Underrated and Overrated Managers

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It always happens every season, Wenger needs to call it a day... Jose has lost it, Rogers is a genius.

Which so called great managers really are just in the right place at the right time and not truly great. Which managers are doing amazing things with little to work with but not getting much credit.

In another thread I have already mentioned that I think Jose Mourinho is a lucky manager and despite him pulling off some amazing Champions League wins, he has also had it pretty easy and been in the right place at the right time. I'm not sure that makes him a bad manager but I don't think it makes him a great one... not yet anyway. When it comes down to the pressure of expectation in Europe with Chelsea and Real Madrid he does not fair so well.

This isn't just about the premier league, there are some awesome managers in the lower leagues like Ronnie Moore, Steve Cotterill, Karanka and then you have people like Kenny Jackett who pretty much got the ball of Premier League football rolling at Swansea, made League 1 team Millwall competitive in the Championship despite having pretty much nothing to work with and now is doing pretty well at Wolves.
 
Van Gaal seems very overrated, at least lately. Carried by the quality of individual players in a very rigid system.
 
Oh god...here we go :p

Alan Pardew and Mark Hughes are underrated i think.
 
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Hiddink
Klopp
Mou

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Pep
Enrique
Simeone (highly rated but pretty God tier achievement winning la liga and unluckily losing CL final)
 
Overrated:
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Underrated:
Wenger, yes I'm biased but to think what he had to work with when we were under severe financial constraints but still qualifying yr in yr out for CL is nothing short of amazing. Then finally getting some money to go out and buy Özil and Sanchez. And also winning the FA cup back to back, pretty decent achievements I would say. Now he just needs to win the epl and walk away like a boss :p
 
Maybe not 'underrated' per se but I think Eddie Howe is destined for big things. He did a long sesh on monday night football last season and seems highly astute. I think there is a genuine chance of him being England manager one day. You'll rarely hear him mentioned as a possibility though, or referred to as a top manager, it's always "promising young" manager at best.

Dean Saunders is overrated in the sense the people keep employing him to manage top 50 clubs.

Steve Clarke I think is a good coach who has lost his job a couple of times despite never having much in the way of resources.

Don't know if he counts as a manager any more but Graeme Souness is/was pretty gash. I still remember him being days from the sack at Blackburn when they lucked out and Newcastle came in for him. The best thing anyone could think to say about him was, "he'll bring discipline to the club".
 
HangTime said:
Dean Saunders is overrated in the sense the people keep employing him to manage top 50 clubs.
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I think Chesterfield is the only job he has taken where he hasnt taken over a sacked manager during a season or wasnt name as an interim manager.

A little harsh calling him overrated imo
 
Dean saunders is ****ing awful. Have any of you ever heard one of his interviews? He's an actual moron.

Literally said just before a league game on the radio "doesn't matter if we dont win today, plenty of other games we can try win", similar things was said every week by him.

should have been sacked sooner.
 
Rybo89 said:
Dean saunders is ****ing awful. Have any of you ever heard one of his interviews? He's an actual moron.

Literally said just before a league game on the radio "doesn't matter if we dont win today, plenty of other games we can try win", similar things was said every week by him.

should have been sacked sooner.
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I didn't say he was good
 
Overrated: Ranieri

He's just a lucky manager who's inherited a squad on the incline and he has no idea how to manage when things aren't going well*



*Just thought I'd get that in there early in case he wins the PL/gets top 4 this season then it all falls apart next season.
 
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