Best manager ever,major trophy winners only.

[Webbo]

Matt Gilles, Won our first trophy, the league cup. got us to 2 FA cup finals and finished as high as fourth. A bit before most of our times.

Martin O'Neil. Only manager to  win 2 trophies with us as well as losing in a league cup final too.

Claudio Ranieri. Won the biggest prize we've ever won while being favourites for relegation.

Brendan Rodgers. Won our only FA cup plus back to back top 5 finishes.

Edited 30 August 2021 by Webbo

[Charl91]

Nigel Pearson won a League 1 and Championship trophy 

 

Edit: Put your likes here as a vote for Nigel  

Edited 29 August 2021 by Charl91

[Mark_w]

Major trophy winners only why?

[fox_up_north]

Bit redundant to only have major trophy winners but also great that we now have 4 to choose from and 2 have been in the last decade

[bovril]

Went for Gillies just because he was there the longest and from what I've read impacted not only the club but also football in England. Could've won the double in 62-63. 

[Webbo]

5 minutes ago, Mark_w said:

Major trophy winners only why?

Because then it's based on achievement rather than popularity.

[Mark_w]

Just now, Webbo said:

Because then it's based on achievement rather than popularity.

Major trophies are not the only achievements though. If we're ruling out a manager who took us from our lowest point to building a side capable of winning the Premier League then there's no point in having the poll.

[Webbo]

Just now, Mark_w said:

Major trophies are not the only achievements though. If we're ruling out a manager who took us from our lowest point to building a side capable of winning the Premier League then there's no point in having the poll.

I also didn't want another boring Pearson love in.

[Phil Bowman]

4 minutes ago, Mark_w said:

Major trophies are not the only achievements though. If we're ruling out a manager who took us from our lowest point to building a side capable of winning the Premier League then there's no point in having the poll.

Just think of it as the ‘Best Leicester Manager Who Isn’t Nigel Pearson’ poll then!

[Mark_w]

Just now, Webbo said:

I also didn't want another boring Pearson love in.

Oh ok so it's less about the poll being based on popularity and more about it not including people you don't like.

Can we do general elections like this? Vote for your MP but only Labour, Lib Dem or Greens because I don't like the other options.

[matty98]

Good idea to leave Pearson out, as he's clearly head and shoulders above the rest. 

[Finnegan]

The Trimurti. Pearson, Shakespeare, Ranieri. Ultimately the three wise men that won us the league (assist: S Walsh.)

 

Rodgers doing a good job but he needs to break the top four to to top Don Claudio really. 

[Webbo]

2 minutes ago, Mark_w said:

Oh ok so it's less about the poll being based on popularity and more about it not including people you don't like.

Can we do general elections like this? Vote for your MP but only Labour, Lib Dem or Greens because I don't like the other options.

If you don't want to vote in the poll, nobody is forcing you.

[Aus Fox]

Petition to have Nigel Pearson’s name added to the poll!

League One and down and out to PL winning squad - The King is Nigel!

[dayday]

Martin O’Neill for me, just loved where he assembled an average team and then brought in the likes of Lennon, izzet, Collymore etc, you always felt you could snatch something in the closing minutes if we was losing he had a knack of getting the best out of players.

[Duquesne Whistle]

This is going well @Webbo

 

I think the above four are a fair comparison for a thread. Can't vote for Claudio because that was just a dream and didn't really happen.`.

 

Hmm, Rodgers or O'Neill. This will sound incredibly harsh on Brendan, but if his teams had just garnered a couple more points in either of the last two season, it would be almost impossible to put MON above him. As it is, O'Neill just shades it for me. The joy those cup wins brought at the time slightly overshadows the FA cup win for me. I didn't expect us to beat Chelsea, but I thought we were in with a good shout and Rodgers also inherited a pretty good squad and was expected to do well. I didn't think we'd win feck all back when O'Neill started and the joy of 3 cup finals in 4 years is hard to top. 

Both managers punched above their weight in the league. Rodgers also still has time on his side to overtake O'Neill though. 

I haven't considered Gilles as I wasn't alive.

 

Claudio did win the big one though, regardless of whether the pieces were put in place for him. I find it hard to vote him best manager of the four, but I've done it anyway. 

 

 

[Raj]

MON.

He REALLY  changed us as a club.

Got us into the Premier league  and won us League Cup.

Until him we were literally a second tier club getting play offs now and again under Brian little.

MON gave us a team we could be proud of.

No big boys, players you hadn't heard of and local lads who played for him.

Lennon, Izzet,Guppy,Heskey,Pontus etc.....

Just amazing time for our club at that level and without the great owners we have now.

Imagine that combination now!!!!???

 

[Nalis]

Claudio or Nigel was probably our best manager.

 

Brendan is probably the best manager

 

Subtle but important difference

[Duquesne Whistle]

18 minutes ago, dayday said:

Martin O’Neill for me, just loved where he assembled an average team and then brought in the likes of Lennon, izzet, Collymore etc, you always felt you could snatch something in the closing minutes if we was losing he had a knack of getting the best out of players.

Can't help but think he learned some of that from Clough. I also can't help imagining what he might have got out of the current squad of players...Different times, different players I guess. O'Neill was clearly a very bright man, despite his eccentricities.

[Duquesne Whistle]

5 minutes ago, Raj said:

MON.

He REALLY  changed us as a club.

Got us into the Premier league  and won us League Cup.

Until him we were literally a second tier club getting play offs now and again under Brian little.

MON gave us a team we could be proud of.

No big boys, players you hadn't heard of and local lads who played for him.

Lennon, Izzet,Guppy,Heskey,Pontus etc.....

Just amazing time for our club at that level and without the great owners we have now.

Imagine that combination now!!!!???

 

Yeah. I probably want to change my vote now 

I immediately thought O'Neill when I first read the title, then talked myself out of it because Ranieri won the league and that is just insane.

You make a good plea on behalf of MON though and I agree with the points you've made.

[HighPeakFox]

Well, BR isn't done yet. I cannot vote for Gillies because I don't know enough about him. Claudio - how could I not love him? MO'N - the first time in my lifetime it felt like LCFC could become big, one day.

 

I cannot vote.

[Raj]

5 minutes ago, Duquesne Whistle said:

Yeah. I probably want to change my vote now 

I immediately thought O'Neill when I first read the title, then talked myself out of it because Ranieri won the league and that is just insane.

You make a good plea on behalf of MON though and I agree with the points you've made.

Just listen to me, I'm like Gandhi!!! 😁

[Duquesne Whistle]

1 minute ago, Raj said:

Just listen to me, I'm like Gandhi!!! 😁

Bald and small?

[Sharpe's Fox]

47 minutes ago, Webbo said:

I also didn't want another boring Pearson love in.

How's that going for you? Try and stop us.

[Raj]

3 minutes ago, Duquesne Whistle said:

Bald and small?

Not far off actually!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣