Botim
Full Member
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2017
- Messages
- 663
- Supports
- Royal Antwerp FC
Just saw a shortlist of candidates for the Everton job: Martinez, Rooney, Kovac and Lampard. Add to that another year of expensive transfer mistakes and it seems some clubs just never seem to learn from their mistakes.
Who do you think are currently (as in: last 5-10 years or so) the best and worst run clubs in the league, given their budget, history and expectations? Here's my choices:
Best:
1) Leicester: absolutely brilliant long-term planning, loads of great transfers and manager appointments. Won a PL and FA Cup on fairly modest budget.
2) Brighton: started with a new stadium ten years ago, been climbing up ever since. Doing very well on a tiny budget with a positive approach to football
3) Man City: yes, they swim in cash, but you can't fault their strategy and vision.
honourable mentions: Aston Villa, Wolves, Chelsea
Worst:
1) Everton: should be regular top 4 contenders, given the money they spend and the size of their fanbase, but continually keep getting worse since the Moyes days.
2) Man United: had no plan for SAF's retirement, wasted a billion on mostly mediocre talent, keep appointing totally different types of managers who try and overhaul the whole squad
3) Arsenal: doing a bit better lately, but had a dreadfully underwhelming decade. Like United, had no plan at all for the succession of their most successful manager ever.
dishonourable mentions: Watford, Norwich
Who do you think are currently (as in: last 5-10 years or so) the best and worst run clubs in the league, given their budget, history and expectations? Here's my choices:
Best:
1) Leicester: absolutely brilliant long-term planning, loads of great transfers and manager appointments. Won a PL and FA Cup on fairly modest budget.
2) Brighton: started with a new stadium ten years ago, been climbing up ever since. Doing very well on a tiny budget with a positive approach to football
3) Man City: yes, they swim in cash, but you can't fault their strategy and vision.
honourable mentions: Aston Villa, Wolves, Chelsea
Worst:
1) Everton: should be regular top 4 contenders, given the money they spend and the size of their fanbase, but continually keep getting worse since the Moyes days.
2) Man United: had no plan for SAF's retirement, wasted a billion on mostly mediocre talent, keep appointing totally different types of managers who try and overhaul the whole squad
3) Arsenal: doing a bit better lately, but had a dreadfully underwhelming decade. Like United, had no plan at all for the succession of their most successful manager ever.
dishonourable mentions: Watford, Norwich