Swiss_tony Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 seeing as there's a debate on the other thread i thought i'd start one here. i can go back to the gillies era but not before so i'll rank the good managers in order with reasons. 1 - MoN - 2 cups, 1 promotion, 1 final, consistent top level finishes on a smallish budget. 2 - gillies - 1 cup, 2 fa cup finals and 10 years of top flight finishes. 3 - bloomfield- charity shield, and 6 seasons of top flight top quality football. 4 - o farrell - div 1 title, fa cup runner up. but also has a relegation to his name. 5 - pearson - league 1 title, champ title, 1 season of top flight football. 6 - milne - promotion to top flight and 3 seasons of consolidation on a shoestring. 7 - wallace - second div title after the shambles of mclintock. 8 - little - promotion on a shoestring. 9 - adams - promotion from champ with transfer embargo due to admin. 10 - everybody else post 1958 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stadt Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 pearson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark_w Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 During the time I've been old enough to consciously follow LCFC... 1. Nigel Pearson (2nd) 2. Nigel Pearson (1st) 3. Micky Adams 4. Chris Powell/Mike Stowell (Caretakers) 5. Random 6. Selection 7. Of The 8. Other 9. Incompetent 10. Managers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorsetboy Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Outrageous how can out leave out the man that got us to the top of the prem . bring back peter Taylor lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSoxUK Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Outrageous how can out leave out the man that got us to the top of the prem . bring back peter Taylor lmao £5m on Ade Akinbiyi, £3m on Jones, £3m on Scowcroft, £1.5m on Trevor Benjamin... Stupid enough to buy Dennis Wise for 1.6m from Ranieri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donut Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Top 10 implies ten good managers with 1 being the absolute best. In my lifetime, there are 4 standout successful managers, and they would be Little, O'Neill, Adams and Pearson, of which O'Neill is the undisputed king. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Ok Sven nearly bankrupted the club but Christ we played some good football in 10/11. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inckley fox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 An ex-student of mine defined a whole way of evaluating a manager's success for a Maths project, and all of the teachers were stunned by how well it seemed to separate managers (he had every Leicester manager, and a few other high profile successes and failures). He sent it to me and I was incredibly impressed with his methodology. If I can find the list I'll post the top ten, but I remember Pearson and Little were very high and Wallace and Adams were surprisingly low. He explained to me why as well (had something to do with how good the club had been before they came, how good it was after, how many league places the club rose etc.). He's a big, big Leicester fan, and there aren't too many of them where I was working... hence him sending me his work. It's clearly intrigued me far more than it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6ups 6downs 2 cups Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 O'Neil Pearson Little Milne Wallace Adams Gordon Lee(only for great escape 1) Rest not so good, biggest disappointment David Pleat, played great stuff Jan 88 - May 88, who remembers that 2-1 win at Middlesbrough last day to stop them going up automatically? Then again who remembers Hull away on a Friday night 2-5 defeat! Pleat Out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eblair Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 pearson is undoubtedly in our top 5 managers ever probably a place higher than the original list, in the prem apart from arsenal and chelsea how many teams could say that their manager last year was amongst their best ever - generally curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Ok Sven nearly bankrupted the club but Christ we played some good football in 10/11. dat january-feb run we were a good 20 times better than any other team who's ever played football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st albans fox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 pearson is undoubtedly in our top 5 managers ever probably a place higher than the original list, in the prem apart from arsenal and chelsea how many teams could say that their manager last year was amongst their best ever - generally curious Pearson has had 1 season at the highest level. How can he be one of our top 5 managers? Sadly, for many, his opportunity to take one of those top 5 positions has been taken from him. Has he been a good manager for the club? Undoubtedly, but the question was rank the top 10 managers and surely you have to do it consistently at the highest level to justify a place in the top 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inckley fox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 It was: O'Neill Gillies Pearson Hodge Little Bloomfield Orr Milne Womack Halliday Like I say, I was surprised Pearson and Little, especially, were so high. From my time I'd go O'Neill, Pearson, Little, Milne, Lee, in that order. Not a huge Adams fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 In my lifetime O'Neill Wallace Pearson Milne Adams Little All the rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wight88 Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Little O Neill Pearson Milne Adams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Stupid enough to buy Dennis Wise for 1.6m from Ranieri. We bought a 34 year old for that much? And a w*nker at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Every time I think of Adams at Leicester I just immediately think "failure", which is harsh as he did an admirable job in difficult circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomalianFox15 Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Gary Megson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchandro Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 I'd have Pearson in 4th tbh, the club was the lowest it's ever been in 2008, he got us up 1st time, then in the play-offs. We had our 2 best seasons ever statistically under him and survived last season. I also think he's built two really likeable and talented squads. Likewise the Little era transformed the club, we got horrendous crowds until he came along, they've risen ever since and our progression as a club can be traced back to him arriving. Went from struggling to promotion chasers overnight. I think what both of them did is worth more admiration than the job O'Farrell did. Could also argue Adams did an amazing job to get us promoted. Other than that good list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 In my time MoN (Actually won stuff) Pearson (who I felt could've gone on to be better than MoN, & some of the football was sexy as hell) Little (turned us around on a shoestring & later subsequent successes were as a result of that) McGhee (I liked some of the football, 3-1 away win Bramell Lane a particular highlight) Adams ... ... ... And 3 worthless sacks of shit Sven Sousa Holloway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovril Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 In my time MoN (Actually won stuff) Pearson (who I felt could've gone on to be better than MoN, & some of the football was sexy as hell) Little (turned us around on a shoestring) Adams ... ... ... And 3 worthless sacks of shit Sven Sousa Holloway At least we were entertained under Sven as opposed to Levein and Megson that was death by 0-1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Power Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 Ok Sven nearly bankrupted the club but Christ we played some good football in 10/11. That win away at Derby! Two higher quality goals in one game I can't remember us scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank to be Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 1) MON 2) Little 3) Adams 4) Pearson The rest have been dross since I've been a fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpe's Fox Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 1) MON 2) Little 3) Adams 4) Pearson The rest have been dross since I've been a fan Haha you'd genuinely have Adams over Pearson, what an odd creature you are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuna Posted 14 July 2015 Share Posted 14 July 2015 I can't see how you can rate managers who were at the club before your time, so I'll rate those I have known. 1) MON. 2) Pearson. 3) Little. 4) Adams. A million miles of shite between number 4 and 5. Perhaps I'm being harsh on Kelly and Levein. 5) Kelly. 6) Levein. 7) Sven. 8) Bassett. 9) McGhee. 10) Allen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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