Stoke Managers 🤔
We’ve tried a lot of different manager types over the last few years! Despite trying different methods, we’ve continually come unstuck.
Interesting to compare and contrast...
(A thread)
#stoke #scfc #stokecity #potters
We’ve tried a lot of different manager types over the last few years! Despite trying different methods, we’ve continually come unstuck.
Interesting to compare and contrast...
(A thread)
#stoke #scfc #stokecity #potters
Tony Pulis
Style: Direct, physical, wide attack, target man.
Personality: Transparent, hard working manager who expected the same from his team. Dished out discipline.
Downfall: Longevity of tenure lost players interest and fans belief in his style.
Success: ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Style: Direct, physical, wide attack, target man.
Personality: Transparent, hard working manager who expected the same from his team. Dished out discipline.
Downfall: Longevity of tenure lost players interest and fans belief in his style.
Success: ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Mark Hughes
Style: More flair play, two sitting CMs to allow fluid movement up top.
Personality: Closed off to the media, occasionally prickly, regularly fractious vs managers.
Downfall: Could not organise or purchase solid defenders. Repeated bad recruitment.
Success: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Style: More flair play, two sitting CMs to allow fluid movement up top.
Personality: Closed off to the media, occasionally prickly, regularly fractious vs managers.
Downfall: Could not organise or purchase solid defenders. Repeated bad recruitment.
Success: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Paul Lambert
Style: Defensively minded, low possession counter attack football.
Personality; Enthusiastic, likeable and happy to take a job a SCFC.
Downfall: Did not have the management or motivation skills for a group of mentally relegated players.
Success: ⭐️
Style: Defensively minded, low possession counter attack football.
Personality; Enthusiastic, likeable and happy to take a job a SCFC.
Downfall: Did not have the management or motivation skills for a group of mentally relegated players.
Success: ⭐️
Gary Rowett
Style: 4-3-3 with two advanced wingers playing as wide forwards.
Personality: Over confident upon his arrival, setting an air of arrogance. Relationship with fans quickly soured
Downfall: Breakdown of fan relations & poor (and expensive) recruitment
Success: ⭐️
Style: 4-3-3 with two advanced wingers playing as wide forwards.
Personality: Over confident upon his arrival, setting an air of arrogance. Relationship with fans quickly soured
Downfall: Breakdown of fan relations & poor (and expensive) recruitment
Success: ⭐️
Nathan Jones
Style: diamond 4-4-2, with wing backs to support.
Personality: Passionate, chest thumping, arm waving cheerleader. Very animated.
Downfall: Failed to stick with his philosophy, poor recruitment, struggled with bigger ego players.
Success: ⭐️
Style: diamond 4-4-2, with wing backs to support.
Personality: Passionate, chest thumping, arm waving cheerleader. Very animated.
Downfall: Failed to stick with his philosophy, poor recruitment, struggled with bigger ego players.
Success: ⭐️
Michael O’Neill
Style: Defensive rigidity with players knowing what is expected of them. Wing play, creative number 10, two deep CMs.
Personality: Understated, calm and assuring presence on the touch line and with the media. Player whisperer...
Downfall: .....
Success: ⭐️⭐️
Style: Defensive rigidity with players knowing what is expected of them. Wing play, creative number 10, two deep CMs.
Personality: Understated, calm and assuring presence on the touch line and with the media. Player whisperer...
Downfall: .....
Success: ⭐️⭐️
