Worst Big Six Managers

Liverpool

This miserable short lived regime began in July 2010 following the departure of Liverpool legend and Champions League winner Rafa Benitez. It consited of an embarrasing defeat on Penalties to League Two’s Northampton Town in the League Cup, losing to newly promoted Blackpool Town at Anfield, describing himself as "one of the most respected coaches in Europe”, and having Liverpool sat in 18th after 7 games. It all ended a few days after a missed Gerrard penalty and 3-1 loss at Ewood Park.

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Manchester United

This era began in November 2024 after the sacking of Erik Ten Hag. It included a 15th placed Premier League finish, loss to 17th placed Spurs in the Europa League Final, being knocked out by League Two’s Grimsby Town on penalties in the Carabao Cup, calling his own team the ‘Worst in Manchester United’s history’, refusing to change his flawed 3-4-3 formation and falling out with and criticising the board and ownership which ultimately led to his demise

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Arsenal

How do you replace one of the greatest managers of all time?- hint- not like this… Despite an exceptional run of 11 wins in a row and 22 unbeaten, it quickly went downhill, taking 4 points from the last 5 games of the season, losing the Europa League Final 4-1 to Chelsea, starting the 19/20 season with 7 games without a victory he was sacked after spending heavily in the summer on players such as Nicolas Pepe and Kieran Tierney.

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Chelsea

The Russian invasion of Ukraine produced some unusual outcomes, one of them being the sale of Chelsea FC by Putin-sympathiser Roman Abramovich to American venture capitalist Tod Boehly. The esteemed football conoissuer Boehly, (who had never previously worked in european sport and proposed a formation consisting of 12 players) swiftly sacked Thomas Tuchel despite him winning the UCL and having Chelsea in the top 4. This manager was appointed to replace him and it basically started bad, went even worse and then ended horribly. It included a 4-1 defeat to former club Brighton on his first return to the Amex, the first FA Cup 3rd round exit since 1998 for the Blues after losing 4-0 to City, losing to bottom of the league Southampton, spending £323m on new players in January 2023 and leaving the club in 11th.

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Manchester City

This world cup winner lost 8 of his first 11 games in charge and got the club relegated after 7 seasons in the top flight and quit three games into the next season in the second tier. Not much else to say really…

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Tottenham Hotspur

He was only in charge for 17 games and despite starting well, it went downhill quickly losing 5 out of 7, 3-0 at home to Manchester United and having the club sat in 9th, he was sacked. Short and not very sweet.

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