Who do you think is the best manager?

Question

I think its Arsene Wenger, he has achieved a lot with arsenal considering he hasnt spent that much money compared to chelsea and man yoo

Answer 1

Portugal DT - Bring the to the first 4 from scratch...

Answer 2

I agree with this dude josh_da_best_06: Southend were a very aveage/poor team throughout the late 90s and up until 2004 their fortunes have change at the hand of ex-player, caretaker manager turned manager Steve Tilson who has brought the Shrimpers up from League 2 to the Championship in just 2 seasons. He is already involved in the England U'21 set up and is being linked with a few higher profile jobs like Crystal Palace for instance! He is a great up and comming manager. But the best of all time has to be Alex Ferguson with his amazing 8 Premier League's, 5 F.A. cups, 2 League cups, 1 Champions League and European Cup Winners Cup all with a team without a major investor and a club that has earnt its money through performances on the pitch!

Answer 3

It doesn't matter how much titles you've win. What matters is bringing virtual unknwon and making them superstars. Thats Arsene mate. He had the least amount of money to spent amongest the big clubs, being Chelsea, Man U, Liverpool.... So Atsene Wenger is my pick.

Answer 4

Sorry Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool, but I reckon the best manager is Fergie, the old 'Govan Grouch' himself.

Look at his record as Manchester United manager, 17 trophies in 20 years. No comparison. Then you look at the range of success he has had too. Everything from the 'tinpot' League Cup, to the revered FA Cup, the club's first league title in 26 years (and 7 more to follow) and a Champion's League victory to cap an unprecedented treble. On top of that, he has fashioned teams who win as well as entertain. Negative they ain't.

People point to the amount of money he has had to spend, and he has had a lot, but it is one thing buying all the talent in the world;managingit successfully and getting it to play at a consistent level is quite another. Fergie has managed top name players, and got them churning out one great performance after another. Plus, they all respect him since he rules them with a mixture of iron-fist ruthlessness, intelligence and warmth. The hallmark of any great manager.

Okay, he has been able to spend millions on top draw individuals (Ferdinand, Rooney etc) and has also had some dire flops (Taibi, Djemba Djemba etc) but then he has also unearthed some great 'hidden treasures' along the way. Players such as Schmeichel, Solskjaer and Irwin were pretty low-profile signings, brought in cheap, but he turned them into world-class internationals. He has also taken local lads who were by no means the finished articles (Beckham, Scholes, Giggs, Neville brothers) and coached world-class ability out of them.

In spite of the spending potential of Man Utd, I wouldn't say Alex Ferguson is the footballing equivalent of 'born with a silver spoon in his mouth.' He has also managed some real muck and nettles clubs, and got them punching well above their weight. In the late Seventies, he achieved promotions with Queens Park and St Mirren, with very little money to spend. Then moved on to Aberdeen where he broke the Old Firm duopoly on Scottish football, and lead them to a memorable win over Real Madrid in the 1983 Cup Winner's Cup Final.

Alex Ferguson is also not afraid to take difficult decisions. Many players - regardless of ego or profile - have recounted stories of the 'hairdryer treatment' if they have underperformed. Some of them (Bosnich, Whiteside, McGrath, Van Nistelrooy) have either also been dropped or jettisoned if their standards have slipped.

When he took over Man Utd in 1986, the 'world's biggest club' were a bunch of unfit, underachieving pissheads going nowhere. He soon kicked a few arses and put that right, rebuilding his teams time and again in his own vision, to achieve more and more.

In the mid-Nineties, he decided again that surgery was needed after a season empty-handed, and took the difficult decision of selling key first-teamers (Ince, Hughes, Kanchelskis) to replace them with youth teamers. Experts said that he woudn't win anything with kids, but the following season they did the double. Often, he knows what he is doing, even if it may not seem so at the outset.

Now there are other great managers around. Benitez has achieved a lot in a short space of time in an entirely new club. Mourinho is probably the most successful manager over the past three seasons, and Wenger achieves a lot on a comparatively small budget. But I reckon Fergie, with his combination of money, desire, bully-boy tactics, anger, intuition and experience, might have a great last hurrah before he retires.

...And hopefully will have passed on some handy hints to Steve McClaren.

Answer 5

Arsene Wnger? you must be kidding. He tried so hard to reach where United is but hardly managed. The best one is surely Sir Alex Ferguson, not only for all the trophies he has gained with United but for the players he has given rise to such as Beckham, Giggs and Scholes. They all strted from the United academy becuase ferguson is always looking for talented teens to keep United strong not only for a couple of season but for decades.

Answer 6

No doubt, Jose Mourinho.
Many pple thinks it's because of the money and stuffs lyk dat.
Y not consider Real Madrid, upon all the money they have, they have not won a title for 2 seasons.
Mourinho won the premier league in his first season as manager.
If u see the way he makes his substitution and how it works, i'm sure u won't even be asking dis Q.
He is the SPECIAL ONE!

Answer 7

For his excellent footballing mind, for his insightful analysis, for his ability to achieve things with a lacklustre team (Leicester), for the titles and the UEFA Cup Final and for the fact that everybody wants him (including the FA), there is only one.


Martin O'Neill.

And he gets extra credit for telling Robbie Williams that he has no talent on Match of the Day during the 1998 World Cup.

'You’ve done terrifically well because we all thought Gary Barlow was the one with the talent'

Answer 8

Sir Alex Ferguson is because not only has he won heaps of trophies at United but - with little money - he won the European Cup Winners Cup with Aberdeen in 1983, beating the great Real Madrid in the final.

Answer 9

brian clough he got derby from nowhere then made them great did same with nottingham forest made them win in europe he was very outspoken but believed in his methods the best manager never to manage england! a good manager is 1 who can survive on little or no budget in my mind. dario gradi deserves a mention always finding players who crewe had to sell to keep going. the managers with massive budgets dont have to find the youngsters so that makes alex ferguson with the youth that has come through uniteds books even though they had money probably the best thats why he lasted so long but football is about conversation and opinion and this is only my opinion. i hope you agree

Answer 10

Brian Clough - no contest he didnt have to spend millions to buy trophies he had the gumption to make great players out of second raters. He took no **** from anyone and was respected throughout football (maybe not liked but definitely respected) He took middle of the road teams Derby and Notts Forest to the heights of football. His biggest fault? He was too honest. Yes Ol big head but he had something to be big headed about.

Geoff

Answer 11

Jose Mourinho