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Post by numpty40 on Jul 19, 2012 21:46:09 GMT
in the past 40 years?
1. Ball
2. Eastham
3. Asprey
4. Little.
5. Kamara
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 19, 2012 21:49:16 GMT
Bit harsh on Asprey
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Post by smokeontrent on Jul 19, 2012 21:49:18 GMT
Ball
Jordan
Bates
Kamara
Edit - Ill go with Little instead
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Post by dorsetpotter on Jul 19, 2012 22:01:55 GMT
I can just see where this thread is going to go.
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Post by Fenparkpotter on Jul 19, 2012 22:02:51 GMT
Nobody say Boskamp ;D
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Post by The battheader chronicles on Jul 19, 2012 22:07:40 GMT
Right il do it so no one else has to PULIS ( not what I believe by the way)
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Post by Trouserdog on Jul 19, 2012 22:07:41 GMT
1. Pulis
2. Kamara
3. Joey Deacon
4. Bob McGrory
5. Rod Hull 'n' Emu
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 19, 2012 22:14:04 GMT
1. Boskamp ( The worst ever)
2. Kamara
3. Jordan
4. Little
5. Ball
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Post by lancashirelad on Jul 19, 2012 22:15:07 GMT
PS: Quitterall was not man enough to be a manager.
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 19, 2012 22:20:54 GMT
What no Chic Bates?!???
Really nice bloke but he couldn't manage a fart on a diet of baked beans.
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Post by smokeontrent on Jul 19, 2012 22:44:45 GMT
What no Chic Bates?!??? Really nice bloke but he couldn't manage a fart on a diet of baked beans. I mentioned Bates mate - he just wasn't upto the job. |
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Post by march4 on Jul 19, 2012 22:51:07 GMT
1 Boskamp
2 Eastham
3 Ball
4 Kamara
5 Little
Christ, we have had some bad managers. How can there not be room for Bates, Jordan, Barker, Gudjon, Quitteral, Mills et al.
Apart from Lou, Durban, Waddo, TP and Megson did anyone enhance their reputation with us??
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 23:21:09 GMT
1 Boskamp 2 Eastham 3 Ball 4 Kamara 5 Little Christ, we have had some bad managers. How can there not be room for Bates, Jordan, Barker, Gudjon, Quitteral, Mills et al. Apart from Lou, Durban, Waddo, TP and Megson did anyone enhance their reputation with us?? For the one season he was here, Boskamp did as well as Pulis had done the year before, but with an initially depleted squad and while trying to revolutionise our style of play. Of the five you've named, only Ball and Little performed beneath what they probably should have done with the resources available to them. Lou will always be my favourite, but for results on a meagre budget, I reckon Durban achieved more than any manager in my time watching Stoke. If you only watched a Richie Barker Stoke side for one of his two seasons in charge, you'd have to conclude he was either the greatest manager we'd ever had, or the absolute worst, depending on which season you watched.  |
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Post by lagwafis on Jul 19, 2012 23:44:12 GMT
Boskamp had plenty of rebuilding to do but the whole 'bring in cheap talent from abroad' policy pushed by the board fell flat on its face with the likes of Kolar, Kopteff, Sigurdsson and Junior underachieving while Bangoura went awol. Hoefkens was a very decent player in the Championship. They were trying to emulate what Derby had done the season before with Idiakez, Rasiak and Bisgaard but we never looked like having the same quality scouting network in place that Burley had at Pride Park.
That and the whole petulant Rudge / de Koning bust up which dragged on for months. Embarrassing.
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Post by ichabodcheesecake on Jul 19, 2012 23:51:07 GMT
Certainly wouldn't include Jordan. Had some decent home results under him and wasn't one of the 5 worst although hardly spectacular.
A lot of people forget that the team Bates took over was on the decline anyway- I think we lost our last 7 away games the season before scoring 1 goal and take Sheron out of the equation and he was screwed from day 1.
Boskamp would be just outside my top 5 would have to say. Bizarre choice to begin with and some terrible home performances in particular.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 23:59:37 GMT
A lot of the managers we've had in the last 35 years have been onto a loser before they started, given the state of the club and its finances over the years.
That's why I think Durban deserves a lot of respect. Club was going nowhere, but he still managed to turn us into a force, comparatively speaking.
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Post by JoeinOz on Jul 20, 2012 0:42:48 GMT
Durban is our most underrated gaffer. No doubt about that.
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Post by vote for pedro on Jul 20, 2012 6:37:57 GMT
Boskamp
Bates
Kamara
Little
Quitteral
How strange that they all managed after we moved the Britt!
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Post by RAF on Jul 20, 2012 7:03:50 GMT
Ball
Mills
Bates
Kamara
Little
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 20, 2012 7:54:58 GMT
Why no mention of Richie Barker?
The man certainly gave me my most embarrassing moment to that point with the way he set the team out for that Liverpool cup game in c1982.
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Post by albanianstokie on Jul 20, 2012 7:57:46 GMT
1. Ball
2. Barker
3. Little
4. Bates
5. Kamara
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 20, 2012 8:28:40 GMT
Certainly wouldn't include Jordan. Had some decent home results under him and wasn't one of the 5 worst although hardly spectacular. A lot of people forget that the team Bates took over was on the decline anyway- I think we lost our last 7 away games the season before scoring 1 goal and take Sheron out of the equation and he was screwed from day 1. Boskamp would be just outside my top 5 would have to say. Bizarre choice to begin with and some terrible home performances in particular. Jordan would probably make mine. He was so dour he made Pulis look like Mr Tumble. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2012 8:48:19 GMT
Kamara - horrific run that lead to relegation.
Ball- fucked it up massively.
Mills - 89. Had the million to spend and moulded a team that eventually went down. Maybe a little harsh as we had previously showed some promise.
Bates - through no fault of his own. Terrible appointment by Coates.
Little - Utter garbage after a good start.
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Post by bunnyscfc on Jul 20, 2012 8:51:51 GMT
Anyone who wached Stoke away from home under Jordan would defo have him in there.
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Post by Royal Donut on Jul 20, 2012 8:54:16 GMT
I think that Pulis is the only manager that makes it on this list, also on the best ever mangers, funny that
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Post by foxysgloves on Jul 20, 2012 8:54:28 GMT
Anyone who wached Stoke away from home under Jordan would defo have him in there. I still get a shiver down my spine when I hear his dulcet tones. He's a bit like a 45rpm being played at 33rpm. |
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Post by broomey1983 on Jul 20, 2012 9:07:28 GMT
Kamara is the worst for me, he spent half a million quid on Kyle Lightbourne, that alone he needs shooting for
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jul 20, 2012 9:09:08 GMT
Does Dave Kevan count?
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Post by y_oh_y_delilah on Jul 20, 2012 9:10:24 GMT
. . . . up to about 10, I think.  |
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Jul 20, 2012 9:13:18 GMT
. . . . up to about 10, I think. No wonder we were so shit when he was in charge. We were always a man down.  |
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