Crap Managers

[suirthing]

Wolves' relegation from the Premier League has capped off a miserable spell as manager for Terry Connor.
A tearful Connor was left to rue yet another defeat as Manchester City won 2-0 at Molineux on Sunday to seal Wolves' fate.
Since his appointment as Mick McCarthy's successor in February, Connor has picked up just two points from 10 games in charge and is still searching for his first win with three matches remaining.
However, his points per game rate of 0.20 is not the worst in Premier League history.
That dubious honour goes to Jimmy Gabriel, who lost six and drew one of his seven games in caretaker charge of Everton in 1993/94.
Gabriel oversaw a miserable spell between Howard Kendall's departure and Mike Walker's appointment.
Walker guided Everton to safety with a dramatic win on the final day, when they came from two goals down to beat Wimbledon.
However, Gabriel did win his only game in a separate caretaker spell in 1990, giving him a better career record than Connor.
Connor's 0.20 points per game place him just ahead of Paul Jewell, whose Derby side went winless in 24 Premier League games under his charge in 2007/08.
So bad was their form, Jewell remarked: "The fans were singing 'you're not fit to wear the shirt', and they were right."
Next comes McCarthy's ill-fated spell in the top flight with Sunderland, who also crack the bottom 20 with Kevin Ball and Howard Wilkinson.
Les Reed, in 11th, might be the least successful manager on the list. He was appointed permanent boss of Charlton in November, but lost his job after just seven matches and has never managed since.
Alan Shearer's disastrous time at Newcastle in 2009, in which the Magpies were relegated, also makes the list.
Special mention must go to Dave Bassett and Chris Hutchings, the only men to appear in the bottom 20 with two clubs - Bassett with Nottingham Forest and Leicester; Hutchings with Bradford and Wigan.
LEAST SUCCESSFUL PREMIER LEAGUE MANAGERIAL TENURES

- Minimum six Premier League games managed.
- List refers only to the Premier League era, which began in 1992.
- Dates cover span of Premier League matches, not entire tenure.
- Statistics refer to each manager's specified tenure at a club, not their overall Premier League record.
* In joint charge with Colin Todd.
** Does not include spell in 1997 as joint manager with Stuart Pearce.

 

[suirthing]

One crap manager that sticks with me is Steve Staunton, absolutely some shocking results when in charge of Ireland, beaten 5-2 by Cyprus in 2006 was the real low point, after been sacked from the Irish job, he managed Darlington 4 wins in 23 games so he got the boot there too!

I think Woves manager Terry Connor did the job as best that could be done but the media was hard on him in England simply because he is black and you never seem to get a good black manager, look at them African nations they all hire a Europeans, I wonder why? can anyone explain with the large black population in England that there are very few black managers?? maybe black people do not make good leaders, but then again that is not true either, there has been many strong outstanding leaders , with the likes of Idi Amin of Uganda, Robert Mugabi of Zimbabwe, Charles Taylor of Liberia, etc

 

[ONEDUNME]

I think Woves manager Terry Connor did the job as best that could be done but the media was hard on him in England simply because he is black.....

What utter bollocks.

You don't half talk some pure shite Suirthing. I don't particularly think the media were hard on him. He was an inexperienced bloke put in an impossible position in charge of a team who were utterly incompetent at that level. I don't know if you're familiar with the term "Night Watchman" in cricket but that's what he effectively was. He never stood a chance. If he pulls of a miracle, all well and good. If not, he's sacrificed and the real player takes his position.

 

[swooperman]

And in a slight defence of Staunton, not the Ireland bit though, did you see Darlo's record before & after he was there? Shocking

 

[ONEDUNME]

He did come across as a clueless cunt though Swoops. Thick as half a dozen short planks

 

[swooperman]

'slight defence'

 

[suirthing]

No ODM, no idea what 'Night Watchman' means? probably one used only in England, a little like Steve Staunton when he made the statement at his first press conference in charge of Ireland "I'm the boss. I'm the gaffer. At the end of the day what I say goes, the buck stops with me..." The Irish were not familar with the term 'Gaffer' so that nickname stuck to Staunton and still referred to as 'The Gaffer'

 

[Seen]

I think Woves manager Terry Connor did the job as best that could be done but the media was hard on him in England simply because he is black and you never seem to get a good black manager, look at them African nations they all hire a Europeans, I wonder why? can anyone explain with the large black population in England that there are very few black managers?? maybe black people do not make good leaders, but then again that is not true either, there has been many strong outstanding leaders , with the likes of Idi Amin of Uganda, Robert Mugabi of Zimbabwe, Charles Taylor of Liberia, etc

suirthing just has to be on the wind-up, no-one is that thick