Being a soccer supervisor is brutal, and on the prime stage, the extent of scrutiny and stress to carry out is even larger.
Southampton’s record-breaking relegation from the Premier League not too long ago highlighted this, with the Saints hierarchy overseeing two of the worst top-flight managerial tenures in historical past this season.
Ivan Juric’s departure brings an ill-fated stint at St Mary’s to an abrupt finish, however how do his shortcomings stack up in opposition to the worst the Premier League has ever seen?
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Listed here are the worst Premier League managers primarily based on factors earned per sport. A few of these managers proved and even redeemed themselves at different top-flight golf equipment, however there isn’t any escaping these horror appointments.
For this checklist, solely everlasting managers who had been in cost for a minimum of 4 video games are included.
Worst Premier League managers primarily based on factors per sport | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | Supervisor | Membership | Matches | Factors | PPG |
1 | Frank de Boer | Crystal Palace | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Paul Jewell | Derby | 24 | 5 | 0.21 |
3 | Sam Allardyce | Leeds | 4 | 1 | 0.25 |
4 | Mick McCarthy | Sunderland | 37 | 10 | 0.27 |
5 | Ivan Juric | Southampton | 14 | 4 | 0.29 |
6 | Russell Martin | Southampton | 16 | 5 | 0.31 |
7 | Terry Connor | Wolves | 13 | 4 | 0.31 |
8 | Jan Siewert | Huddersfield | 15 | 5 | 0.33 |
9 | Nathan Jones | Southampton | 8 | 3 | 0.38 |
10 | Billy Davies | Derby | 14 | 6 | 0.43 |
11 | Alan Pardew | West Brom | 18 | 8 | 0.44 |
12 | Roy Hodgson | Watford | 18 | 9 | 0.5 |
13 | Daniel Farke | Norwich | 49 | 26 | 0.53 |
13
Daniel Farke (Norwich Metropolis)
0.53 factors per sport
Daniel Farke has but to excel within the Premier League, regardless of getting Norwich Metropolis promoted twice from the Championship.
Throughout his 49 top-flight video games in cost – spanning three seasons on account of relegation in 2019/20 – the German solely oversaw six victories, which embody a shock consequence in opposition to then-champions Manchester Metropolis in September 2019.
He left the membership in November 2021, bizarrely not lengthy after securing a primary win of the marketing campaign.
12
Roy Hodgson (Watford)
0.50 factors per sport
Roy Hodgson has had a glittering managerial profession, however after making an surprising comeback to soccer with Watford, his bid to save lots of them from relegation could not have gone a lot worse.
He solely managed two wins in 18 video games at Vicarage Street, and the Hornets had been mockingly relegated following a defeat to Hodgson’s former – and future – membership, Crystal Palace.
It will not diminish his stature as one of many managerial greats, however not many have completed worse than the ex-England boss throughout this unforgiving spell.
11
Alan Pardew (West Brom)
0.44 factors per sport
Alan Pardew was a extremely skilled Premier League supervisor, so coming into West Brom, he should have backed himself to show the membership’s ailing fortunes round.
In the long run, one win and eight consecutive defeats within the Premier League was his undoing, with simply eight factors taken from a doable 54.
West Brom had been ultimately relegated with out Pardew within the dugout, and the supervisor’s profession has been low-key ever since.
10
Billy Davies (Derby)
0.43 factors per sport
Taking Derby County into the Premier League for the primary time in 5 years through the play-offs could have made Billy Davies a hero at Pleasure Park, however the starting to their fateful 2007/08 marketing campaign was a catastrophe.
The Rams’ sole win on matchday 6 was the one spotlight post-promotion, and failure to repeat the trick within the eight video games that adopted noticed Derby and Davies half methods.
The Scot’s solely solace is maybe that even his successor – who options beneath – could not get a tune out of the group, both.
9
Nathan Jones (Southampton)
0.38 factors per sport
After impressing at Luton City, Nathan Jones acquired his huge break when Southampton got here calling following the sacking of Ralph Hasenhuttl in November 2022.
However Jones and his unpredictable strategies noticed his tenure final simply eight Premier League video games, with the Saints solely managing one win over Everton in that point.
With 0.38 factors per sport, he comfortably has one of many worst information in Premier League historical past.
8
Jan Siewert (Huddersfield)
0.33 factors per sport
When Jan Siewert was drafted in to save lots of Huddersfield City’s Premier League standing, even he should have been daunted on the measurement of the mountain he could have needed to climb.
Arriving with the Terriers 10 factors adrift on the backside of the desk, it might have taken a miracle to salvage something constructive from the marketing campaign.
Siewert earned one win and misplaced eight on the spin earlier than being relegated, lasting simply three (winless) Championship video games earlier than he was dismissed.
7
Terry Connor (Wolves)
0.31 factors per sport
Terry Connor was handed a considerably poisoned chalice after Mick McCarthy’s spell at Molineux turned bitter, and he was unable to get a tune out of Wolves as they battled relegation in 2011/12.
Promoted from assistant to move coach with the Previous Gold staring down the barrel of demotion, Connor oversaw a hapless, winless run that consigned his facet to Championship soccer.
Connor did not take one other full-time managerial function till becoming a member of the Grenadian nationwide group in 2023, and is now assistant supervisor at Nationwide League facet Dagenham & Redbridge.
6
Russell Martin (Southampton)
0.31 factors per sport
Russell Martin set out his stall following Southampton’s promotion final season, vowing to play his manner in direction of Premier League survival.
That turned out to be a horrendous name, with the Saints dropping sport after sport, incomes simply 5 factors earlier than his eventual sacking in December 2024.
But when Southampton thought Martin’s common of 0.31 factors per match was unhealthy, they had been in for a nasty shock together with his successor.
5
Ivan Juric (Southampton)
0.29 factors per sport
Ivan Juric had left Roma earlier than becoming a member of Southampton to save lots of their Premier League pores and skin.
However after beginning his tenure with six straight defeats, it was clear that Southampton had been by no means going to show the nook below the Croatian.
Shedding by 4 objectives or extra on three events in his 14-match spell, the Southampton hierarchy must take a few of the blame, with their run of appointments within the prime flight being virtually fully ineffective.
4
Mick McCarthy (Sunderland)
0.27 factors per sport
All through his Sunderland tenure, Mick McCarthy recorded one relegation and two disastrous Premier League campaigns.
In 2002/03, McCarthy changed Howard Wilkinson within the Sunderland sizzling seat, however endured 9 straight defeats because the Wearsiders recorded what was a file low Premier League factors whole.
He did get the Black Cats up on the second time of asking, however McCarthy’s second try at top-flight success within the north-east ended having misplaced all however six of his video games in cost.
3
Sam Allardyce (Leeds)
0.25 factors per sport
Sam Allardyce was spectacularly parachuted in to save lots of Leeds United from Premier League relegation, however a dismal four-game spell noticed the Whites lose their top-flight standing.
His solely level earned throughout that point got here from a 2-2 draw in opposition to Newcastle, however back-to-back defeats noticed Leeds sink to the second tier when yet another win would have been sufficient.
It could be a small pattern measurement, however Allardyce certainly regrets heading to Elland Street.
2
Paul Jewell (Derby)
0.21 factors per sport
Paul Jewell had labored survival magic previously, main Bradford Metropolis and Wigan Athletic to relegation salvation.
However after being referred to as upon by Derby in November 2007, that magic had run out. Zero wins, 5 attracts and 19 defeats gave Jewell one of many worst managerial information in a single spell.
The Rams had been relegated with the bottom factors haul in Premier League historical past, although on the time of writing, Southampton might but eclipse this.
1
Frank de Boer (Crystal Palace)
0 factors per sport
Frank de Boer’s appointment at Crystal Palace must go down as an absolute misfire.
His horror spell at Selhurst Park bore no objectives, no factors and 77 days of distress. Bar a 2-1 victory over Ipswich City within the League Cup, it was a very pointless endeavour.
We’ll by no means understand how nicely he would have fared with extra time, although the Eagles’ resolution to get rid was a minimum of vindicated, surviving comfortably below the tutelage of Roy Hodgson.
