Nigel French/Empics Sport
If Alan Pardew’s recent successes and the 5th place finish he lead the club to in 2012 has proved one thing, it’s that underwhelming managers can manage spectacular things. It might be unfair to cast Pardew off entirely as a terrible manager – it is a close run thing there for a while and the jury should still be out – and over the years Newcastle have been stuck with some seriously poor managers.
But there have been some surprising moments of over-achievement from even the very worst – including Gordon Lee, the man generally held as the very worst manager ever to take control at St. James’ Park. If nothing else, this at least offers the lesson that we shouldn’t always trust generic opinions either way, and indeed that high-points are indeed possible by otherwise irredeemable managers.
But who is the greatest player to have defied...
If Alan Pardew’s recent successes and the 5th place finish he lead the club to in 2012 has proved one thing, it’s that underwhelming managers can manage spectacular things. It might be unfair to cast Pardew off entirely as a terrible manager – it is a close run thing there for a while and the jury should still be out – and over the years Newcastle have been stuck with some seriously poor managers.
But there have been some surprising moments of over-achievement from even the very worst – including Gordon Lee, the man generally held as the very worst manager ever to take control at St. James’ Park. If nothing else, this at least offers the lesson that we shouldn’t always trust generic opinions either way, and indeed that high-points are indeed possible by otherwise irredeemable managers.
But who is the greatest player to have defied...
- 11/15/2014
- by Simon Gallagher
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