How would you rank the current PL Managers?

[toon25]

6 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Pep

Howe

Emery

Slot

Arteta

Glasner

Iraola 

Frank

Nuno

The baldy cunt at Chelsea

The rest.

 

 

 

 

That bald cunt at Chelsea is one lucky fuck, like. He's there because he's a puppet who won't rock the boat when he has multi-million pound players thrown at his feet that he's had fuck all say as to whether they should be brought in

[Danh1]

5 minutes ago, toon25 said:

 

That bald cunt at Chelsea is one lucky fuck, like. He's there because he's a puppet who won't rock the boat when he has multi-million pound players thrown at his feet that he's had fuck all say as to whether they should be brought in

Was a weird appointment from Leicester. 
 

If Howe left (hopefully not for years) I would be happy with Glasner coming in. I’ve probably underrated him on my list. 

[aussiemag]

Glasner and Iraola are the two who could manage us and would keep us competitive around the Top 7. 

[TRC]

41 minutes ago, 54 said:

Was just going through the thread again and came across this beauty again from last year

Stand by this, will never back down!

[54]

If Howe was to disappear off the face of the earth randomly, there are only 3 managers in the league I'd be okay with replacing him, not happy, but I wouldn't be against it.

 

Emery, Iraola & Glasner.

[54]

2 minutes ago, TRC said:

Stand by this, will never back down!

Even now? If so, I kind of respect the hustle

[Infinitely Content]

Slot is a tricky one for me, he won the league so you feel silly not including him in the top 3, but I'm not sure I can rate him that highly just yet as his team never really impressed me that much last season, and this season I'd be tempted to suggest they look set to continue with the haphazard defensive work and the over-reliance on world class attacking players producing moments. Not overawed by his imprint on the team from a pure managerial, coaching point of view.

I'd probably go: Pep, Howe, Arteta, Emery, Slot, Iraola. I do think Arteta is an excellent coach, one of the best around from a tactical awareness and discipline point of view, although sometimes perhaps to Arsenal's detriment when they need to take the shackles off a bit. The opposite to Slot in a sense.

[TRC]

18 minutes ago, 54 said:

Even now? If so, I kind of respect the hustle

Always stick to your guns. I have transitioned my Howe Out campaign to Andy Tbf.

[Cf]

On 22/08/2024 at 15:25, TheBrownBottle said:

Arteta isn’t on Pep’s level, though I’d happily rank Emery alongside him.  Howe isn’t in that bracket - he can’t be without a piece of silverware. 

 

Now?

[TheBrownBottle]

1 minute ago, Cf said:

 

Now?

Howe isn’t in the Guardiola bracket. 

[Danh1]

7 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

Howe isn’t in the Guardiola bracket. 

Pep is out in a league of his own. No one near him in the PL. 

[relámpago blanco]

4 minutes ago, Danh1 said:

Pep is out in a league of his own. No one near him in the PL. 

He will always have that he has always worked at big clubs, with big spending power. He is obviously brilliant but he's never turned something struggling into winning things. Fergie will be hard to beat for the Premier Leagues GOAT. I'm not sure that will be done again

 

[TheBrownBottle]

6 minutes ago, relámpago blanco said:

He will always have that he has always worked at big clubs, with big spending power. He is obviously brilliant but he's never turned something struggling into winning things. Fergie will be hard to beat for the Premier Leagues GOAT. I'm not sure that will be done again

 

I agree - though plenty have worked at huge clubs and not had the same success 

[Rafalove]

1 Pep.

2 Emery

3 Slot

4 Arteta

5 Howe

6 Glasner

7 Frank

8 Nuno

9 Moyes

10 Silva

11 Hurzeler

12 Iraola

13 Maresca

14 Amorim

 

 

don't really know much about the rest. I don’t rate Parker though.

 

 

After Pep the top few are difficult to choose. Emery has proved himself consistently over his career winning multiple trophies.

 

I’ve put Slot in third but I think he benefited from being the new guy a bit last season. The test will come when people figure him out a bit. The reason I haven’t put Howe higher is because, even though he’s been class, I wonder if we can maintain our level of intensity while also managing a European campaign. If we qualify for the champions league again this year, that really counts for something, imo.

[Rich]

There’s no timeline in which Emery is three places above Howe. 

[Bimpy474]

Not that I'm anti Pep, but i just can't say he's the best.  All the money he gets to build teams, and yes he still has to spend it, but with endless streams he just buys another player if one doesn't work. 

 

And as for the football, Christ it's as boring as feck. Supporting it and winning is a hoot i would not doubt, but not for me. 

He certainly one of the best, but not quite the best imo.

[NSG]

Arteta is a massive fraud imo

[Moose]

I'm sure bias plays into it, but I wouldn't swap Eddie for any other manager in the league. Give Eddie a stone and he'll carve you a statue, I don't think any other manager in the league elevates players in the way he does. For years we'd talk about how players would come in, look good and then get 'Pardewed' or 'Bruced' and turn to shit, thankfully now we get to enjoy our players being 'Howed'.

 

 

If for arguments sake Eddie takes the England job tomorrow, I'd be fine with Iraola, Emery, Glasner or Frank taking over (albeit Frank is a bit of a nonce) and I'm sure we'd be in and around the same sort level we are now.

 

I can’t envisage Pep, Slot and Arteta here and I'm not even sure how much of a cut above the aforementioned managers they are bearing in mind the financial restrictions they have imposed upon then.

 

No thanks to any of the other managers.

 

 

Edited August 24, 2025 by Moose

[Bimpy474]

Oh forgot to say Emery would be the best for me right now. The Europa league trophies he kept winning with sides that weren't overly fashionable. I think he's massive moaning dick, but a very very good manager.

[Drewboy74]

2 hours ago, toon25 said:

Never in a month of Sundays is Arteta a better manager than wor Eddie.

 

 

 

Arteta is a phunt....sorry spelling....a cunt

[toon25]

Moyes is underrated imo. He's certainly not fashionable, but there's no doubting his credentials. His teams have an identity about them and, as a bloke, he's got real integrity. Arteta couldn't lace his boots. 

[Ginola]

On 18/03/2024 at 13:52, TRC said:

Might be really good and better than the rest

Ange

 

 

 

2 hours ago, TRC said:

Stand by this, will never back down!

[Moose]

6 minutes ago, toon25 said:

Moyes is underrated imo. He's certainly not fashionable, but there's no doubting his credentials. His teams have an identity about them and, as a bloke, he's got real integrity. Arteta couldn't lace his boots. 

 

He deserves a lot more respect than he gets. His reputation has been stained by some high profile failures but he's been very decent, if not spectacular more often than not.

 

He got ridiculed and meme'd to fuck when he failed at Man Utd, but every manager since then has suffered a similar fate. Following the greatest manager of all time was always going to be a tough gig.

He also took the mackems down but they'd been circling the toilet bowl for years at this point and the sqaud was rotten to the core

[Cronky]

My top five, based on the last year, and the degree to which they are over-achieving on the resources available to them - 

 

1. Howe

2. Frank

3. Iraola

4. Slot

5. Moyes

 

Slot is difficult to rate, because that Liverpool squad is so good.

 

Pep seems to have lost his way a bit. It looked like he was about to leave City, and then changed his mind. I wonder about his mindset.

[TRon]

11 hours ago, toon25 said:

Moyes is underrated imo. He's certainly not fashionable, but there's no doubting his credentials. His teams have an identity about them and, as a bloke, he's got real integrity. Arteta couldn't lace his boots. 

 

 

It's the identity I've got a problem with. They are always tough physically, generally quite big players as well. But that doesn't translate to the top teams, still remember him trying to recreate his Everton team at Man U taking Fellaini with him. Not a fan at all, although I agree he is probably underrated these days because no one wants him at their club once they go beyond survival being seen as the benchmark.