Worse Managers Than Staunton

**Billsthoughts** · 21/03/2007, 11:13 AM

Can anyone think of any other managerial reigns that were as big a farce as Stauntons Ireland one? Christain(?) Gross at Spurs comes to mind......

**Paddy Garcia** · 21/03/2007, 11:21 AM

No .

**drummerboy** · 21/03/2007, 11:24 AM

No. Can't think of anyone so incompetent.

**Monkfish** · 21/03/2007, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

Can anyone think of any other managerial reigns that were as big a farce as Stauntons Ireland one? Christain(?) Gross at Spurs comes to mind......

As big as? probably not, but Sven and Taylor with England, Dave Sexton at Man Utd, John Barnes at Celtic, Souness at Liverpool all come to mind.

**Jerry The Saint** · 21/03/2007, 11:31 AM

Very unfair to Gross who has won many trophies in Switzerland and has a good record in Europe. He had a disappointing time at Spurs but I believe his record wasn't significantly worse than other Tottenham managers around that time.

Quinn at Sunderland, possibly

But he had the good sense to get out when he realised it wasn't the job for him so I'd say No.

**greendeiseboy** · 21/03/2007, 11:33 AM

most leeds united managers since don revie with the exception of howard wilkinson and that yoke kerley (or was that crilly) at waterford utd

**drinkfeckarse** · 21/03/2007, 11:34 AM

Berti Vogts was almost as bad but Stan is setting new levels of incompetence and inconsistency every week.

**NeilMcD** · 21/03/2007, 11:35 AM

Sean O Connor at Bohs so far

**theworm2345** · 21/03/2007, 11:36 AM

Its quite hard...Glenn Hoddle at Wolves was terrible last year, though Wolves were 7th in the Championship (we may be 7th in our group too!)

**shakermaker1982** · 21/03/2007, 11:50 AM

John Barnes was a good call but hard to top David Platt at Nottm Forest. The club is still in turmoil because of that eadget. He buys in 3 of his Italian mates who then suffer long term injuries as soon as they step on the East Midlands Airport tarmac. To top it off they are then 'paid off' in compensation because they can never play football again. 2 relegations later and they get beat by teams like Yeovil. For Stan to surpass Platt we need to get beaten by the likes of Cyprus and scrape by teams like San Marino.......hang on a minute.

**cavan_fan** · 21/03/2007, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Monkfish

As big as? probably not, but Sven and Taylor with England, Dave Sexton at Man Utd, John Barnes at Celtic, Souness at Liverpool all come to mind.

Ignoring his salary Sven was fairly succesful with England. The qualified consistently (something that was not previously the case) and got to the last 8. I'd say he achieved par performances from his team. If only Stan could do that.

The question I'd ask is whether there is anyone involved in football who you would be disappoitned to hear was replacing Stan. As a starter I give you Paul Gascoigne and Stan Collymore!

**Dublin12** · 21/03/2007, 12:06 PM

Les Reed at Charlton,soon found out how tough it was.Paul Le Guens another one,got lucky with Lyon,shambles at Rangers and will soon have PSG out of the first division,hopefully.

**Sligo Hornet** · 21/03/2007, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Sean O Connor at Bohs so far

Serves you right!!

**Risteard** · 21/03/2007, 12:24 PM

I'd imagine a few of the recent Madrid managers only lasted a few losses.

Maybe Toshack, Camacho and Garcia Roman though the results there needn't have been too disastorous to get the sack.

**Monkfish** · 21/03/2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

Ignoring his salary Sven was fairly succesful with England. The qualified consistently (something that was not previously the case) and got to the last 8. I'd say he achieved par performances from his team. If only Stan could do that.

The question I'd ask is whether there is anyone involved in football who you would be disappoitned to hear was replacing Stan. As a starter I give you Paul Gascoigne and Stan Collymore!

True but considering the talent pool at his disposal i thought they should be doing more than just qualifieing and scraping wins against trinidad and tobago and paraguay, with the exeption of Brazil i couldnt see a stronger squad at the start of the world cup.

**Torn-Ado** · 21/03/2007, 1:15 PM

Liam Brady at Celtic was fairly muck

**drinkfeckarse** · 21/03/2007, 1:29 PM

None of the above have ever even come close to some of the bizarre decisions Stan has made. Just because someone had a bad spell does not automatically make them a bad manager.

There are very few who can hold a candle to our Stan. It's a shame because he should be revered for what he gave us as a player but instead I now find myself almost hating the guy for the embarressment he is causing and the shambles things have become.

**Schumi** · 21/03/2007, 1:51 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

The question I'd ask is whether there is anyone involved in football who you would be disappoitned to hear was replacing Stan. As a starter I give you Paul Gascoigne and Stan Collymore!

Ooh. That's a tough one.

**Jerry The Saint** · 21/03/2007, 2:00 PM

Originally Posted by cavan_fan

The question I'd ask is whether there is anyone involved in football who you would be disappoitned to hear was replacing Stan. As a starter I give you Paul Gascoigne and Stan Collymore!

Here's one that'll be hard to top - John Delaney himself. When the pressure on the current management proves too much, Delaney takes over team affairs himself. Not for any personal glory, of course. No, he would take the job as a selfless act because he would fear for the health and safety of any mere mortal taking the job, such are the pressures of managing the Ireland team in this modern Celtic Tiger World.