Hodgson by far then Pulis then Sam!

As Gary Lineker said the other day Roy has tightened things up but not at the expense of flair and attacking football! We’re playing some of the best stuff I’ve ever seen us play and when we play the big boys we give them a game not just hope for the best!

Pulis next because of the squad he had to work with was nowhere near as good as it is now or last season but the football wasn’t as good as it is now!

Hodgson without a shadow of a doubt, worst position we have been in.

Squad plagued by injuries, desperately short of personnel, lack of on pitch identity, terrible points and goal difference, pretty awful fixture list etc.

We have come out of that and are playing in my opinion our best football since promotion, and have seen loads of players come on leaps and bounds.

Not a daft question at all. All three made significant contributions that in all cases saved us from certain relegation.

All three turned our seasons around and got us out of seemingly irretrievable tail spins. Very hard to separate them.

Objectively speaking, it has to be Pulis

The squad he took over was dire. Puncheon was arguably our best player and we had no-one of the class of Luka, Wilf, Yohan, Mama or cost of Benteke

Yet he averaged 1.46 points per game - which is 55 over a season - I'm guessing we'd settle for that next year. Allardyce, Pardew and Hodgson are all in the 1.21 to 1.24 range

Of course, the football was pretty ugly and he left on a very sour note but that shouldn't cloud the achievement. He won manager of the season. Let's see if Hodgson can match that first

Tend to agree. First season back in the Prem, having to deal with Ollies sweet shop transfer window of 13 new players, with a half new wafer thin inexperienced PL squad light years from ours this season, no talismanic player. How he managed to turn that squad into 11th place was magic.

Edited by Booted Eagle (12 May 2018 7.49pm)

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I expect Pep to win but that does not mean Hodgson would be runner-up. Fans of all three promoted clubs feel their manager should be. Obviously, Dyche also has a strong case. I'd argue Zaha has been more important to our survival than Hodgson

Personally, if Liverpool win the Champion's League I feel Klopp deserves it (though the CL may not be taken into account). It's the big one, they beat Man City 2x to get there, have played some great attacking football and hardly missed a beat whilst pocketing a fortune on Coutinho. Of course if they miss out on the Top 4..