd finish, cup final and into Europe...... Not bad, and better than anything Hoddle did IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dune Posted 12 May, 2012 Share Posted 12 May, 2012 Probably Hoddle, although he's a c/nt we played some f/cking good football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 (edited) Interesting stats. Super Mikey, but I think we ought to say that there is a difference between being officially appointed "manager ", and holding the fort whilst serious candidates are being interviewed for the job, a process that can take several weeks. What used to be called " caretaker ". The likes of Bassett & Wise, Gorman, Wilkins and Wigley surely fall into that category. I don't think B & W were seriously considered as a likely replacement for Harry - were they ?..and Gorman was definitely a short term measure in a similar situation - " between managers ".. As I recall, the then Academy coach Steve Wigley was not qualified to become a Prem. manager because he hadn't completed his UEFA coaching courses (at that time) ALSO : if you wanted to say ..the last 25 years.; I think Chris Nicholl would show favourably in those stats. Edited 14 May, 2012 by david in sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammysaint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Nigel Pearson saved us and we owe alot to him stuff his win %. Nigel Adkins is a legend now as is WGS, for there amazing work they have done for this club. Hoddle and Pards very similar help build a platform for the next manager to take and build on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Hoddle was probably our best manager of the lat 20 years, but he was an arrogant tosser. Pearson made some bold decisions about our defence and saved us, and for that he is popular even though it was a short reign. Adkins isnt finished here yet, and could become the best and most popular manager in our history bar none. We shall see. I am a little bit nervous that he will be out of his depth in the PL, but we wont have long to wait to find out. Strachan gave us some success, will always be a fans favourite, but the question about what level he could have reached will always be open because he quit because the Dark Lord didnt support him. I cant work out how to feel about Pardew; he did a good job, was good in the transfer market, but was imo an arrogant tosser like Hoddle. What amuses me most is the fact Burley's record looks so good on paper, but his team choked key games and he made odd selections and played odd tactics, and the passing of time means less and less respect for him is being shown. I think personally what troubles people about him was he was given so much support and totally lacked ambition and committment. Wigley's showing is just about what I would have expected. I hate him for not being honest and realising he wasnt up to the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint86 Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 For me, you have to give credit to Jones, he laid great foundations with little money. Hoddle took it forward and despite his exit he was class. And then Strachan was the right man at the right time and trully got the most out of the players. Plus he has a massive soft spot for us For that reason he is my favourite manager of the last 20 years - Closely followed by our current incumbent, Nigel!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalek2003 Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Lots of sense on this thread. Hoddle was by far our best manager and could have taken us forward again in 2004. Pity that some of the mindless minorty had different ideas. Not, that they like to be reminded of their part in the near destruction of SFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 14 May, 2012 Share Posted 14 May, 2012 Alan Ball for me. Took over from Branfoot when we looked nailed on certainties for relegation and turned it around. Finished the next season in tenth, got MLT playing like an absolute genius and made a team of other complete nobodies look decent. Would have been good to see what we could have achieved if he'd had some backing to properly build a team around MLT. Next in line, WGS and Hoddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulwantsapint Posted 15 May, 2012 Share Posted 15 May, 2012 I may be well be wrong but think statistically our most successful league management team is the Dave Merrington/Lew Chatterley partnership who have a 100% win ratio between Branfoot going & Ball arriving of played 1 won 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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