Who is currently the best coach in the world??

The nominees are:

1. Luiz Felipe Scolari
2. Sven Goran Eriksson
3. Guus Hiddink
4. Louis Van Gaal
5. Fabio Capello
6. Marcelo Lippi
7. Carlo Ancelotti
8. Cesare Prandelli
9. Luciano Spalletti
10. Alex Ferguson
11. Arsene Wenger
12. Rafa Benitez
13. Jose Mourinho
14. Carlos Alberto Parreira
15. Ottmar Hitzfeld
16. Otto Rehhagel
17. Frank Rijkaard
18. Daniel Passarella
19. Juande Ramos

I am not doing a poll, otherwise it will become "which club you support"!! So as usual, there is one rule, you cannot vote for your club's coach.

If I left anyone really good out, let me know.

1. So who is currently the best manager in the world?

2. If you had to replace the coach at your club, who is your first choice?

If i had to replace the current Ajax coach and pick one of those coaches to replace him , it has to be 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
Louis van Gaal

Well, the last line twists the question. Who is currently the best coach in the world - Spalletti IMO.

But who would I want to coach Barcelona instead of Rijkaard? Probably only Hiddink or Scolari from that list, but they wouldn't be first choices.

You should add Juande Ramos to the list.

Changed the question, and added Ramos - good call

kas wrote:Well, the last line twists the question. Who is currently the best coach in the world - Spalletti IMO.

But who would I want to coach Barcelona instead of Rijkaard? Probably only Hiddink or Scolari from that list, but they wouldn't be first choices.

You should add Juande Ramos to the list.

Guus Hiddink for Corinthians!!!!

I'd have him for Brazil too. But we never had a foreign coach, and I don't think we will ever have one.

bluenine wrote:
So if you had to replace the coach of your club, who is your first choice?

I would take Van Gaal, that's not to say he's the best, but he does play great football. I think the BEST is probably Mourinho.

I've got to say there's alot of dull coaches on that list. Safety first types.

So you think he is the best tactician in the world?

Raifael wrote:If i had to replace the current Ajax coach and pick one of those coaches to replace him , it has to be 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
Louis van Gaal

The original question was far better IMO. Asking who is the best coach is far too difficult a question to answer.

For the first question, I'd choose Spaletti or Hiddink

bluenine wrote:So you think he is the best tactician in the world?

Raifael wrote:If i had to replace the current Ajax coach and pick one of those coaches to replace him , it has to be 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000%
Louis van Gaal

I choose him because he knows the Ajax philosophy inside out , infact he added to it. Hes a good coach and tactician , if the right personal are there he can employ his 4/3/3 style. Hes always got the balance of defence + attack right and his teams do play lovely football .. Alex Ferguson + Wenger are admirers (and they are not too bad)

IMO he is one of the best tacticians.

If you are answering the earlier question, then Prandelli will suit the Wenger strategy/approach more than Spalletti. If Wenger goes in the near future, Prandelli will be a very natural replacement.

Tweedle wrote:The original question was far better IMO. Asking who is the best coach is far too difficult a question to answer.

For the first question, I'd choose Spaletti or Hiddink

IMO:

Best tactician: Lippi/Mourinho
Best replacement for Mancini at Inter = Prandelli

bluenine wrote:IMO:

Best tactician: Lippi/Mourinho
Best replacement for Mancini at Inter = Prandelli

But is the best tactician necessarily the best manager?

Anyway, watch out, because here come the Liverpool fans. How dare you not mention the word Benitez in the same sentence as 'Best Tactician'.

kas wrote:

bluenine wrote:IMO:

Best tactician: Lippi/Mourinho
Best replacement for Mancini at Inter = Prandelli

But is the best tactician necessarily the best manager?

Anyway, watch out, because here come the Liverpool fans. How dare you not mention the word Benitez in the same sentence as 'Best Tactician'.

The way Benitez brought on a right back in the last 10 minutes of the CL final when they were losing was a stroke of genius, it truly turned the tide.

Good point.

In Italy, the usual way to refer to a coach/manager is "tactician" coz it is implied that that is his primary contribution. But a manager has a larger role. So I actually mean MANAGER not just a tactician.

kas wrote:

bluenine wrote:IMO:

Best tactician: Lippi/Mourinho
Best replacement for Mancini at Inter = Prandelli

But is the best tactician necessarily the best manager?

Anyway, watch out, because here come the Liverpool fans. How dare you not mention the word Benitez in the same sentence as 'Best Tactician'.

bluenine wrote:If you are answering the earlier question, then Prandelli will suit the Wenger strategy/approach more than Spalletti. If Wenger goes in the near future, Prandelli will be a very natural replacement.

Tweedle wrote:The original question was far better IMO. Asking who is the best coach is far too difficult a question to answer.

For the first question, I'd choose Spaletti or Hiddink

That's true. I just want to be entertianed really. Hell, even someone like Marino or Zeman would be intriguing

i dont think there is a standout. If it wasn't for his dull football Jose could get it as his record is v impressive. Spaletti needs to win something (seria A) to even get close but i do like his roma team and his tactics are refreshing but losing 7-1 at utd wasn't that clever.
Could give it to Lippi. what other manager has both a WC winners medal and a CL one?

Zdenek Zeman?? A mediocre coach at best, tho he does have a tendency to attack and leave gaps in his defence!! Best known for fair play and allegations against Juve

Zeman is hardly a tactician who can command a CL team!! In Serie B these days, I think. Hasn't done anything of note since his Roma days 10 years ago.

Tweedle wrote:

bluenine wrote:If you are answering the earlier question, then Prandelli will suit the Wenger strategy/approach more than Spalletti. If Wenger goes in the near future, Prandelli will be a very natural replacement.

Tweedle wrote:The original question was far better IMO. Asking who is the best coach is far too difficult a question to answer.

For the first question, I'd choose Spaletti or Hiddink

That's true. I just want to be entertianed really. Hell, even someone like Marino or Zeman would be intriguing

bluenine wrote:Zdenek Zeman?? A mediocre coach at best, tho he does have a tendency to attack and leave gaps in his defence!! Best known for fair play and allegations against Juve

- Attacking
- Fair play
- Hates Juve

What more could you want?

Zeman is hardly a tactician who can command a CL team!! In Serie B these days, I think. Hasn't done anything of note since his Roma days 10 years ago.

I know, I was merely emphasising the fact that I want attacking and entertaining football. Yeh, he's manager of Lecce, again...

bluenine wrote:
1. So who is currently the best manager in the world?

2. If you had to replace the coach at your club, who is your first choice?

Arsene Wenger. Impressed and envious of what he's doing at Arsenal and although he's not the most successful or genial you cannot argue with the near instant success he had when joining the club, or the way he has developed the club, won full support of fans and board alike and taken Arsenal forward.

As for Rafa's successor, I'll go for Gary Johnson. Or Florent Sinema Pongolle.

1) I 'd say ancelotti - his team( milan) are very nice to watch, current holders of the CL and have been the best team in that competition for the past few seasons.

Why are people choosing spalletti ahead of Wenger, Fergusson, rijkaard etc?

is it because his team plays good attacking football with no out an out strikers? well that not too dissimilar to the way we played in the CL in the 2005/2006 season

Agooner wrote:

is it because his team plays good attacking football with no out an out strikers? well that not too dissimilar to the way we played in the CL in the 2005/2006 season

Or Utd now

@ glenn

I'll save you a place next the the nice river when you get to heaven

Bluenine that list is riduclous!!

van Basten and Rijkaard are in that!!!!

My vote would go to Low...

Best : Hiddink

Replace Ron Jans (only if we absolutely have to) : Co Adriaanse

Good thread bluey!

1. So who is currently the best manager in the world?

Imo anyone of Lippi, Mourinho, Ferguson or Hiddink, though they're all very good managers in their own right.

2. If you had to replace the coach at your club, who is your first choice?

Mourinho

Beenhakker > Van Basten + Klinsi + Sven btw

Best Coach-Mourinho
Manager to replace Rijkaard-Big Phil

Beenhakker is a good coach, but past his best IMO and no way is he better than Sven.

Anyways, if you want we can add his name there... I added Van Basten and Klinsi only so that some sections don't get worked up about it...

Axeslammer wrote:Beenhakker > Van Basten + Klinsi + Sven btw

From that list Wenger and Anceloti are the best managers.

2. If you had to replace the coach at your club, who is your first choice?

Oleg Protasov

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Protasov

bluenine wrote:Beenhakker is a good coach, but past his best IMO and no way is he better than Sven.

He completely outplayed Sven's England with Tiny Trinidad & Tobago, he only lost because they cheated

Although having the best plaeyrs in the world doesn't mean you'll have the best team it definitely makes it easier for you. Best coaches for me take a supposedly weaker team and due to their coaching and tactics beat better teams on paper, wether in the league or CL. Hiddink, Wenger, Benitez, Mourinho etc all won things with weaker teams due to their coaching.

Spalletti's Roma play nice football but so far didn't win a great deal. Inter did that for several years with different coaches, just by having good players who could turn on the style, but were not good enough to beat the top teams due to bad tactics from the manager. Kevin Keegan's Newcastle also played great football, so who would like him to manage their club?