Who's the best coach/manager?

[Duck Manson]

mancini hasnt done a thing yet in his career. lets talk when he actually does win something. its impossible to rate him as a coach right now. but if i had to, id say hes no way near as good a coach as del neri and prandelli in my opinion.

[Mosco]

hmmm

[2-8-0]

Real Madrid and Lazio accounted for 5 of the 10 all time record transfer fees. How successful were they? If money breeds success, then Internazionale and Barcelona would have dominated the Serie A and La Liga respectively. Football is very subjective. Most often than not, players' fees are not correlated to their abilities. With Abramovich's millions, Mourinho could have gone on to sign an Adriano or Steven Gerrard. It's no easy task to manage a group of millionaires and have them perform cohesively as a unit. It is no mean feat too to get value for money in their buys. Especially when clubs all over are blackmailing Chelsea. You don't win the Champions League with a Portuguese club in this era when your record signing for the season is a mere 2.5 million for a Brazilian 19 year old. :D

[Duck Manson]

Real Madrid and Lazio accounted for 5 of the 10 all time record transfer fees. How successful were they?if im not mistaken, real madrid has as many champions league/cup trophies as the whole of the UK. so i have no idea where you were trying to go with that one.

[colinh9]

Err Grame Souness. Hahhahahah.

[Howard Moon]

Err Grame Souness. Hahhahahah.

Muppet. Scottish aswell.

Come on Sunderland.

[astabooty]

Where the hell is Bianchi?

[cockney]

WHO the hell is Bianchi?

[John L]

Bruce Arena - Coach of US Men's National Team - former coach of DC United (with 2 out of 3 championship seasons), and former coach of University of Virginia Men's Team (with numerous NCAA national championships)

I know this will be treated like heresy by most here, to suggest that an AMERICAN can be among the best coaches in the world - But frankly some of the nominees here may have been great players but haven't proven themselves as great coaches for a decade or more

No other coach has done more with less than Arena at the national and certainly International level - And then reached the heights he has - Forget the current world ranking - Take a look at the record of improvement over the last two WC Tournaments - Compare US vs Germany and the pose and form held by the US squad as it would patiently build attacks during the last 15, then 10, the 5 and then even stoppage time to try to tie Germany - Versus the mindless panicy reaction of the England squad versus Brazil in the same situation - THE ENTIRE 2nd half was one mindless long ball up field to the heart of the Brazilian defense after another - Ericssons coaching and preparation were non-existent in that game - Arena's was

Nearly all these other coaches suggested here have great teams assembled or bought for them - They have had little to do with actually making them better players - Except maybe SAF who oversees (at least on paper) the youth squad at ManU - The player pool in the US is frankly very wide range in talent but mostly concentrated in the mid-range, if not bottom heavy - There are very few truly International class players on the team - Goalies, yes - But Reyna & McBride are really the only ones who I would put on any International team, and thats only because I'm rooting for my home team - All the others have been good but not consistently outstanding: Donovan (need I say more?), Beasley (not a game-breaker by himself), Mathis (plays better in a Mohawk), O'Brien (too oft-injured to have any consistent impact), defenders (2nd level or past their prime; Gooch looks like the only truly international level defender right now) - And everyone else quite frankly is still too young and developing or too flaky right now, even though I love 'em all - Convey, Cherundolo, Frankie, EJ, Santino, Berhalter, Dempsey, Noonan, Howard

What truly separates Arena from the rest is his ability to really improve the players who come into camp - Even they aren't chosen for the final squad, just the experience and coaching and exposure they get make them better when they return to their clubs - And the improvement is even greater with international playing experience

And, last but not least, no other coach has done more with his team while contending with such a bunch of rubes like the US Soccer

[three lions]

Bartender, I'll take what he's having..........

[John L]

Bartender, I'll take what he's having..........

Single Malt Scotch - Jaegermeister - Goldshlaeger - Jack Daniels - Foggy Bottom - Black Arrow - New Caledonian


{the list goes on and on}

[Mosco]

Bartender, I'll take what he's having..........


Good one mate let me buy you a bass ale hows that sound for that good response! :D

[schafer]

Frank Yallop

[mikaforsell23]

Jose Mourinho is the best one. His success in Porto and Chelsea was great.

[Mosco]

Leo Benhakker I like his strategys

[hiddink_magic]

Certainly not Alex Ferguson. He is a whinger.

I like the new socceroos coach! He's going to be great for the club.

[Mosco]

I agree

[IrishGary]

Alan Pardew has been pretty good for West Ham at the moment maybe one for the future.
I hate Mick McCarthy (Keano Keano!) Bryan and Bobby Robson are also special

[vilafria]

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/gen/xp/20051008/i/4102340378.jpg

Scolari. Leading two nations in a row to the WC. :)

[The V Bomber]

If Guus can break the socceroos WC curse, he is clearly th best manager in the world.