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Best managers in the world?
Posted: Thu Oct 9, 2014 11:01 pm
by No_20
http://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-unit ... l-managershttp://www.espnfc.com/blog/espn-fc-...s ... l-managersArticle by Miguel Delaney on the best managers in world football. His Top 20:
1. Pep Guardiola
2. Jose Mourinho
3. Diego Simeone
4. Jurgen Klopp
5. Louis Van Gaal
6. Manuel Pelligrini
7. Brendan Rodgers
8. Antonio Conte
9 Rudi Garcia
10. Roberto Martinez
11. Carlo Ancelotti
12. Unai Emery
13. Joachim Low
14. Marcelo Bielsa
15. Frank de Beor
16. Vincente Del Bosque
17. Cesare Prandelli
18. Mauricio Pochettino
19. Arsene Wenger
20. Rafael Benitez
I dont like him, but Mourinho is the best imo. Look at his record against the big teams. He owns Arsenal. He owns Man Utd. He owns Liverpool. He owns Liverpool. He owns Bayern. He owns Barcelona. He's always in the Semi Finals of the CL and always up there in the leagues. What's weird is that Rodgers, who has never won a trophy so far, is ahead of Carlo Ancelotti, who has 3 CL wins(record as a manager, tied with Bob Paisley.) And he could've won more
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:20 am
by Foye
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:35 am
by 5DOM
If this is based on last season, Simeone is levels above everyone else.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 1:04 am
by Man of Steel
Don't see much difference between Mou and Simeone. One has achieved success the same way for a much longer period of time. Also some of the names he has above Ancelotti make me laugh, and would have made me laugh even before he came to Madrid and won a Champions League in his debut season

Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:06 am
by MaliBrah
wouldn't say jose own's barca no_20. Their records against each other are about even no? correct me if i'm wrong
delaney has such a hard-on for rodgers and roberto martinez lol. He loves the new manager thats in.I want to know what he drank to put rodgers top 7!!!
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:30 am
by DD12
Well, there is Mourinho and others.
Mourinho is a level ahead from others.
My list would be like;
1-Mourinho
2-Mourinho
3-Mourinho
4-Ancelotti
5-Klopp
6-Bielsa
7-Simeone
The rest is just meh.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:39 am
by magik9113
Rodgers is quite high, Ancelotti quite low
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:43 am
by Baphomet
Where the **** is Mick McCarthy?
http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/ipsw ... _1_3794348The Greatest Living Yorkshireman deserves a place on such a paltry list.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:44 am
by Baphomet
Just saw Brendo at 7th, oh my god.

And Poch over Wenger is hilarity, this guy's clearly on the wind-up.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:18 am
by MaliBrah
Baphomet wrote:Just saw Brendo at 7th, oh my god.

And Poch over Wenger is hilarity, this guy's clearly on the wind-up.
it's delaney , he fully means it. I followed him on twitter for a while then had to stop and unfollow. He thinks we'd win the league with rodgers/martinez and that they are superior than wenger in every way at the moment.
He has this fetish for younger "modern" managers for some reason lol.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:32 pm
by truth18
That list is madness
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 2:26 pm
by DD12
Well that may not be true but Wenger doesnt deserve to be in top 20 list. He is below average.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:09 pm
by No_20
Wenger is brilliant against the small clubs.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:20 pm
by DD12
Thats why he can't win.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 7:27 pm
by CalamityX12
I have to rank Simeone over Mou for the time being.... right now speaking, Diego has been a better coach IMO.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:09 pm
by and1GS
VIllas Boas and Allardyce need to be top 2 IMHO.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:09 pm
by DD12
CalamityX12 wrote:I have to rank Simeone over Mou for the time being.... right now speaking, Diego has been a better coach IMO.
What did Simeone win that Jose couldnt?
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:31 pm
by MaliBrah
DD12 wrote:CalamityX12 wrote:I have to rank Simeone over Mou for the time being.... right now speaking, Diego has been a better coach IMO.
What did Simeone win that Jose couldnt?
what did 20 managers win that wenger couldn't if you're putting 20 ahead of him?
he's using the same recency logic you are using I believe.
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 8:56 pm
by 5DOM
The thing is with Wenger you have to go back a looong time
Re: Best managers in the world?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:00 pm
by MaliBrah
its true you do, I wouldn't put simeone ahead of jose at the moment but I was using's massimo's reasoning of looking at what they've won to counter his claim of wenger not even being top 20.
I'm not even wenger's biggest fan at the moment but thats an absurd claim. 10-15 ahead of arsene i'll say is okay but then 20? lol