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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years 22:57 - Oct 28 with 911 viewsPJK1972

Just would be interested in peoples Top 3 Saints Managers and Worst 3 Managers over the last 20 years. I have taken out caretaker/interim Managers, so your choice is :

Will "Monotone" Still
Ivan "2 Wins" Juric
Russell "Flexible" Martin
Nathan Jones "you've been gone too long"
Ralf "009" Hassenhuttl
Mark "Sparkless" Hughes
Mauriccio "1 in 17 "Pellegrino
Claude "Blanket Defence" Puel
Ronald "Tintin" Koeman
Mauricio "Potch" Pochettino
Nigel " The Physio" Adkins
Alan "JPT" Pardew
Mark "what?" Wott
Jan "2 Clubs" Portvliet
Nigel "Saviour" Pearson
George "Whisky" Burley
Harry "Skate" Rednapp

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 23:18 - Oct 28 with 848 viewsPatfromPoole

You just know I love a Top 3….

Top 3 best

1. Koeman
2. Adkins
3. Pochettino

Top 3 worst

1. Redknapp
2. Pellegrino
3. Jones
[Post edited 28 Oct 23:29]

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 23:54 - Oct 28 with 798 viewsfranniesTache

Is it by results or opinions? Because if it’s the former then

1. Puel (cup final and 8th)
2. Koeman
3. Poch

Worst would be

1. Selles
2. Juric
3. Jones

If it’s by personal preference then for me it’s

1. Koeman
2. Adkins
3. Poch

And worst

1. Martin
2. Pelligrino
3. Still
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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 00:07 - Oct 29 with 774 viewsSouthamptonfan

I did 4.
Best:
1. Koeman
2. Adkins
3. Poch
4. Ralph

Worst:
1. Still
2. Pellegrino
3. Harry
4. Portvliet
[Post edited 29 Oct 0:08]

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 07:59 - Oct 29 with 621 viewsSaintNick

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 23:54 - Oct 28 by franniesTache

Is it by results or opinions? Because if it’s the former then

1. Puel (cup final and 8th)
2. Koeman
3. Poch

Worst would be

1. Selles
2. Juric
3. Jones

If it’s by personal preference then for me it’s

1. Koeman
2. Adkins
3. Poch

And worst

1. Martin
2. Pelligrino
3. Still


Puel was much maligned as being too negative, but few people take into account the circumstances that season, he arrived to find one central defender wanting away in Jose Fonte demanding a transfer to Manchester United in a deal set up by his new agent in collusion with another client Joe Mourinho.

By January he had lost not only Fonte in a transfer to West Ham but Van Dijk to injury, so he truly had to adapt his tactics to not only get us through the League cup semi final at Anfield, but the rest of the season.

As Frannie says in terms of results, ie 8th in the League & a major cup final, this was not only perhaps our best season in the last 20 years but arguably in the top half dozen or so seasons in our history.

You won't find many people giving him credit for that though, he lost the fans by playing a weakened team at Sparta Prague & Inter Milan, thus costing us a run in the Europa League

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 08:13 - Oct 29 with 593 views1teeminants

Best

1. Koeman
2. Pochetino
3. Puel


Worst

1. Pelligrino
2. Poortvliet
3. Redknapp

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 08:14 - Oct 29 with 592 viewsPatfromPoole

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 07:59 - Oct 29 by SaintNick

Puel was much maligned as being too negative, but few people take into account the circumstances that season, he arrived to find one central defender wanting away in Jose Fonte demanding a transfer to Manchester United in a deal set up by his new agent in collusion with another client Joe Mourinho.

By January he had lost not only Fonte in a transfer to West Ham but Van Dijk to injury, so he truly had to adapt his tactics to not only get us through the League cup semi final at Anfield, but the rest of the season.

As Frannie says in terms of results, ie 8th in the League & a major cup final, this was not only perhaps our best season in the last 20 years but arguably in the top half dozen or so seasons in our history.

You won't find many people giving him credit for that though, he lost the fans by playing a weakened team at Sparta Prague & Inter Milan, thus costing us a run in the Europa League


And against Beer Sheva.

He played Hesketh in midfield out there, if memory serves.

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 08:20 - Oct 29 with 578 viewsSaintNick

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 08:14 - Oct 29 by PatfromPoole

And against Beer Sheva.

He played Hesketh in midfield out there, if memory serves.


Yes he actually played quite a strong side at Beer Sheeva, but Hesketh in midfield was a mistake and he was replaced after 35 minutes by Tadic.

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 08:20 - Oct 29 with 573 viewssaintwizzler

Koeman
Puel
Martin

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 09:38 - Oct 29 with 478 viewsfranniesTache

Surprised Redknapp is in here, who i'd have right up the top of my most hated, as he was 2004 so not 20 years?
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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 12:50 - Oct 29 with 346 viewsSonicBoom

I don't know about exact timings but in order of teams I enjoyed watching the most I'd say Strachan, Koeman and Poch.

As for the worst well plenty were forgettable. Even Jones wasn't here long enough to really annoy me. I hated the boring football played by Martin and I found Puel to be the least charismatic manager I've ever seen.
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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 13:03 - Oct 29 with 325 viewsDorsetIan

It's a crowded field but Jones has got to be the worst of a very bad bunch in recent years.

He was out of his depth on the field but, as unlike some of the other contenders, he was even worse when it came to representing the club off it. At times it really felt like we had a madman in charge.

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 14:14 - Oct 29 with 254 viewskingslandstand1

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 09:38 - Oct 29 by franniesTache

Surprised Redknapp is in here, who i'd have right up the top of my most hated, as he was 2004 so not 20 years?


We can make an exception for that sh1te

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 14:53 - Oct 29 with 226 viewsPatfromPoole

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 09:38 - Oct 29 by franniesTache

Surprised Redknapp is in here, who i'd have right up the top of my most hated, as he was 2004 so not 20 years?


The coont took us down in 2005.

And then pissed up our first season back in the Championship with stellar signings like Dennis Wise and Darryl Powell.

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Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 21:11 - Oct 29 with 97 viewsTripleNiemi

Ranking Saints Managers over the last 20 years on 12:50 - Oct 29 by SonicBoom

I don't know about exact timings but in order of teams I enjoyed watching the most I'd say Strachan, Koeman and Poch.

As for the worst well plenty were forgettable. Even Jones wasn't here long enough to really annoy me. I hated the boring football played by Martin and I found Puel to be the least charismatic manager I've ever seen.


Koeman
Poch
Adkins

Just outside the 20 year bracket, but Hoddle had a bunch of mediocrity playing very well IMHO.

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