The TRUE Manager of the year

[Eljohnno]

Carlo Ancellotti - THE Double in his first season in English football

[thetruthhurts]

You're kidding me? All he had to do was keep a team of pampered multi millionaires in line. Hardly had to instil any skill into them did he? I could win the double with those players. In fact he should be sacked for not winning it easily!

[piggynose]

for me it would be a toss between roy hodgson, ian hollaway and chris hughton

[Eljohnno]

So why didn't Fergie or Wenger win the title ?
Roy Hodgson lost in the final of a tinpot Euro competition that most managers can't wait to get out of !
Why Ian Holloway why not Dave Jones ?
Why Chris Hughton why not Roberto Di Matteo ?

[Eljohnno]

thetruthhurts - which team are you currently managing ?

[lesblue]

Yep

[craft1948]

Harry Redknapp for me, or Roy Hodgson.

[TTG]

I second craft. Harry Redknapp or Roy Hodgson. All Chelsea and Man Utd do is throw money at the team until it sticks.

[rowanwitch]

Chelsea fan I may be but Roy Hodgson gets my vote for doing so much with so little...

And if throwing money until it sticks is the answer why didn't man city win anything?

[thetruthhurts]

rowan, Man city have only just started.

[thetruthhurts]

Chelsea have not done what the money intended them to do. They failed in Europe, The premiership is a great prize but the FA cup is nothing compared with Europe.

[bibblebub]

Eddie Howe of Bournemouth.

Took over in the middle of last season and saved them from relegation despite a penalty of 17 points at the beginning of that season. This season steered them to promotion despite a transfer embargo from Feb 2009 - Mar 2010.

[rowanwitch]

Man city have one other handicap despite the money they don't have the cachet of Manure, Liverpool or to a lesser extent Arsenal and Chelsea....

Maybe Chelse would have won the champions league last year if they'd had a better referee in the Semi final I am afraid I agreed with Drogba on that one but can't quote him due to the way he so delicately put it..

[thetruthhurts]

rowan, a better referee??? ha ha ha so lets not rely on the players , lets hope we get a decent ref! How many times have we heard that excuse.

[Lie-in King]

rowanwitch - I don't need to say anything, cos you're right on my wavelength!

If we ever meet, drinks are on me :-))

[thetruthhurts]

As far as 'great teams of all time' Chelsea aren't even on the radar

[piggynose]

i didn´t want to sound bias thats why i didnt choose roberto di matteo. he did do a pretty good job especially in his 1st season. but when you look at men like ian holloway, blackpool for fecks sake, they were nothing b4 he turned up. now look at ´em. dave jones, i dunno, hes what they call a nearly man. plus i think alex mcleish done a great job at birmingham city

[rowanwitch]

You will notice I did not include Chelsea with United and Liverpool as I am well aware of their amazing lists of honours, Her indoors is a Liverpool fan and she never stops reminding me...