A Snapshot of the Premier League table

by Hapless_Hans Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:10 pm

After match day 13, Palace vs Sunderland game still to play

1. Leicester - foreign manager
2. Man United - foreign
3. Man City - foreign
3. Arsenal - foreign
5. Tottenham - foreign
6. West Ham - foreign
7. Everton - foreign
8. Southampton - foreign
9. Liverpool - foreign
10. Crystal Palace - world citizen
11. Stoke - British
12. West Brom - British
13. Watford - foreign
14. Swansea - British
15. Chelsea - British (source)
16. Norwich - British
17. Newcastle - British
18. Bournemouth - British
19. Sunderland - British
20. Aston Villa - foreign (having taken over from a British manager 3 weeks ago)

Of course, world citizen Pardew can climb a few places tomorrow. That notwithstanding, the picture is clear. British managers are shit.

Discuss.

by RealGunner Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:10 pm

This is like saying water is wet

Discuss

by Lucifer Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:23 pm

Bestestest league on planet imo. Putting FIFA 14 career mode to shame Molenation

by BarrileteCosmico Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:26 pm

"20. Aston Villa - foreign (having taken over from a British manager one month ago)"

Shouldn't the same qualifier be used for Liverpool? hmm

I'm not sure how much of this is objectively down to manager quality. Chelsea aside there are no teams in the bottom 10 that I think "This team should be higher if only they had a competent manager". Most of them are where you would expect them to be, with the exception of Chelsea and Leicester, who both have foreign managers.

by Hapless_Hans Sun Nov 22, 2015 5:29 pm

BarrileteCosmico wrote:"20. Aston Villa - foreign (having taken over from a British manager one month ago)"

Shouldn't the same qualifier be used for Liverpool?

No. That would spoil the agenda. Besides, Liverpool were tenth when Kloppo took over, he closed the ranks to the leading foreign managed bulk.

Also, just noticed Garde is only there for 3 weeks, not a month.

by VendettaRed07 Sun Nov 22, 2015 6:37 pm

14 premier league titles won by Scotsman. Don't lump them together with the English pretenders

by CBarca Sun Nov 22, 2015 9:16 pm

Very enlightening Hans, thanks.

by Hapless_Hans Sun Nov 22, 2015 10:30 pm

CBarca wrote:Very enlightening Hans, thanks.

Sarcasm?

by rwo power Mon Nov 23, 2015 12:44 am

But in Women Football, an Englishman won the Champions League 2015 as coach of 1.FFC Frankfurt, and they just reached the CL Quarter Final for this season. :coffee:

by windkick Mon Nov 23, 2015 1:49 am

An English manager has never won the EPL.

by Red Alert Mon Nov 23, 2015 10:08 am

RealGunner wrote:This is like saying water is wet

Discuss

Water isn't wet. Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being. We, or our possessions, 'get wet'.