Rooney, Xisco, Beale – take your pick and that’s just from this season.
ChiefII on
I think in hindsight it was awful on every front. Fans, players, I’m sure even the staff were thinking ‘what on earth is going on?’.
One of my favourite ever players, I’ll admit I’ve been saddened by how him, Gerrard and Lampard have all completely tarnished their reputations post playing career.
BiggieCheese1995 on
Trollope for Cardiff has to be up there. Two wins (one of which was two own goals from Blackburn) in 12 games.
NagromNitsuj on
It’s not even his appointment that bothers me. It’s how they jettisoned the guy before him. Absolutely criminal.
TheLightInChains on
Steve Bruce?
OhWell_InHell on
Dean Saunders for Wolves is up there
Patient-Pineapple420 on
Ian Foster?
Tgtalex1 on
Being sponsored by Undefeated was also a recipe for disaster.
SirChimpster on
Steve Coppell for Bristol City was about as disastrous as it gets given how brief his tenure was.
StructureMission1508 on
Arguably not the worst this season – see Michael Beale.
Treecamel82 on
JDT? He turned a promotion challenging team in to a relegation candidate because of his stubbornness and temper tantrums. I know venkys and the board are culprits too but the way he lost that squad in such a short space of time is unforgivable imo.
MarcusH26051 on
Karel Fraeyes ignominious stint in charge of Charlton should be right up there. Won 2 of 14 and then disappeared back to the Belgian Third Division.
Michael Appleton this season would be up there but that was in League 1
Potatoboss123 on
Xisco munoz? 😭
TheLittleGoat on
I’d argue Zola as well for us in 2016. Very similar pattern but there were worse teams around us and we showed some fight when we got rid of him.
Cov_massif on
Makems tried their best to top it
themathbath on
I wanted it to work. It didn’t. Our players weren’t good enough either. It’s done, we’re done. I’m leaving this sub now. We’ll be back though.
Constant-Estate3065 on
We’ve made some weird appointments at this level. Jan Poortvliet, and an actual rugby coach as actual director of football. It was an ingenious move in that none of the other clubs expected us to be that fucking stupid.
PandorasPinata on
Was it Billy McKinley at Watford who was sacked before he’d even taken a match? Got to be up there
Far-Scallion5812 on
Dean Saunders Wolves.
VincentJones6 on
Xisco – swfc.
rlgh on
Seeing him crammed in a tracksuit with our badge on makes me very, very unhappy.
hammersandhammers on
Which time?
Money_Astronaut9789 on
Steve Claridge at Millwall. Sacked in pre-season before even his first match.
RobertABooey9 on
No there hasn’t. And to think. Blues we’re undefeated before Rooney showed up…….
Grind_line_wine on
We let warnock go for Moore…
Sunderland6969 on
Beale at Sunderland hands down! The lad had zero qualified experience with teams under his sole stewardship. And the additional kick in the teeth was we removed a very good and succeeding manager to bring Beale in. Lasting comment to mull over. Before Beale came in we were in the play-offs…. He’s sacked, the club is a mess and now we have a youthful team questioning themselves playing like relegation favourites. Oh, and we ended up only three points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday 🤦🏻♂️ . I’d say that qualifies as a bad appointment because he was bad and the sheer level of upheaval created to bring him in has ruined the club. I rest my case your honour!
WaWaW_Seattle on
Josh Luhukay
Garry Monk
Tony Pulis
Xisco Muñoz
And that’s just worst from the last 6 years
WastelandWiganer on
Kolo Toure wants a word
CraterofNeedles on
Kolo Toure was appointed here by a sack of con men to try and sell us to some prospective middle eastern owner, then was sacked after 0 wins in 9 and 3 consecutive 4-1 losses.
RedBullRyan on
There was that time that Birmingham were just outside the playoffs in December and sacked Rowett for Zola, who plummeted all the way down and they got in Harry Redknapp to keep them up by 3 points.
joethesaint on
People won’t remember this, but back when we were teetering on administration in 2008 and George Burley had left us, we hired a man on the cheap from the Dutch third division by the name of Jan Poortvliet. It did not go well.
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Rooney, Xisco, Beale – take your pick and that’s just from this season.
I think in hindsight it was awful on every front. Fans, players, I’m sure even the staff were thinking ‘what on earth is going on?’.
One of my favourite ever players, I’ll admit I’ve been saddened by how him, Gerrard and Lampard have all completely tarnished their reputations post playing career.
Trollope for Cardiff has to be up there. Two wins (one of which was two own goals from Blackburn) in 12 games.
It’s not even his appointment that bothers me. It’s how they jettisoned the guy before him. Absolutely criminal.
Steve Bruce?
Dean Saunders for Wolves is up there
Ian Foster?
Being sponsored by Undefeated was also a recipe for disaster.
Steve Coppell for Bristol City was about as disastrous as it gets given how brief his tenure was.
Arguably not the worst this season – see Michael Beale.
JDT? He turned a promotion challenging team in to a relegation candidate because of his stubbornness and temper tantrums. I know venkys and the board are culprits too but the way he lost that squad in such a short space of time is unforgivable imo.
Karel Fraeyes ignominious stint in charge of Charlton should be right up there. Won 2 of 14 and then disappeared back to the Belgian Third Division.
Michael Appleton this season would be up there but that was in League 1
Xisco munoz? 😭
I’d argue Zola as well for us in 2016. Very similar pattern but there were worse teams around us and we showed some fight when we got rid of him.
Makems tried their best to top it
I wanted it to work. It didn’t. Our players weren’t good enough either. It’s done, we’re done. I’m leaving this sub now. We’ll be back though.
We’ve made some weird appointments at this level. Jan Poortvliet, and an actual rugby coach as actual director of football. It was an ingenious move in that none of the other clubs expected us to be that fucking stupid.
Was it Billy McKinley at Watford who was sacked before he’d even taken a match? Got to be up there
Dean Saunders Wolves.
Xisco – swfc.
Seeing him crammed in a tracksuit with our badge on makes me very, very unhappy.
Which time?
Steve Claridge at Millwall. Sacked in pre-season before even his first match.
No there hasn’t. And to think. Blues we’re undefeated before Rooney showed up…….
We let warnock go for Moore…
Beale at Sunderland hands down! The lad had zero qualified experience with teams under his sole stewardship. And the additional kick in the teeth was we removed a very good and succeeding manager to bring Beale in. Lasting comment to mull over. Before Beale came in we were in the play-offs…. He’s sacked, the club is a mess and now we have a youthful team questioning themselves playing like relegation favourites. Oh, and we ended up only three points ahead of Sheffield Wednesday 🤦🏻♂️ . I’d say that qualifies as a bad appointment because he was bad and the sheer level of upheaval created to bring him in has ruined the club. I rest my case your honour!
Josh Luhukay
Garry Monk
Tony Pulis
Xisco Muñoz
And that’s just worst from the last 6 years
Kolo Toure wants a word
Kolo Toure was appointed here by a sack of con men to try and sell us to some prospective middle eastern owner, then was sacked after 0 wins in 9 and 3 consecutive 4-1 losses.
There was that time that Birmingham were just outside the playoffs in December and sacked Rowett for Zola, who plummeted all the way down and they got in Harry Redknapp to keep them up by 3 points.
People won’t remember this, but back when we were teetering on administration in 2008 and George Burley had left us, we hired a man on the cheap from the Dutch third division by the name of Jan Poortvliet. It did not go well.