Here's mine, best to worst (caretaker managers not included, although some had caretaker spells) :
- Chris Powell
- Lee Bowyer
- Phil Parkinson
- Johnnie Jackson
- Alan Pardew
- Jose Riga
- Karl Robinson
- Bob Peeters
- Ben Garner
- Dean Holden
- Guy Luzon
- Nigel Adkins
- Russell Slade
- Michael Appleton
- Karel Fraeye
The middle bundle were very hard to rank!
My method of ranking included success on the pitch, personality, way they dealt with the media, way they dealt with fans, general feelings on them from the fanbase etc...
For a tiebreaker where 2 managers may have had similar bad runs to someone next to them, one can rank better because it was in a higher league.
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On a side note, even if we did overcome Swindon in the playoff semi-final that season, I doubt we would have beaten Millwall,.
Appleton worse than Fraeye.
Luzon better than Holden.
1. Chris Powell
2. Lee Bowyer
3. Karl Robinson (done a lot behind the scenes to build LB's success, loads can vouch for it)
4. Jose Riga (Job he done taking over from Chris Powell was great 13/14).
5. Phil Parkinson
6. Guy Luzon
7. Bob Peeters
8. Johnnie Jackson
9. Nigel Adkins (end of 20/21 gives him credit, nearly got in playoffs)
10. Dean Holden
11. Alan Pardew
12. Ben Garner
13. Russell Slade
14. Karel Fraeye
15. Michael Appleton
SCP
Bowyer
Parkinson
1st Riga
JJ
and forget the rest, including second Riga.
Everyone else - most could have done reasonably well had they been better supported with stronger squads
Fraeye and Appleton - until recently I didn’t think anyone could do as badly as Fraeye
He was really poor in the Championship though. Indeed probably the worst spell of his whole managerial career.
Bowyer
Riga
Parkinson
Jacko
that's about it, the rest wouldn't bother with...🤷♂️
1 Johnnie Jackson
2. Chris Powell
3. Phil Parkinson
4. Lee Bowyer
5. Karl Robinson
6. Ben Garner
7. Nigel Adkins
8. Dean Holden
9.= Guy Luzon
9. = Michael Appleton
11. Jose Riga
12. Alan Pardew
13. Bob Peeters
14. Russell Slade
15. Karel Fraeye
We could have had a managerial duo of Fergie and Wenger, Bruce and Adams anchoring the defence, Keane and Vieira in the centre of the pitch with a front three of Shearer, Cole and Henry and we still wouldn't have beaten the Spanners that year.
Or any year.
Even with 18 men on the pitch.