georgeweahscousin Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Just a bit of fun, and ultimately pointless..... http://georgeweahscousin.com/world-cup-of-saints-managers/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Two tricky ones, two easy ones then. Ball vs Koeman Well, Bally was already a hero and he did a decent job, including getting the best out of MLT, but was a one season manager. Ron has given us our highest league position and has done it in the face of selling the players we'd been building the team around. Probably Koeman edging it for me, due to time spent and position achieved. Jones vs Pards Jones is still the last manager to manage us through two whole seasons. He also brought in a few players who became quite iconic and he kept an average team in the PL. Pardew also brought in iconic players and he won us silverware, but he did it in a lower division, outspending all our rivals, and still didn't get us promoted. Has to be Pardew though, because he won a cup. The other two are no-brainers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 And yes, I do mean highest PREMIER league position. Oops. Sorry Lawrie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickierambert Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Whilst I agree that Ronald has been a better manager for us than Ball it's worth remembering the demographic of twitter users will skew the results. You'd have to be at least 30 to even remember Ball as manager and I'm not sure how many of these voters are. It'll be the same affect when we get to McMenemy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Bateman Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Good fun, I like it - should have fixed it for Saggychops vs Branfoot though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint IQ Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 I thought it was going to be a first 11 of managers we've had who've played at a world cup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 I thought it was going to be a first 11 of managers we've had who've played at a world cup Koeman Poch Sturrock Strachan Burley Hoddle Souness More than you might think, any more? Prob also ought to claim George Reader too although he was chairman rather than manager, and refereed rather than played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 27 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 27 January, 2016 First Round Proper:- http://georgeweahscousin.com/world-cup-of-saints-managers-1st-round-proper/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_roffa Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Koeman Poch Sturrock Strachan Burley Hoddle Souness More than you might think, any more? Prob also ought to claim George Reader too although he was chairman rather than manager, and refereed rather than played. Jan Poortvliet played in the World Championship final 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 27 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Jan Poortvliet played in the World Championship final 1978. ...as did Alan Ball in 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Koeman Poch Sturrock Strachan Burley Hoddle Souness More than you might think, any more? Prob also ought to claim George Reader too although he was chairman rather than manager, and refereed rather than played. Alan Ball played in a rather well-known World Cup final. Around 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Alan Ball played in a rather well-known World Cup final. Around 1966. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonman Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Think Chris Nicholl went to Spain 82 with Norn Iron. Not sure if he got any game time mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted 27 January, 2016 Share Posted 27 January, 2016 Think Chris Nicholl went to Spain 82 with Norn Iron. Not sure if he got any game time mind. I thought he was their first choice centre half at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NornIronFan Posted 28 January, 2016 Share Posted 28 January, 2016 Think Chris Nicholl went to Spain 82 with Norn Iron. Not sure if he got any game time mind. Started and played the full 90 mins in all five Norn Iron games at the World Cup Finals in Spain 1982. Tremendous player for Northern Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 28 January, 2016 Share Posted 28 January, 2016 Some odd match ups there now make it a strange one. Wotte vs Pearson makes it a battle of two managers nobody really cares about. MP, one of our better managers, unavoidably goes out with a whimper against Lawrie, Merrington beats Luggy by a landslide, but surely won't go too far in this. I though Souness might get a bit more of the vote, but there are such fond memories of the Adkins years, that he could go pretty far. I loved the Nicholl years, the most amazing attacking football, but the silverware and recency must be winning it for Pardew, who is surely less loved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 28 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 28 January, 2016 Quarter Finals:- http://georgeweahscousin.com/world-cup-of-saints-managers-quarter-final/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 28 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 28 January, 2016 Some odd match ups there now make it a strange one. Wotte vs Pearson makes it a battle of two managers nobody really cares about. MP, one of our better managers, unavoidably goes out with a whimper against Lawrie, Merrington beats Luggy by a landslide, but surely won't go too far in this. I though Souness might get a bit more of the vote, but there are such fond memories of the Adkins years, that he could go pretty far. I loved the Nicholl years, the most amazing attacking football, but the silverware and recency must be winning it for Pardew, who is surely less loved. Completely random draw. Could have seeded it, but couldn't really be bothered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 28 January, 2016 Share Posted 28 January, 2016 (edited) It's pretty obvious who the winners will be. Adkins vs Strachan would be good though. Edited 28 January, 2016 by hypochondriac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwaysaint Posted 28 January, 2016 Share Posted 28 January, 2016 The four favourites comfortably through there, Koeman, Lawrie, Adkins and WGS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 30 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 30 January, 2016 Semi Finals:- http://georgeweahscousin.com/world-cup-of-saints-managers-semi-finals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeweahscousin Posted 30 January, 2016 Author Share Posted 30 January, 2016 The Final! The Adkins/Koeman semi was a thriller! http://georgeweahscousin.com/world-cup-of-saints-managers-the-final/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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