| Re: Manager of the year?
Sir Steve Coppell for me, and for many more reasons beyond my own extreme personal bias and love for the man (in a non biblical way).
To take a side that, at the beginning of the season (apart from John Oster who by no means is a first team definite) that had no players with any previous Premier experience and guide them to the top six and the possibility with 10 games to go of a place in Europe is quite unbelievable.
Not only the above, but aside from Seol Ki Hyun(?) they didn't even buy anyone in the Summer to enhance the Championship winning squad, and on the opening day of the season lost last seasons highest scorer with an injury for the first four months of the season.
To do all this, and to do it whilst playing a quality of football waaaaaaaaaaaaaay beyond many of the "multi millionaire, millions spending, always in mid-table in the prem never entertaining anyone" clubs is terrific stuff. |