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Who is the best manager in the Championship?
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Brighton Breezy
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Can't think of any I would be more excited by, but always difficult to tell because a third of the league will never have been given the chance to prove what they can do at a club with decent resources.
Eddie Howe
Dougie Freeman
Owen Coyle
Zola
Harry Redknapp
However, this doesn't mean I'd like any of the above at The Amex instead of Oscar.
Dougie Freeman
Owen Coyle
Zola
Harry Redknapp
However, this doesn't mean I'd like any of the above at The Amex instead of Oscar.
Brighton Breezy
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Agreed. Although I would add Chris Powell to the list as he seems to have done an excellent job at Charlton.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I agree. There's much to admire about Chris Powell.
Forgot Chris Powell. Another one who set his team up well against us.
Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
Adkins, probably.
Dougie 'Greed'man could well take Bolton up this year.
I think Oscar will outshine the lot of them though.
Dougie 'Greed'man could well take Bolton up this year.
I think Oscar will outshine the lot of them though.
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Big Mick! I love Mick McCarthy!
Gregory2Smith1
J'les aurai!
Mick McCarthy has an excellent track record in this league
joeinbrighton
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Well, in terms of achievement, Harry Redknapp is the only one to have won a major trophy as a manager and to have led a team into the Champions League.
However, in terms of the skills needed for managing in the Championship, there's different criteria required to assess who is best. Redknapp can certainly manage at that level and got Portsmouth promoted, but he would find it very difficult at a club with a limited budget. He would need to be able to manoeuvre players.
In terms of managers who could do a job with a restricted budget and get their team to play non-Neanderthal football (hence me about to exclude Mick McCarthy despite his track record in the Championship), then messrs Zola, Adkins, Freedman, McDermott and Powell are strong candidates. I think Freedman and Powell will both prove their quality in the forthcoming season.
However, in terms of the skills needed for managing in the Championship, there's different criteria required to assess who is best. Redknapp can certainly manage at that level and got Portsmouth promoted, but he would find it very difficult at a club with a limited budget. He would need to be able to manoeuvre players.
In terms of managers who could do a job with a restricted budget and get their team to play non-Neanderthal football (hence me about to exclude Mick McCarthy despite his track record in the Championship), then messrs Zola, Adkins, Freedman, McDermott and Powell are strong candidates. I think Freedman and Powell will both prove their quality in the forthcoming season.
Brighton Breezy
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Probably explains why he is always so keen to get his teams back into it then...
Maybe 30 years ago...
joeinbrighton
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BensGrandad
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I would suggest that the top contenders have to be Arry and Adkins but Coyle and McCarthy have proved themselves in this division.
bn1&bn3 Albion
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Zola, Freedman, Adkins and Poyet..
Buckley's Mad Eye
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- Oct 27, 2012
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That Barnsley manager did well keeping those boys up. I'll go for him.
The Wookiee
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If Poyet had of gone to reading, I could of seen Adkins coming to Brighton with BHA old boys Crosby and Wilkins and been very very successful !!