Worst Coach?

1. erikson 2. pekkerman 3. parreira

4. van basten

Posted from  Hungary

VERY SERIOUS mistakes made by many a manager at this world cup

1) Sven even taking Theo Walcott
2) Van Basten replacing Van Nist with Kuyt (his ego being far more important than the Dutch people or country, he should be sacked)
3) Pekerman taking off his best players and hoping to hang onto a 1-0 win v the host nation
4) Perreira sticking with Cafu and Carlos when quite clearly they played their best football 2nd half v Japan
5) Kuhn’s decision to take off Frei, his chief penalty taker with 4 mins to go before penalty shootout. This one really takes the biscuit.

It has been the managers that have baffled me the most this world cup, my 3 year old nephew knows more about football than some of the affore mentioned assholes. Every 1 of them has cost his country. Just not good enough at the biggest tournament in the world.

Who are they getting paid by? That is the question.

van basten has to be questioned for leaving ruud on the bench when he desperatly needed a goal. that was one of the most puzzling decisions of the cup. why not have one of the best strikers in the world on the bench when you need a goal in a knockout round?

the spanish coach should be up there as well. arguebly the form team of the first round probably should have gone further.

ericsson is definatly there. never had control of his squad. and wasted a good opportunity. from the first game england never looked dangerous.

the whole brazilian coaching staff should be sacked. to have the most talented squad in the cup play the way they did was unexceptable. was it arrogance? they should have been fired up from the start.

Posted from  Australia

some of these coaches negotiated awesome pay packets that the players would have been jeolous. that may explain there complaicency and desire just to make the second round then make baffling decisions to play not to lose rather than win. i mean ruud on the bench. what was the knob thinking. if ever there was a time that was it.

Posted from  Australia

PARREIRA!! he failed miserably and he is the worst coach without any doubt. can you imagine what scolari would have done with such a load of talented players combining experience and youth? zidane did not play well, he was allowed to play well. france did not defeat brazil, brazil defeated itself.

Posted from  United States

1: Janas (Poland)

If he had selected the best Polish players he would have reached the second round without a doubt.

2: Parreira (Brazil)

I have not seen even one minute of superb playing by the Brazilians. What has happened to those world class players ?

3: Lagerback (Sweden)

Sweden could not impress against countries like Paraguay and Trinidad. Then you deserve to be kicked out in the second round unless they have top players.

Well, I would also suggest to make a list of the best coaches here;

1. Klinsmann (Germany)

This man has the ability to make an average team world champions. He is the best coach at the FIFA World Cup without any doubt.

2. Hiddink (Australia)

The story of Hiddink becomes more and more a fairy tale. Qualified again for the second round of the World Cup with a team that is not famous for its football results. Only eliminated by a wrong decision of the referee against Italy

3. Lippi (Italy)

He managed that the Italians are still concentrating on winning the world cup despite the bribery problems in the Serie A.

Posted from  Netherlands

i think - not happy to write this - scolari is the best coach of this wc… zidane played well,but againsr brazil is easier to play than against germany or any fast-moving,dynamic eurpoean team. but pekkerman did bigger mistakes,because in my opinion argentina was the best team of the wc,and replacing riquelme at 1-0,only defending,and not using messy (instead of him a very static forward) were the causes of the german success.

Posted from  Hungary

Scolari is a shame

Posted from  Australia

The best coach:
*Hiddink
He took his team over the limits and left the WC with their heads up.

I don’t think Sven did anything wrong by bringing Theo Wallcot. Everyteam brings a player or 2 who just sit on the bench. Maybe he should have got an extra striker cause he had 2 semi injured players. But who ? Defoe sucks, maybe Bent ….

MVB: He did a good job, but he was unlucky. Why unlucky, cause the game VS Portugal is not Normal. I am not saying they cheated or anything, but I am saying the game did not go normal. So u cant use it to judge. ” Its like taking a test when your sick and throwing up, the score is final but its not accurate”

Klinsmann (Germany): Did a way better than expected. I can’t leave him without saying: woooow.

Lippi: Saved the Italian as* even they had soooo much shi* going on.

WORST Coach:

Petkovic (S &M) … The team went unbeaten in the WC qualifications, then in the WC he plays only one good game (Vs. Holland) and then the team collapse becuase of political issues. So the talent is there, but his managing abilities were shitty.

Parreira (Brazil): Of course ,,,

Posted from  United States

Scolari is a genius. Do you actually believe that after this World Cup there’s a team in the world that wouldn’t be happy to have him as coach? Why is he best?
1. He’s a great tactician, effectively changing formations and making correct substitutions to meet the challenges thrown at him by other teams
2. Like Mourinho, he picks players that have the right chemistry together. Look at his ommission of Romario and Quaresma. Two great players who didn’t jell with their teammates.
3. He is the master motivator. I think Portugal is a very talented team that deserves to be in the semis. But if you don’t agree with my line of thought, you must then admit that he is able to take a group of players and motivate them to achieve something that would otherwise be beyond their grasp.

These three things point to Scolari as being the best.

Posted from  Canada

i think van basten is a very good tactician but lacks some motivation skills, again on the portugal match, i would say he was perhaps a bit static compared to scolari who was at a peak…

not that good
advocaat(korea 4th last time)

best
lippi, made italy go to the final with brilliance

‘Or Scolari? Visiting Ivanov’s dressingroom just before the match with Holland, reaping the anger of the Dutch team?’

Is this true?! Where did you find this info, I haven’t heard about this.

Posted from  United States

“MVB: He did a good job, but he was unlucky”

Really Fares?

If me and the rest of the world knew Van Basten was going to lose simply because he started with Kuyt what is unlucky about that?

ps Portugal have been rubbish, a solitary 1 0 with Angola after scoring in 5 mins, beat Iran wow, were well lucky against 10 man mexico who should have had at least a draw, were a disgrace the Holland match, were totally toothless against England, could have played for a month and still not scored. Im hoping they get there comeuppance the night and get sent packing. Worst team ive ever seen at the semi stage.

It would be a travesty if they got into the final unless they somehow conjure up some magnificent goal fest v France. But I somehow doubt it.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned Bruce Arena.

Posted from  United States

Advocaat is always my pick for worst coach. In my opinion he has proven his inability to coach. Van Basten, I’m truly disappointed about. Way too many tactical mistakes. I wish he realizes that soon and fixes his shortcomings.

I haven’t been able to watch much of the new team, but from what I saw, Van Persie and Robben were ball hogs some of the time. However they are still better than Kuyt even if they have their shoe laces tied. Kuyt works hard, but he has no business being the central striker. I think the central striker and shadow striker should have been Van Nistelrooy and Van Persie (or Bergkamp… I really miss seeing him play).

Kuyt, if used, should be in the midfield or at best a winger. he doesn’t have the instincts for a striker as evident in his performance in the WC. I had expected Makaay in the team and Davids. Davids commands respect from the opposition. I can understand wanting to build a new team, but you have to transition into it instead of starting from scratch.

I’ve seen a lot of posts about Huntelaar. I’m not familiar with his ability as I don’t get to watch much football here. My main resource used to be http://www.knvb.nl but that has become a Dutch only site and I haven’t found the time to learn Dutch yet. I’d appreciate it if someone could point me to some place where I could learn more about the new players.

Posted from  United States

Danny — “I’m surprised no one has mentioned Bruce Arena. ”

Danny,
After yelling from the rooftops for four years, I’m truly tired of thinking about the US team.

Just imagine them with four years to prepare with a real coach. I’d probably list them as one of my teams to watch if that ever happened.

Posted from  United States

what about raymund domenech of France… thrashes spain beats brazil… takes his players to art museums…what a classy guy…

Posted from  Canada

@Ashanty
I read that on either the http://www.vi.nl site (Voetbal International) or the http://www.ad.nl site (Algemeen Dagblad). Probably the latter, info from Hugo Borst, the writer who has direct links into many players and coaches and seems to be the exclusive interviewer for Marco van Basten. Many scoops come from Borst.

Posted from  Australia

I’m not convinced with Raymond Domenech, I think France are winning inspite of him rather then because of him. He has made one bad move after another ie0 Coupet, who is an excellent goalie is sitting on the bench, while Barthez, who is absolute rubbish is practicly, single-handedly ruining France’s chances of winning. Did you see that crazy play against Portugal, luckily Figo is so shit he couldn’t convert on the header.
But that garbage would not be happening if Coupet was in net, and J>S. Park would never have scored that tieing goal for Korea, because Coupet would have grabed that ball before it ever landed. Barthez’s play in the box is disasterous and I hope it does not end up costing France the world cup. I still say Domenech belongs on the worst coach list.

micha
France is in the finals so I don’t think you can say that Domenech is a bad coach. He was the only one in France to believe that they could go to the final game. Everybody thought he was crazy but he proved everybody wrong. There is no way a bad coach can manage and motivate his team like he did for France and get so much success and be called a bad coach.
I agree with what Fares said for the worst coach: Petkovic (S &M) … The team went unbeaten in the WC qualifications, then in the WC he plays only one good game (Vs. Holland) and then the team collapse because of political issues. So the talent is there, but his managing abilities were shitty.
Before the WC, I thought that S&M would be very tough to beat but they were terrible and I think most of it can be blamed on their coach

Posted from  United States

Good list. You would have to put Perriera on top for losing with some great players, and leaving Robinhio on the bench for the fat and unfit Ronaldo.
Peckerman, second, for becoming so defensive with some of the best attacking players in the Cup.
Van Basten for failing to press home his one-man advantadge against Portugal and leaving Ruud on the bench.
And Sven for being hopeless full-stop.
The best… Klinsman, Hiddink, Lippe, take your pick. But leave Schollari out of arguments for the worst. His team made the final four and you cannot argue against that.

Posted from  Australia

Ronaldo was Brazil’s key to winning the striker took them to as far as the quarter finals. After all how much can one great striker do. Parreira did a good thing by putting him in the starting line up but still fell short by not winning the WC. GO RONALDO!!.

Posted from  Canada