City's worst manager of all time

[johnny on the spot]

Hughes. We wanted our fucking heads testing.

I was a nipper and grew to love City under the likes of Clark and Ball, even if we were crap.

 

[jimharri]

I agree jimharri Definately not in the top 6.

Mercer and Mancinin 1 and 2.....(either way take your pick)

Hughes bottom along with Ball, Clarke, Coppel and Neale

Don't be sarky; you know what I meant! He's not in the top 6 of worst managers we've had.

Sorry old boy, no offence intended, I do however thoroughly disagree with your view not in the bottom six.

What were his endearing qualities? I genuinely cannot think of one, not one single positive did he bring to the club. His good signings only came good once he left.

Had he stayed I can almost guarantee Hart would have gone and we would have not been within a country mile of the Premiership.

Any lack of endearing qualities on his part do not necessarily make him the worst manager we've had. As I said, I can name 6 off the top of my head that were easily worse than him. Allison (the second coming), Benson, Frizzell, Neal, Clark and Ball. And that's without counting Coppell or Pearce.

 

[Bill]

I've supported City since 1953. The worse manager has to be Alan Ball, by a country mile. He thought the best way to motivate his players was to waive his World Cup winners medal around.

fucking spot on.

 

[peoffrey]

Big Joe has told us to put money on Hughes relegating QPR next season even though he's made good signings and has no record of relegating any team. De Niro and I both want to bet him £100 that he won't relegate QPR (and I'll further mine and say if he leaves during the 12/13 season then they still won't go down) but no reply.

I thought Hughes' QPR and Fulham teams gave us excellent games when we entertained them in recent seasons. Well organised teams who were difficult to break down.

 

[west didsblue]

Stuart Pearce

No home league goals for nearly 8 months

 

[moomba]

Pearce did OK given the conditions he worked under. We improved under Les but we couldn't have failed to.

Coppell, Clarke, Ball in my time.

 

[peoffrey]

Stuart Pearce

No home league goals for nearly 8 months

We were only playing football for a whole 5 of them. No balls kicked (and no goals scored) in June or July! The relief when that Michael Johnson goal went in against Derby...

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Ball

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

For those that are saying Pearce, think about the state we were in when KK decided he wanted out but wanted paid to leave.....think about the overpaid, over the hill sick notes he inherited, then think about him having to sell our only real goal threats before the start of his two seasons.
He worked wonders just keeping us in the top flight (unlike many others mentioned on this thread).

^THIS

Pearce was in a complete no win situation with us. For that entire season it was common knowledge that the board were pushing for a takeover of the club and as a result Pearce was given very little money to spend on new players and forced to work with the youth team and the existing squad. Pretty harsh to call him the worst manager we've ever had IMO.

 

[simonk]

Re: Citys worst manager of all time.

Alan Ball.

Pearce was shite at the end.
Ball was whatever word means "worse than shite in more ways than imaginable"
He was the manager when I started a new job in Salford. Because I was new I had to grin and bear it for a while - eventually gave some red both barrels - been very close mates ever since though.