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Stuart Pearce
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Frank Clarke was more competent.surely got to be frank clark
Leslie was shocking but far, far better than Pearce.Sorry that award goes to Clueless Hughes. He was the manager that did convince me to give up my season ticket..... until he left.
MikeF
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Same here. Godawful ‘football’ served up under him.Yes true
Under his leadership was the closest I came to not renewing my season ticket.
Hughes has the far better managerial career and although not brilliant at City did a much better job than the manager who acheived our worst points total in the Premier League. Surpassing Alan Ball.Sorry that award goes to Clueless Hughes. He was the manager that did convince me to give up my season ticket..... until he left.
BigJoe#1
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That my friend is the beauty of being allowed to have our own opinions and the freedom of choice.Leslie was shocking but far, far better than Pearce.
BigJoe#1
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I have to take issue with the "better managerial career" point...... Blackburn? QPR? Bradford? he slowly slid down the greasy pole.Hughes has the far better managerial career and although not brilliant at City did a much better job than the manager who achived our worst points total in the Premier League. Surpassing Alan Ball.
Europe. Semi finals of the Worthington Cup. Better win percentage than Pearce. Better recruitment at City too.....I have to take issue with the "better managerial career" point...... Blackburn? QPR? Bradford? he slowly slid down the greasy pole.
BigJoe#1
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I totally respect your views but I'd give up trying to convince me because it will be a pointless task you will never ever succeed. I used to call him "flat arse" Hughes because he spent the whole game sat on the bench... If we went a goal down there was absolutely no reaction, no direction. I totally despised the man... obviously.Europe. Semi finals of the Worthington Cup. Better win percentage than Pearce. Better recruitment at City too.....
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The biggest common trait between Hughes and Pearce was their ability to remove all joy and hope from the fans of the teams they manage.Europe. Semi finals of the Worthington Cup. Better win percentage than Pearce. Better recruitment at City too.....
Hughes was a bang average manager, who slowly regressed as football left him behind.
Pearce was a totally shit manager, with only half a brain cell, who’s only real success was with the U21s.
Alan Ball supersedes both though, for me, as the worst manager during my lifetime.
Joe Royle???Hughes has the far better managerial career and although not brilliant at City did a much better job than the manager who acheived our worst points total in the Premier League. Surpassing Alan Ball.
jimharri
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No chance. He wouldn't be in the top (bottom?) 10. If you lived/suffered through the late 80s and through the 90s,you could easily name five or 6 from that era alone.Sorry that award goes to Clueless Hughes. He was the manager that did convince me to give up my season ticket..... until he left.
nmc
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Yes, it was shit but do we owe him a little bit of credit for keeping a very poor City team in the top flight?
I think Pearce kept us up despite the utter shite he signed the previous summer like Corradi
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There is no way on this planet Mark Hughes was a worse City manager than Pearce, FFS.
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I don’t think anyone can question his ability as a left-back.I forgot to include the only positive thing about pearce was his taste in music.
He was the canine’s testicles.
But as a head coach and pundit, he’s fucking useless!
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Pearce broke up our our circle of mates who used to go to the match. We'd ring each other up on the Saturday morning and sort out which boozer we were meeting up at and at what time and discuss how we were getting to the ground and so on. After a while some of the lads started binning it off saying stuff like " I'm not using my hard earned to watch that shite, if your all going to town after the game I'll meet you there." I remember a home game against Wigan, we all trebled up at the bar at half time and stayed in the concourse downing our drinks , not even bothering about the match, eventually the stewards told us to take our seats and we just left the stadium and went into town on the piss.
Bringing this up again.Definitely the worst manager we've had in my lifetime. Boring, turgid, uninspired, negative football. The David James incident came during a high point at the start of his tenure but was probably a sign of things to come.
But with full hindsight and 15 years to think on his time here, I think he'd be remembered much more fondly if Andy Cole hadn't gotten injured during that 05/06 season and thrown a wobbly. It all went wrong after that point.
We were 7th over Christmas 2005 and even by February we were still in the fight for Europe (7 points off the top four). Cole was on to finish the season with 15 goals, Vassell not far behind - they had that cracking partnership.
But then Cole got injured and went to Portsmouth, Barton put in that transfer request and had a tantrum, and Samaras, the Great Greasy Hope, was garbage. We collapsed to 14th and Pearce never turned things around.
That 06/07 season, terrible as it felt, was probably just about the best Pearce could get out of those players. The squad was old, save for a few youngsters, and largely comprised of Championship-quality players.
The only quality we had in the team was at the back. Richards, Dunne, Distin. We (famously) didn't score many goals but we didn't concede many either and had the second best defence in the bottom half (only Villa conceded fewer).
Pearce played football that would drive anyone insane with boredom. It was definitely the worst time I've ever had following City. A huge malaise set in across the fanbase. Home attendances were as low as 30,000 sometimes.
But as others have pointed out, he didn't get us relegated when we easily could have been. John Wardle had to put £2m of his own money into the club to stop us from going under. The squad was really badly stretched.
Pearce delivered the absolute bare minimum. He didn't help himself with the David James substitution, Beanie the Horse, taking the England U21 job while still at City. But at least there was enough for Sven to work with.
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Joe Royle?Joe Royle???
I hope you’re fucking joking.
The job that Joe and Willie Donachie did in restoring pride to Manchester City should never be forgotten.
He took an over-inflated squad, and along with David Bernstein's boardroom leadership got rid of the high earners and wasters, and brought us back-to-back promotions.
Anyone, who thinks Joe Royle is our worst ever manager really has no clue about this club.
tolmie's hairdoo
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Yes. A joke.surely got to be frank clark
dont mean as worst manager but he did have the lowest premier league points totalJoe Royle?
I hope you’re fucking joking.
The job that Joe and Willie Donachie did in restoring pride to Manchester City should never be forgotten.
He took an over-inflated squad, and along with David Bernstein's boardroom leadership got rid of the high earners and wasters, and brought us back-to-back promotions.
Anyone, who thinks Joe Royle is our worst ever manager really has no clue about this club.