With Klopp's departure and Pep's 'achievement', the discussion has roundabouts reared its head again.
Carragher having Pep over SAF or Klopp over Wenger, for example, are just a couple of the bones of contention.
The PL being divided from the English Division 1 has merit in one list, as squad sizes changed emphatically during the PL era, as too did the points and games on offer - for the vast majority of the English Division 1, it was 2pts for a win and a 42-game campaign.
You may be the type who merely looks at net totals of league titles amassed and nothing else, or, you may be the type who takes into account the feat it is for one club compared to another and weight it against that i.e. Does Ranieri deserve higher praise than a manager who has won 2 league titles at a giant of the English game? And so on and so forth?
Who are your selections?
I shall hop off the fence for once and offer up my own:
PL era:
1. Ferguson
2. Mourinho**
3. Guardiola*
4. Wenger
5. Klopp
All-Time:
1. Ferguson
2. Clough
3. Shankly
4. Busby
5. Paisley
6. Revie
7. Mourinho**
8. Guardiola*
9. Wenger
10. Chapman
*Where are you supposed to put a cheat in the actual natural order? fecked if that can be given an objective lens amidst so many storied achievers.
**Aware fingers will also be pointed at Mourinho.
Your top 5PL, and top 10 A.T?
Edited out Ranieri for Klopp, whom I'd forgotten. Oops.
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Carragher having Pep over SAF or Klopp over Wenger, for example, are just a couple of the bones of contention.
The PL being divided from the English Division 1 has merit in one list, as squad sizes changed emphatically during the PL era, as too did the points and games on offer - for the vast majority of the English Division 1, it was 2pts for a win and a 42-game campaign.
You may be the type who merely looks at net totals of league titles amassed and nothing else, or, you may be the type who takes into account the feat it is for one club compared to another and weight it against that i.e. Does Ranieri deserve higher praise than a manager who has won 2 league titles at a giant of the English game? And so on and so forth?
Who are your selections?
I shall hop off the fence for once and offer up my own:
PL era:
1. Ferguson
2. Mourinho**
3. Guardiola*
4. Wenger
5. Klopp
All-Time:
1. Ferguson
2. Clough
3. Shankly
4. Busby
5. Paisley
6. Revie
7. Mourinho**
8. Guardiola*
9. Wenger
10. Chapman
*Where are you supposed to put a cheat in the actual natural order? fecked if that can be given an objective lens amidst so many storied achievers.
**Aware fingers will also be pointed at Mourinho.
Your top 5PL, and top 10 A.T?
Edited out Ranieri for Klopp, whom I'd forgotten. Oops.
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