strongbowholic said:What's all this love for Pulis? Don't get me wrong, he's done a very good job turning round Palace's season but he wasn't even in the job a full season? Or am I missing it completely here?
They looked dead and buried when he took over, many tipped them to finish with the Premier League's lowest points total. He took them to 11th, finishing with 45 points. Pulis got 38 of those points from 26 games, that return spread over a season would have seen them finish on 56 points, level with Southampton.strongbowholic said:What's all this love for Pulis? Don't get me wrong, he's done a very good job turning round Palace's season but he wasn't even in the job a full season? Or am I missing it completely here?
FantasyIreland said:A great choice,he's clearly head and shoulders above Pellegrini.
I imagine there will be plenty of candles on the celebratory cake.
Matty said:People have, yet again, been sucked in by the Liverpool media bias. I'd be surprised if the voting for this wasn't done a few weeks back, when most of the managers were being told that Liverpool had the title in the bag, and City didn't even warrant a mention from anyone. Fast forward to present day and you've got a manager with a squad worth in the region of £200m who doesn't win anything being named manager of the year, over all 4 divisions. Ahead of Pellegrini, a manager with an embarrassment of riches, but also 2 trophies. Ahead of Sean Dyche, a man with virtually no money to spend and a squad tipped for a relegation battle, who has steered them into next seasons Premier League. Ahead of Tony Pulis, a man who inherited a God awful Palace side cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, with no clue how to defend, and no goalscorers, and brought them to safety and a mid table finish. Rodgers did a very good job indeed, but to claim he was the best manager this season is clearly nonsense. For me Sean Dyche was the worthy winner of this award, the fact he didn't even win the Championship award (this was won by Nigel Pearson, again a successful season, but with a squad which on paper looked more than capable of achieving what they did) was also a travesty.
Surely, when push came to shove, Rodgers failed. To be three games from the title, two of them at home, requiring two wins and a draw, two games against mid-table teams, and not to get over the line, has to be seen as a failure at managerial level.Matty said:People have, yet again, been sucked in by the Liverpool media bias. I'd be surprised if the voting for this wasn't done a few weeks back, when most of the managers were being told that Liverpool had the title in the bag, and City didn't even warrant a mention from anyone. Fast forward to present day and you've got a manager with a squad worth in the region of £200m who doesn't win anything being named manager of the year, over all 4 divisions. Ahead of Pellegrini, a manager with an embarrassment of riches, but also 2 trophies. Ahead of Sean Dyche, a man with virtually no money to spend and a squad tipped for a relegation battle, who has steered them into next seasons Premier League. Ahead of Tony Pulis, a man who inherited a God awful Palace side cut adrift at the bottom of the Premier League, with no clue how to defend, and no goalscorers, and brought them to safety and a mid table finish. Rodgers did a very good job indeed, but to claim he was the best manager this season is clearly nonsense. For me Sean Dyche was the worthy winner of this award, the fact he didn't even win the Championship award (this was won by Nigel Pearson, again a successful season, but with a squad which on paper looked more than capable of achieving what they did) was also a travesty.