We have had chance to see Mauricios style of play, his tactics and a dabble in the transfer window. With the changes in manager for many premier league clubs, where would you stick Pochettino in the list of Managers below. Using whatever criteria you want how do rate the current crop of managers. If you cant be bothered to put the 20 in your order, who are your top 3, bottom 3 and where would Poch be. I am maybe a bit biased but i rate him above the majority of managers on the list. Is it just me? 1. Arsene Wenger 2. Paul Lambert 3. Malky Mackay 4. Jose Mourinho 5. Ian Holloway 6. Roberto Martinez 7. Martin Jol 8. Steve Bruce 9. Brendan Rodgers 10. Manuel Pellegrini 11. David Moyes 12. Alan Pardew 13. Chris Hughton 14. Andre Villas Boas 15. Mark Hughes 16. Paulo Di Canio 17. Michael Laudrup 18. Steve Clarke 19. Sam Allardyce
Top three Moyes Mourinho Pochettino/Bruce/Lambert/Hughton To be honest I could not separate the above managers at this stage.........either one of the four warrant third place in my opinion. The worst four managers.................In any order you care to put them Paula de Canio Holloway Hughes Allardyce
Ok. I'll go. 1 Mourinho 2 Boas 3 pellegrini 4 Wenger 5 Pochettino 6 Laudrup 7 Moyes 8 Martinez 9 Jol 10 Rogers 11 Clarke 12 Houghton 13 Bruce 14 Pardew 15 Hughes 16 Lambert 17 Mackay 18 Allardyce 19 Holloway 20 Di Cannio
To be honest I thought that after I posted but he is not a bad manager perhaps a bit high but hey Christmas is coming.......
1. Mourinho 2. Pellegrini 3. AVB 4. Wenger 5. Moyes 6. Laudrup 7. Martinez 8. Rodgers 9. Pochettino 10. Jol 11. Clarke 12. Lambert 13. Mackay 14. Hughes 15. Pardew 16. Allardyce 17. Bruce 18. Di Canio 19. Holloway I seem to be missing someone, can't think who it is though EDIT: It's Hughton, put him in between Lambert and Mackay
Okay then, neck on the line... 1. Jose Mourinho 2. Arsene Wenger 3. Andre Villas-Boas 4. Manuel Pellegrini 5. David Moyes 6. Brendan Rodgers 7. Martin Jol 8. Sam Allardyce 9. Michael Laudrup 10. Steve Clarke 11. Mauricio Pochettino 12. Paul Lambert 13. Alan Pardew 14. Mark Hughes 15. Chris Hughton 16. Roberto Martinez 17. Malky Mackay 18. Paulo Di Canio 19. Ian Holloway 20. Steve Bruce
Note that no list that has AVB in even the top ten should be taken seriously. Wherever he finishes, then this is where Harry Redknapp is too, as it is his team, and AVB has not finished as high as Harry did with it, and infact Harry didn't finish lower than AVB with it. Add to that that any manager with Bale in his team would finish there or thereabouts. Pochettino basically can't be judged, as we only saw him last season with Nigel's team - I'd say anything in the top 7 for him is rose-tinted glasses and bias dreaming. Sorry, realise that those thoughts - while not putting my own league placing - is somewhat anti the spirit of the thing!
