In order of my considerable lifetime watching the blues in order:- first match 76-77 so Tony Book onwards
1- Bobby Manc - tore down that banner & took on GPC & won in style
2 - Tony Book - nostalgic choice but my first taste of success as a Blue & we were the dominant team in Manchester
3 - Manuel Pelligrini - at its best the greatest football we've ever played at its worst lethargic
4 - John Bond - swagger & hope
5 - Brian Horton - Uwe - Walsh & Beagrie!
6 - Kevin Keegan - Ali Bernarbia & Eyal Berkovic ripping holes out on all and sundry
7 - Joe Royles - Got us back from the brink & restored sanity
8 - Sven Goran Erikkson - Made us feel we were a big club again
9- Mel Machin - 5-1
10 - Howard Kendall - Only manager pre Mancini that could have won us the title, pity he got pissed & went back to his missus
11 - Billy McNeill - If only we hadn't been skint, think he could have got us places
12 - Peter Reid - missed him out of my original list - respectable league firm, though feel it was with Kendalls team, oh & Sam Ellis!
13 - Mark Hughes - Thought he was better than he was, though made us a better team & some crucial behind the scenes changes
14 - Malcolm Allison (2nd coming) - If only... Though his team did reach LC semis without Bond's cup tied players & were robbed by Alf Grey
15 Stuart Pearce - steady start, dissolved into panic stricken desire to not lose
16 Jimmy Frizzell - Not the right choice after Billy went, pretty much a disaster with no cash, though did sign Varadi??
17 - Alan Ball - Just totally hopeless - though away days were fun at the time
18 John Benson - Cheapskate appointment who took a demotivated squad down
19 Steve Coppell - Bottler & fraud
20 Frank Clark - Hopeless, can only imagine the coach trips home after another defeat as he strummed his guitar - Oh and City 0-1 Bury FFS
21 Phil Neal - turd
Hope I haven't missed one, nearly forgot Sven!
Excluded Asa Hartford & Kiddos 2 game spells though both would rank higher than any of the bottom 5
