Jose Mourinho by far first ever manager to win the prem on his first season and first ever manager to win two different countrys leagues simatuneuosly(???) but why!!!??!! id David Moyes first after a big fat 7 - 0 lose lol how can you even think of voting for him
look, it's not that tough. the very premise of a 'manager of the year' award is to determine who did the best job relative to his resources. were this not the case, then you'd just have to give it to the manager of the championship team, and be done with it. it is not a knock against mourinho - who is clearly very good, and obviously did a great job - to imply that someone else may have done more, relative to the hand they've been dealt. mel mentions that nobody said "oh, but look how much sir alex spent" in analyzing his performances. well, i'm not sure that's true. but i'm damn sure he didn't take his club a full half-billion pounds into the red to do them. mourinho's boss damn well 100% expected him to win the title with what he was given. now, i know it's not as simple as throwing cash at it, and i thought ranieri's situation last year was thankless. but you simply cannot say that mourinho exceded expectations, because abramovich made damn sure that absolutely no hurdles could stand between 1st place and mourinho's considerable abilities. so if one wishes to suggest that the qualities of man u and arsenal were more difficult to overcome with a half-billion pounds, than to overcome the likes of liverpool, bolton, boro, spurs, et.al., without your two best players and no cash, that's fine. vote for mourinho. i'll not argue too strenuously. but don't act mystified when others, quite rationally, think that finishing a dozen or more places higher than one could reasonably (with pessimism) expect, is more impressive than finishing two places above the absolute worst imaginable scenario for chelsea fans.
My sister could have won the league coaching that team and she doesn't even know who Chelsea is! Besides... Mourinho just gave away his coaching secrets to everyone on TV.. I just saw it!! "You've got to block and goalkeeper and you've got to believe you can score."
Right. Simple as hell for Americans. Ball. Kick. Score one more than you Vindaloo. Classic. Only Brits will get that joke. Ps. Come on England and haway the toon.
Only Big Sam good make El Hadji Diouf a good striker, and therefore should be manager of the year just for that.
How about a vote for Bryan Robson. Rescuing a sinking ship at Christmas and never allowing them pack it all in when it would be so easy to do so. Its easy to vote for Jose or David or Big Sam. I`m tossing a bone to the little guy at the bottom ( no longer ) of the table this time.
He is a Manc Bastard, you can not give it to a stupid Manc Bastard. Ps. My vote goes to Wan. Not really, Jose. Only Brits will get that Wan joke. Chris Moyels on Radio 1. Roy Walker bollox. Car park catchphrase. Classic.
Ya, I think Robson's a better manager than he gets credit for. Granted some of WBA staying up is due to inheriting about as good of a squad as one can expect for a newly promoted club. Plus, with Chelsea settin' a record for points, 34 points to stay up surely is a record in itself.
Ya, I think Robson's a better manager than he gets credit for. Granted some of WBA staying up is due to inheriting about as good of a squad as one can expect for a newly promoted club. Plus, with Chelsea settin' a record for points, 34 points to stay up surely is a record in itself.
I voted for Moyes cuz he did it without the money but yes, Jose deserves some praise, too. Big Sam has done a pretty good job but loses some points with me for having that pig Diouf... Bryan Robson has really done a great job at WBA, not just cuz they stayed up (techinically the had the easiest game yesterday out of those 4 teams, IMO) but because he improved the way they play and the team morale. That's the measure of a great manager to me cuz that's something that isn't affected by $$$.
I agree. I voted in this poll about a week ago and didn't hesitate to vote for Moyes. The fact that Bryan Robson somehow got West Brom to stay up is an absolute miracle. Well perhaps miracle is the wrong word. The coaching staff and the players have done the business, and I'm shocked. I would have bet my house against them.
I know that a bunch of people voted for Mourinho as Manager of the Year, but please...that's like saying Abramovitch is Owner of the Year.
Cute, I saw this commercial a few times today. Was pretty cool, as previously I had only seen American celebrities featured. Well done with the reference though. It's funny because that commercial came to mind when I read the posts about Mourinho.
How the ********ing hell do you work that one out sunshine. Ps. Road. Amarillo. Marie. Wait. Stay. Sit. Bark like a Dog. Good stupid Girl.
robson mgr of the year how about robson for mgr of the year. did anyone else pick west brom to finish outside the relegation zone?
They are relegation bait AGAIN ! Check the stats, they amassed 21 points from 19 games in the second half of the season, that's only a couple of points better than the 3 relegated teams. Hardly "manager of year" form, is it? Watch them spiral into mediocrity again next season..
Everton are sh!t and that's me being nice. What do i know? Only everything. Have it. Ps. I'm on the road to Amarillo.