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cowboy1850 · 2026-04-24T01:47:46+0100

I'd like to see a ranking of the best to worst management in the 25 years:

Gordon Strachan
Roland Nilsson
Gary McAllister
Eric Black
Peter Reid
Micky Adams
Iain Dowie
Chris Coleman
Aidy Boothroyd
Andy Thorn
Mark Robins
Steven Pressley
Tony Mowbray
Russell Slade
Frank Lampard

SkyBlueSam01 · 2026-04-24T03:32:06+0100

Mark Robins
Frank Lampard
Steven Pressley
Tony Mowbray
Eric Black
Roland Nilsson
Aidy Boothroyd
Iain Dowie
Andy Thorn
Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams
Peter Reid
Chris Coleman
Gary McAllister

Russell Slade

Cally Fedora · 2026-04-24T06:17:08+0100

Reid was that bad I’d remove him from the list.

clint van damme · 2026-04-24T07:58:32+0100

Top two is cleatly Robins and Lampard, though hard to rank first and 2nd.

Without the work Robins did Lampard wouldnt have been here, in fact the club might not have been here .
But Robins couldn't quite complete that final step, Lampard has done it in emphatic style, he really has smashed it, and like Robins, without massive resources.

wingy · 2026-04-24T08:00:30+0100

clint van damme said:
Top two is cleatly Robins and Lampard, though hard to rank first and 2nd.

Without the work Robins did Lampard wouldnt have been here, in fact the club might not have been here .
But Robins couldn't quite complete that final step, Lampard has done it in emphatic style, he really has smashed it, and like Robins, without massive resources.

I guess you could say JH as well, Robin's plus lampard combined roughly same effect?

clint van damme · 2026-04-24T08:04:56+0100

wingy said:
I guess you could say JH as well, Robin's plus lampard combined roughly same effect?

But it's only the last 25 years.
Otherwise Sillett and Curtis would be in there as well

Evo1883 · 2026-04-24T08:49:35+0100

Curcumstances play a factor

But its robins and lampard 1 and 2

Argue amongst yourselves at what order

TomRad85 · 2026-04-24T08:58:13+0100

SkyBlueSam01 said:
Mark Robins
Frank Lampard
Steven Pressley
Tony Mowbray
Eric Black
Roland Nilsson
Aidy Boothroyd
Iain Dowie
Andy Thorn
Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams
Peter Reid
Chris Coleman
Gary McAllister

Russell Slade

Wait... what it Thorn doing up there?!

Evo1883 · 2026-04-24T09:00:14+0100

TomRad85 said:
Wait... what it Thorn doing up there?!

Yea and micky adams finished 8th in the championship

Pressley far too high too, awful

AOM · 2026-04-24T09:01:20+0100

clint van damme said:
Top two is cleatly Robins and Lampard, though hard to rank first and 2nd.

Without the work Robins did Lampard wouldnt have been here, in fact the club might not have been here .
But Robins couldn't quite complete that final step, Lampard has done it in emphatic style, he really has smashed it, and like Robins, without massive resources.

Yeah agreed. I also like that Frank Lampard hasn't ripped up and started from scratch with the work Mark Robins did, and most of the squad he's working with is still pretty much what Robins built.
Lampard has just added what we were really missing, and taken us to the next level.

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-24T09:05:28+0100

Frank Lampard
Mark Robins
Tony Mowbray
Steven Pressley
Micky Adams
Eric Black
Iain Dowie
Aidy Boothroyd
Roland Nilsson
Gary McAllister
Andy Thorn
Chris Coleman
Gordon Strachan
Peter Reid
Russell Slade

AOM · 2026-04-24T09:07:41+0100

Outside of Lampard and Robins, I did really like Steven Pressley.
Thought he did a pretty good job and had us playing good football considering the circumstances.
Weren't we in Northampton with a 10 point deduction at the time?

sc1940 · 2026-04-24T09:11:23+0100

It could be argued it's a bit early to put a manager top of that list after only one and a half seasons, no matter what the achievement when there is someone like MR on the list. It's indisputable what MR has done for the club but I think in terms of management & coaching skills, and what has been achieved by FL, he tops it for me.

stupot07 · 2026-04-24T09:19:01+0100

Mark Robins
Frank Lampard
Eric Black
Micky Adams
Roland Nilson
Iain Dowie
Tony Mowbray
Steven Pressley
Aidy Boothroyd
Chris Coleman
Gary McAllister
Andy Thorn
Gordon Strachan
Peter Reid
Russell Slade

CovRes · 2026-04-24T09:46:51+0100

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Russel Slade

Russell Slade · 2026-04-24T09:51:13+0100

SkyBlueSam01 said:
Mark Robins
Frank Lampard
Steven Pressley
Tony Mowbray
Eric Black
Roland Nilsson
Aidy Boothroyd
Iain Dowie
Andy Thorn
Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams
Peter Reid
Chris Coleman
Gary McAllister

Russell Slade

Oi

Earlsdon_Skyblue1 · 2026-04-24T09:53:00+0100

Mowbray a bit too high for me.

Ultimately Slade will get the focus, but Mowbray gave him the grenade in which he pulled the pin out of. That transfer window was a disaster.

As for Mark Venus, he was anything but a safe pair of hands!

rob9872 · 2026-04-24T10:05:25+0100

CovRes said:
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Russel Slade

On fire today mate!

rob9872 · 2026-04-24T10:08:53+0100

Mark Robins (with Viveash) & Frank Lampard
Eric Black, Steven Pressley, Iain Dowie, Tony Mowbray, Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams, Roland Nilsson, Gary McAllister
Aidy Boothroyd, Chris Coleman, Peter Reid
Andy Thorn

Russell Slade

Ccfcisparks · 2026-04-24T10:16:08+0100

cowboy1850 said:
I'd like to see a ranking of the best to worst management in the 25 years:

Gordon Strachan
Roland Nilsson
Gary McAllister
Eric Black
Peter Reid
Micky Adams
Iain Dowie
Chris Coleman
Aidy Boothroyd
Andy Thorn
Mark Robins
Steven Pressley
Tony Mowbray
Russell Slade
Frank Lampard

Pressley seriously underrated here

Evo1883 · 2026-04-24T10:18:22+0100

rob9872 said:
Mark Robins (with Viveash) & Frank Lampard
Eric Black, Steven Pressley, Iain Dowie, Tony Mowbray, Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams, Roland Nilsson, Gary McAllister
Aidy Boothroyd, Chris Coleman, Peter Reid
Andy Thorn

Russell Slade

Every manager on your list had an assistant too mate

rob9872 · 2026-04-24T10:26:45+0100

Evo1883 said:
Every manager on your list had an assistant too mate

Agree and they did, but I just felt the length of time AV was here and his input and the fact that MR didn't appear to be as good without him, means I think he deserves more credit than other assistants. Only my opinion though, not hugely precious over it

Evo1883 · 2026-04-24T10:30:36+0100

rob9872 said:
Agree and they did, but I just felt the length of time AV was here and his input and the fact that MR didn't appear to be as good without him, means I think he deserves more credit than other assistants. Only my opinion though, not hugely precious over it

Bet hellberg wishes he had adi viveash

Just kidding mate , its your opinion

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · 2026-04-24T15:37:41+0100

rob9872 said:
Mark Robins (with Viveash) & Frank Lampard
Eric Black, Steven Pressley, Iain Dowie, Tony Mowbray, Gordon Strachan
Micky Adams, Roland Nilsson, Gary McAllister
Aidy Boothroyd, Chris Coleman, Peter Reid
Andy Thorn
Russell Slade

Pretty much agree with that.

But just as you've put in the qualifier for Robins, I want to put in a qualifier for Nilsson. I'd have him in the second bracket before Jim Smith got foisted on him.

Mowbray is also a difficult one because his disastrous summer transfer window really messed us up that season and I think he has to take a fair bit of blame for that. So maybe move him down one.

rob9872 · 2026-04-24T15:48:04+0100

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
Pretty much agree with that.

But just as you've put in the qualifier for Robins, I want to put in a qualifier for Nilsson. I'd have him in the second bracket before Jim Smith got foisted on him.

Mowbray is also a difficult one because his disastrous summer transfer window really messed us up that season and I think he has to take a fair bit of blame for that. So maybe move him down one.

I loved Nilsson as a player, one of my all time favourites. Only wish we'd had him younger and for longer.

SkyBluePower · 2026-04-24T15:51:33+0100

Pressley in some ways was dealt a worse hand than Robins and had to navigate the worst of Sisu, Sixfields, points deductions and a mostly toxic atmosphere. Thought he coped with this with a huge amount of dignity.

He did have Calum Wilson and Leon Best though which was a bit of a cheat code for a while but once Best fucked off and Wilson was clearly going to leave he struggled.

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT · 2026-04-24T15:54:36+0100

Shouldn't that list include Mark Robins twice?

First time Judas second time brilliant.

SwanLane · 2026-04-24T16:03:52+0100

1. Mark Robins. C
2. Frank Lampard. P
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3. Steven Pressley P
4. Eric Black
5. Micky Adams
6. Iain Dowie
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7. Roland Nilsson
8. Tony Mowbray
9. Gary McAllister
10. Aidy Boothroyd
11. Chris Coleman
12. Peter Reid
———————————-
13. Gordon Strachan *
14. Andy Thorn
15. Russell Slade **

* Good manager for first few years but points deducted for performance during the period in question

** Was down by Christmas

Ian1779 · 2026-04-24T18:36:52+0100

SwanLane said:
1. Mark Robins. C
2. Frank Lampard. P
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3. Steven Pressley P
4. Eric Black
5. Micky Adams
6. Iain Dowie
———————————-
7. Roland Nilsson
8. Tony Mowbray
9. Gary McAllister
10. Aidy Boothroyd
11. Chris Coleman
12. Peter Reid
———————————-
13. Gordon Strachan *
14. Andy Thorn
15. Russell Slade **

* Good manager for first few years but points deducted for performance during the period in question

** Was down by Christmas

A Pressley/Black PO final would be hard to call….

bigfatronssba · 2026-04-24T19:47:42+0100

SwanLane said:
* Good manager for first few years but points deducted for performance during the period in question

I'd say the same for Adams. Was good up until he went weird and started referring to himself in the third person in interviews

SkyBlue_Bear83 · 2026-04-24T20:10:40+0100

Never realised Pressley was so highly rated by our fans, relied on Clarke and Wilson for most of his time here and looked lost without them and couldn't set up the defence

SwanLane · 2026-04-24T22:41:46+0100

SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Never realised Pressley was so highly rated by our fans, relied on Clarke and Wilson for most of his time here and looked lost without them and couldn't set up the defence

It’s in comparison to the others

wingy · 2026-04-24T22:53:45+0100

SwanLane said:
It’s in comparison to the others

It was a poisoned chalice and he made it work, that is my memory of it,he had them top or close before they sold or players wanted out,dour Scottish yeah but up hill battle all the way.

Otis · 2026-04-24T22:57:28+0100

Shame it isn't done over halves, because we "won the second half "an awful lot under Coleman and he would surely be top 2 based on that.

alexccfc99 · 2026-04-25T05:05:17+0100

SkyBlue_Bear83 said:
Never realised Pressley was so highly rated by our fans, relied on Clarke and Wilson for most of his time here and looked lost without them and couldn't set up the defence

I have a lot of time for Pressley tbh, in the 13/14 season which off the pitch was probably the lowest ebb in this clubs history I thought he handled himself impeccably and considering the resources at his disposal and the circumstances he was working under did a bloody decent job to wipe that 10 point deduction and steer us clear of any danger, if Leon hadn't have forced through his move to Wolves we probably end up in a comfortable top half finish which really, could have been a Top 6 finish with our 10 points back

Not doubting he lost the plot after we returned from Sixfields and he signed that new contract mind you, he should have gone after the Worcester FA Cup debacle (Which he actually wanted to, but was talked out of handing his resignation in) but for that first few months of the Sixfields season alone I look back on him fondly and wish him well

Glad to see him doing alright with Dundee after his appointment come in for criticism in the summer

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