[Football] Premier League managers ranked by who would be best in a fight: 2020 edition.

[Swansman]

I love Potter but he should be dead last.. possibly exlcluded

Mourinho looks really weak but I think he fights through biting and scratching

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

I reckon Ancelotti has a low centre of gravity and ONE big punch in him. If that lands, he’s decent. If not, he’s in trouble.

I would possibly have Potter lower. He looks like he’d do anything not to get in a fight to me.

mmm agreed, a dirty fighter our Carlo l reckon too, Graham Potter bottom of the league l reckon.

 

[The Fifth Column]

Think Potter is a little underrated, he's only 44 and fit unlike some of the fat old duffer managers, he'd have better stamina for sure. Also he managed 377 appearances in his playing career as a Left back, with a fair few of these in the lower leagues so I reckon he's harder than you might think. Definitely harder than Smug Eddie who is bottom 3 every day of the week.

 

[maltaseagull]

I think Potter should be top. He’d analyse them and talk them out of it, while setting them on a worthwhile course for the rest of their lives.

You forgot:

Learn from this and move on

 

[Stat Brother]

If you're happy with you choice, feel free to move onto captains:-




Which one n turn should lead us naturally to:-

The Hardest Manager/Captain Tag-Team.

Edit - just realised the above question leads directly to Pearson/Deaney.

So as you were.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Think Potter is a little underrated, he's only 44 and fit unlike some of the fat old duffer managers, he'd have better stamina for sure. Also he managed 377 appearances in his playing career as a Left back, with a fair few of these in the lower leagues so I reckon he's harder than you might think. Definitely harder than Smug Eddie who is bottom 3 every day of the week.

On reflection (about Potter's position), it all depends. If Potter has done a bit of boxing, and who can tell*, he would be something in a fair fight**. I also wonder whether he might not be a 7th dan in some weird martial art. Possibly one that involves lulling your opponent into a drowsy stupor by stating mild platitudes in a noncommital way, only then to strike, lightening-fast with some sort of Vulcan death manouvre, possibly involving use of Jazz Hands.

*Consider that labour candidate for mayor of London, Rory Stewart, fo example. He looks like half a pint of schoolgirl's piss, yet this man has trecked alone across war-torn Syria with nothing but a pen knife and a massive supply of weed to keep him safe.

**Agree that Maureen would be a real handful in an unfair fight, especially when feigning surrender and, if use of concealed weapons were allowed.

 

[Gwylan]

*Consider that labour candidate for mayor of London, Rory Stewart, fo example. He looks like half a pint of schoolgirl's piss, yet this man has trecked alone across war-torn Syria with nothing but a pen knife and a massive supply of weed to keep him safe.

Independent (but was a Tory minister)

 

[Guinness Boy]

If you're happy with you choice, feel free to move onto captains:-

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Which one n turn should lead us naturally to:-

The Hardest Manager/Captain Tag-Team.

Edit - just realised the above question leads directly to Pearson/Deaney.

So as you were.

Grealish above Dunk? In fact, Grealish above ANYONE? Only takes a puff of wind to knock that feller over as we've seen over and over and over again....

 

[Hugo Rune]

If you're happy with you choice, feel free to move onto captains:-

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Which one n turn should lead us naturally to:-

The Hardest Manager/Captain Tag-Team.

Edit - just realised the above question leads directly to Pearson/Deaney.

So as you were.

You should be banned for publishing an image that suggests Grealish is harder than Dunk.

Are you some sort of sicko?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Independent (but was a Tory minister)

I never let so-called facts get in the way of a good narrative.

I rather like the softly spoken weird-faced assassin, so I subconsciously assumed he must be labour

 

[DJ NOBO]

and Klopp is WAY too low at 11. He's slightly mental, and he is MASSIVE.

Klopp v Dyche would be a great scrap.

Howe v Lampard on the undercard.

 

[Surrey Phil]

How Steve Bruce isn’t in the top 3 is madness! You’ve only got to look at his crooked nose to realise he’s been in a fair few scraps over the years!

 

[Brownstuff]

Potter is Walter from the Beano and should be bottom of the pile even below Hodgson who with a bit of weight would smother Potter on the floor
No-one messes with Wilder

 

[Thunder Bolt]

If you're happy with you choice, feel free to move onto captains:-

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Which one n turn should lead us naturally to:-

The Hardest Manager/Captain Tag-Team.

Edit - just realised the above question leads directly to Pearson/Deaney.

So as you were.

Sharp at 10 and Dunk at 16?

We’re you actually there in August 2011? Everybody knows Dunk defeated Sharp completely and utterly.

 

[wunt be druv]

I reckon our Potter is secretly a double 'ard b'stard, probably a quadruple black belt in every known martial art..I wouldn't want to f**k with him.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Northern Ireland's rep Brendan Rodgers would be top 2 for me, small but rock hard and definitely wouldn't stop after the bell when he smelt blood.

 

[herecomesaregular]

Also, no way Santo is 2nd - he speaks often about his aim of a "no conflict" environment in his squad.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Pearson was genuinely terrifying as a player. I always remember my pro set card for him and he looked like an absolute, total thug, gave me nightmares! Now he’s looking a lot older, he doesn’t look half as threatening as he did then. Still wouldn’t want to turn up to your girlfriend’s house and that be her old man though and he probably does deserve to be top of this.

Pearson, Dyche and Wilder definitely top 3 but Santo a close 4 - was a keeper, clearly a nutter.

Howe at 8 is an absolute joke! Did Lieu not see those press conferences around Christmas when it looked like Howe would cry any minute?!

Also think Arteta is a dark horse. Watch his press conferences, he could take someone down with a stare. If anyone messes with that beautiful hair, I reckon they’re ****ed.

 

[Weststander]

Also, no way Santo is 2nd - he speaks often about his aim of a "no conflict" environment in his squad.

The creator of the list wrongly took beards and stubble as a sign of hardness.

 

[Baldseagull]

If you're happy with you choice, feel free to move onto captains:-

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Which one n turn should lead us naturally to:-

The Hardest Manager/Captain Tag-Team.

Edit - just realised the above question leads directly to Pearson/Deaney.

So as you were.

I am pretty sure Dunk killed Sharp, in the first game at the Amex, and therefore should not be below him.