Captain Haddock
New member
For me it's gotta be:
Joint 1st - Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)...following an excellent great escape campaign last season, this time out he's steered The Cherries to an auto promotion via 3rd place on an absolute shoestring, operating for most of the season under a transfer embargo that saw them prevented from signing the later Swindon 'discovery' Charlie Austin. But despite that setback and having to frequently announce an under-manned bench due to simple lack of numbers, Howe (still in his early 30s) has worked wonders to achieve the highly unlikely.
Very well done and we look forward to a good awayday in Dorset next campaign.
Joint 1st - Roy Hodgson (Fulham)... inspired his charges to an improbable Euro final via impressive wins over Shaktah Donesck, Juve, Wolfsburg and Hamburg to accompany a more than comfortable league campaign that saw The Cottagers (*titter*) over-achieve an upper mid-table position for most of the season....they were even spitting distance from the CL spots at one point.
Future England manager and well worth it come the post-Capello era.
Joint 3rd - Keith Hill (Rochdale)...achieved the seemingly unachievable by steering 'Dale to their first promotion in 41 years and first season up in L1 (as now known) for 36 years! For that alone he deserves credit but he's done it on a modest budget and only after keeping his side motivated following two successive play-off failures. No easy feat!
Joint 3rd - Harry Redknapp (Spurs)...has transformed the Lilywhites fortunes with a largely British backbone, winning mentality and steely resolve that has seen them at their highest for some 14(?) years, defying the predicted Liverpool / Man City challenge for 4th spot to sneak in against the odds (especially given recent fixtures), although after the time of writing they may well f*** it all up and flop like an impotent thingy!
5th - Mick McCarthy (Wolves)...excellent work in not only avoiding relegation but doing so comfortably and in some respects with style!
Joint 1st - Eddie Howe (Bournemouth)...following an excellent great escape campaign last season, this time out he's steered The Cherries to an auto promotion via 3rd place on an absolute shoestring, operating for most of the season under a transfer embargo that saw them prevented from signing the later Swindon 'discovery' Charlie Austin. But despite that setback and having to frequently announce an under-manned bench due to simple lack of numbers, Howe (still in his early 30s) has worked wonders to achieve the highly unlikely.
Very well done and we look forward to a good awayday in Dorset next campaign.
Joint 1st - Roy Hodgson (Fulham)... inspired his charges to an improbable Euro final via impressive wins over Shaktah Donesck, Juve, Wolfsburg and Hamburg to accompany a more than comfortable league campaign that saw The Cottagers (*titter*) over-achieve an upper mid-table position for most of the season....they were even spitting distance from the CL spots at one point.
Future England manager and well worth it come the post-Capello era.
Joint 3rd - Keith Hill (Rochdale)...achieved the seemingly unachievable by steering 'Dale to their first promotion in 41 years and first season up in L1 (as now known) for 36 years! For that alone he deserves credit but he's done it on a modest budget and only after keeping his side motivated following two successive play-off failures. No easy feat!
Joint 3rd - Harry Redknapp (Spurs)...has transformed the Lilywhites fortunes with a largely British backbone, winning mentality and steely resolve that has seen them at their highest for some 14(?) years, defying the predicted Liverpool / Man City challenge for 4th spot to sneak in against the odds (especially given recent fixtures), although after the time of writing they may well f*** it all up and flop like an impotent thingy!
5th - Mick McCarthy (Wolves)...excellent work in not only avoiding relegation but doing so comfortably and in some respects with style!
Last edited:
