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Which Premier League leaders were most responsible for the outperformance or underperformance of their team during the 2018-1919 season?
[ SEASON REVIEW: Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal ]
[ SEASON REVIEW: Man United, Wolves, Everton, Leicester, West Ham ]
Benitez, Rafael (Newcastle United) – B-
Good notes for: Keep Newcastle in the PL and finish 13th, with one of the smallest expenses in the league, beating the teams they needed to beat (eight of the 12 victories were won by teams below them) | Low rating for: Without a win in the first 10 games of the season
Last thoughts: Newcastle could be a perennial team in the first half, so only its owner, Mike Ashley, could either 1) dismiss his manager, or 2) sell the club. Benitez is by far the brightest manager Newcastle can hope to attract and he continues to outperform realistic expectations.
Dyche, Sean (Burnley) – C-
Good notes for: Find three worse teams than Burnley; eight unbeaten games to start 2019 | Low rating for: Six losers from three games or more (two of which lasted four games)
Last thoughts: This is Burnley's level – scraping and scratching a few points before relegation – rather than 7th place from last season.
Emery, Unai (Arsenal) – C +
Good notes for: 14 unbeaten games after losing twice to start the season | Low rating for: Do not finish in the top four, despite the fall of Tottenham and Chelsea
Last thoughts: Emery's first season following in Arsene Wenger's footsteps could have been better, but it could have gotten worse. The longer Emery sets off between Wenger and today, the easier the job will be. He badly needs to win the Europa League to form a team capable of coming back into the top four.
Espirito Santo, Nuno (Wolverhampton Wanderers) – A
Good notes for: Lead a newly promoted team to a 7th place, while playing an entertaining football style | Low rating for: N / A
Last thoughtsIf this is as good as possible for the wolves, let's all remember the time spent at the club by Espirito Santo for what he did this season, and not how it could all fall around him at next seasons. Of course, the wolves spent on par with the biggest PL clubs. Once again, Fulham spent $ 42 million last summer on Wolves and finished 19th.
Gracia, Javi (Watford) – B-
Good notes forWatford takes another step forward, until the 11th, in his first full season after narrowly avoiding relegation two seasons ago and progressing to the 14th season | Low rating for: Once Watford was mathematically safe, his form fell off a cliff and they collapsed on the table
Last thoughtsThere was a time this season when Watford seemed to be surprised by finishing seventh and then they lost six of their last nine games, but they still finished just seven points behind the Wolves.
Guardiola, Pep (Manchester City) – A +
Good notes for: Win the title for a second consecutive season, winning 14 consecutive games to end the season; need 98 points to win the title and get 98 points; wins title with Kevin De Bruyne, his best player of last season, playing only 19 games | Low rating for: N / A
Last thoughtsIf there were any questions about Guadiola's suitability for the PL, it was answered by winning 198 points in two seasons. Whatever he chooses to do next, he will do it well.
Hasenhuttl, Ralph (Southampton) – B
Good notes for: Pick up a team from the last three just before Christmas and keep it in the PL | Low rating for: N / A
Last thoughts: The Saints had won only once in 15 games before Hasenhuttl's nomination, which means they have won eight wins in their last 23 games – a big improvement, even if it would have been very difficult to replicate Mark Hughes' record. A race of 3W-3D-3L to finish the season was enough 1) to keep them in the PL, but more importantly 2) provided the only regularity period all season.
Hodgson, Roy (Crystal Palace) – C
Good notes for: Overcoming a really horrible start to the season (only three wins in the top 16 at the Palace) and finishing at 15 points in the relegation | Low rating for: Supervise the really horrible start to the season
Last thoughts: Hodgson deserves a lot of credit for allowing the team to stay in the game when the situation was terribly gloomy (16th place, one point before relegation after 16 games), but he deserves just as much of a reproach for being in this position. In the end, he will have a job for life if he manages to secure the 12th place at the Palace, year after year.
Howe, Eddie (Bournemouth) – C +
Good notes for: Win six of its first ten games and propel Bournemouth into the conversation for a first-final match | Low rating for: 17 losses in the next 28 games and 14th in 14th place
Last thoughts: If it's not for a good start to the season (20 points in 10 games, where could the Cherries have been?) In the end, expect too much for a club with a budget of Bournemouth is wildly unrealistic.
Hughton, Chris (Brighton and Hove Albion) – C-
Good notes for: Do enough – just enough – for Brighton to stay in the PL | Low rating for: 17th at two points of the relegation and fired
Last thoughts: Hughton's four-and-a-half year tenure in Brighton will be remembered, as he took them to PL, held them for a second season and secured a third season. That said, he might have pushed the club as far as possible, making this summer the right time to change.
Klopp, Jurgen (Liverpool) – A +
Good notes for: Liverpool improved by 22 points from one season to another (24 points better than Man City); sets up a young Liverpool team for what should be a decade of title challenges | Low rating forLiverpool had a seven-point lead on Jan. 13, but Man City took advantage on March 3 and never looked back
Last thoughts: What could Klopp and Co. have done more? 97 points would have won the title in two seasons in the history of the PL: last season and this season, thanks to Man City, which has 198 points.
Parker, Scott (Fulham) – incomplete
Good notes for: Enlisting the nine defeats of Fulham (which he was responsible for), he won three consecutive victories | Low rating for: Losing these five games by a combined score of 13-4
Last thoughts: Fulham was already almost gone (10 points in 17th place, while there were only 10 games left) when Parker was named. Fulham lost his first five games, then three, then two losses. Let's wait and see what the first boss can do in the EFL Championship.
Pellegrini, Manuel (West Ham United) – C
Good notes for: Three defeats in 13 matches from mid-September to mid-December | Low rating for: The four games – four losses – preceded the 13 games mentioned above and wondered if Pellegrini would survive his first match season months in charge
Last thoughts: On paper, Pellegrini had a very strong team to work with. In practice, he was strongly biased towards the attacking half of the pitch and nothing could be worse for his favorite style. It depends partly on his adaptation, but also on the leaders who hired him and built his team.
Pochettino, Mauricio (Tottenham Hotspur) – A-
Good notes for: Overcoming all self-imposed obstacles to cross the finish line in fourth position; to reach the final of the Champions League | Low rating for: Do not go into President Daniel Levy's office and demand that he hire a player
Last thoughts: Name a manager who has done more with less this season. Pochettino finished last season with a thin team already damaged by injuries. In summer, the Spurs have not signed any player. In January, the Spurs did not sign any player. In January, the Spurs, a team that barely had a central midfielder in the lineup, sold one of their most influential players and midfielders, Mousa Dembele, in the name of recovery. $ 14 million. Nevertheless, Pochettino almost always reconstructed the lines and the game plans, which gave the Spurs an opportunity to score points, and they did it more often than ever until the last weeks .
Rodgers, Brendan (Leicester City) – incomplete
Good notes for: Winning four of his first five games in the lead while conceding several goals at once (the Fox have conceded 11 goals in the previous five games at Rodgers) | Low rating for: N / A
Last thoughts: Like Newcastle, Rodgers could be the pinnacle of what Leicester could realistically attract. If he's determined to stay in the long run, rather than using Leicester as a stepping stone, this seems like a match made for paradise and a long lasting, with many more finals in the first half, could very well be on the cards.
Sarri, Maurizio (Chelsea) – B-
Good notes for: Removing Chelsea in the Champions League next season and finishing 3rd despite significant difficulties for its first season in PL | Low rating for: His categorical refusal to adapt his tactics to such a long time, as everything began to fall apart and the fans turned against him
Last thoughts: Eden Hazard has tapped a lot of cracks for Sarri this season. If he is not there to do the same season, it will probably not be Sarri that we will be classifying at the same time next year.
Siewert, Jan (Huddersfield Town) – Incomplete
Good notes for: N / A | Low rating for: Losing 12 of 15 games he was responsible for
Last thoughtsLike Fulham, Huddersfield had already left for a long time (10 points out of 17, there were only 17 points left) when they made a change. Siewert's coming in was therefore only a planning issue for next season. Some other lossless results would have been good, though.
Silva, Marco (Everton) – B-
Good notes for: Beginner (only two losses in Everton's first nine games) and finishing (five wins in eight games), the season is in full swing | Low rating for: Disappeared from December to February (nine defeats in 14 games) and (maybe) almost dismissed
Last thoughtsHe is clearly the most talented and ambitious manager Everton has known for a long time, and this will be even more apparent after a second summer of transfers to build a team that better fits his style (for example, younger and younger defenders). more mobile).
Solskjaer, Ole Gunnar (Manchester United) – C
Good notes for: The long honeymoon period (12 undefeated games including 10 wins) after his nomination; Release Jose Mourinho's Man United fans | Low rating for: The match is dismal (only two wins in eight final games, including four defeats) after his appointment to a permanent position
Last thoughts: Did Man United really have to remove the provisional label? Are they sure that the guy who was fired by Cardiff, in the only high-level position of his career, is he the good guy to rebuild his team?
Warnock, Neil (City of Cardiff) – D +
Good notes for: Give Cardiff a real chance to avoid relegation until the last two or three weeks of the season, despite the emotional difficulties they faced when club-signer Emiliano Sala died before he left. playing a match | Low rating for: To be relegated; win consecutive games just once all season
Last thoughts: Warnock should stay at his post next season, which is logical in the world since Cardiff will seek another promotion within the PL.
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