bhadebenhams
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[Albion] Best manager under Bloom?
- Thread starter bhadebenhams
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Affy
Silent Assassin
Not sure it really needs a poll does it? Only manager to guide us to our highest ever finish and European football. Yes, 2024 has been poor but he is still the best we have had in PL as no one has finished higher/won anything.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
Gotta love the Sami
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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For fark's ache
Would "most-important manager" get the same result?
Probably not.
(Bit early to judge impact of RDZ, in fairness)
Probably not.
(Bit early to judge impact of RDZ, in fairness)
- Nov 15, 2006
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True, Hughton wins that hands down
US Seagull
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The next one...?
I hope, at least.
I hope, at least.
What, according to recency bias, is your most memorable thing?
Definitely my dinner. It was lovely.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
I believe in Joe Hendry
- Oct 4, 2003
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Dean Wilkins never managed us under Tony Bloom, in fact pretty the same time Tony took control of the club Wilkins joined Southampton as assistant manager to Nigel “keep up” Adkins.
Edit - have seen who the OP is I now realise I’ve been wooshed on his inclusion in the poll.
- Oct 20, 2022
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And then superceded by the one after that
Yep, which is why I said it's too early to judge RDZ.
The Mole
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All depends on how you measure success. If it is by comparing how much the club has improved from when the manager started his tenure and when he finished, then I’d go for Gus followed by Houghton. On this measure both Potter an RDZ score very highly too. In terms of charisma and fun then RDZ wins hands down. But on overall results and improvement in style I’d probably go for Gus.
Uh_huh_him
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- Sep 28, 2011
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Best Manager - Hughton
Best Coach - Potter
Best tactician - De Zerbi.
Best Coach - Potter
Best tactician - De Zerbi.
Best at looking clueless - Hyypia
Houghton by a country mile he got us into the premiership and kept us there over that incredibly first two years and he may have still been here but for not bringing the younger players through quicker and a bit more adventurous in attack, a gentleman who understood the needs of his players
Potter second for making the club an established premiership team and brought young players into the team but for leaving to chase money and far worse for taking coaches that were not originally part of his staff
RDZ for bringing passion and a style and invigorating what was an already brilliant squad for gaining our first European campaign which must been seen as a great success but appears to follow a pattern of success that is very short lived before moving on what is he 44 and already managed 7 or 8 teams
Potter second for making the club an established premiership team and brought young players into the team but for leaving to chase money and far worse for taking coaches that were not originally part of his staff
RDZ for bringing passion and a style and invigorating what was an already brilliant squad for gaining our first European campaign which must been seen as a great success but appears to follow a pattern of success that is very short lived before moving on what is he 44 and already managed 7 or 8 teams
I’m not sure Potter was a better coach than De Zerbi at all.
De Zerbi improved so many more players, brought so many more youth players through to the first team, and did it all by playing a much nicer brand of football.
Arguably it’s De Zerbi and Poyet who stand alone in getting the most out of their squads, turning players who looked at their level before them into coveted assets. That’s coaching.
Hughton by far the best bloke.
.... until the next one who will be a complete disaster. The only reason the new guy won't leave us mid-table in the Championship is because he'll be sacked by Christmas as we make a desperate attempt to cling onto our Premier League status, despite being bottom with only 3 points and a goal difference of minus fifty.
(Hopefully I'm being a tad pessimistic).
mejonaNO12 aka riskit
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Hear me out.
Gus.
Think where we were before he joined. Think the style of football being played. I remember sitting there in our awful athletics stadium and after only about 3 games seeing Adam El-Abd passing out from the back and just thinking "bloody hell. How's he done this".
In my opinion, he created the biggest shift in style we have seen when you consider the tools he had available and where we were playing at the time.
Yes, the end was messy but the fact he even got us to that position in the first place was amazing.
I don't think the rest would have happened (or not as quickly) without him. We suddenly had an identity.
Gus.
Think where we were before he joined. Think the style of football being played. I remember sitting there in our awful athletics stadium and after only about 3 games seeing Adam El-Abd passing out from the back and just thinking "bloody hell. How's he done this".
In my opinion, he created the biggest shift in style we have seen when you consider the tools he had available and where we were playing at the time.
Yes, the end was messy but the fact he even got us to that position in the first place was amazing.
I don't think the rest would have happened (or not as quickly) without him. We suddenly had an identity.