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Worst decisions ever made by PL clubs?

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Watching the shambles that is David Moyes entertain us all got me thinking about this question...

Think we all know our clubs big mistakes, what about the others?

This one was terrible, not just in hindsight either, everyone pretty much knew it was a bad decision but it proved worse than that...

Wolves sacking Mick McCarthy when they were in with a fighting chance of staying up, not only that but they didn't have anyone to replace him and then no bugger wanted the job so they ended up giving it to McCarthys hapless assitant Terry Connor who looked like he wanted to be anywhere but in the position he was in.

Conners record for the remainder of the season was 0 4 9 and Wolves went down without a whimper, then the following season in the Championship went down again to League 1.

Woeful stuff.
 
I remember Palace sacking their manager towards the end of some season back in the mid 90s and appointing Thomas Brolin and Atillio Lombardo as joint player managers. I think their owner must've had some kind of Max Bialystock-style insurance fiddle going on.
 
Yeah, and Fulham.

Obvious one but Chelsea giving us 50 million for Torres and selling us Sturridge for 12, although they can afford it they are still bad errors.
 
Tons of mistakes have been made by PL clubs so you have to narrow it down a bit.

But if we're looking at managerial sackings I'd have to go with Villa sacking O'Neill as one of the worst.
Chelsea sacking Mourinho the first time around was a bit strange as well.
 
Making poor decisions that lose you a title or get you relegated are bad, but nothing can be worse than making decisions that nearly cost you the ongoing existence of the club. Leeds United is a case study in that.
 
QPR letting Mark Hughes sign a full team and subs, what the fuck were they thinking?
Hiring DiCanio, what the fuck were Sunderland thinking?
That dickhead Wenger selling Van Persie to united
Any time any club said "Lets sign Kieron Dyer"

Not a club mistake but it came into my head as a terrible premier league refereeing decision:
the ref only giving a yellow card to Ben Thatcher for almost putting Pedro Mendes in a coma, his own club even suspended him.
 
Almost everything Blackburn have done since Venkys entered the picture.

West Brom haven't won a game yet under the new guy, have they? If they get relegated the change will prove a rather uncharacteristic and costly mistake.

Barca parting with 40M plus Etoo for Ibra. It was one of the very few deals that was greeted fairly universally with a "what??? Really?" type reaction and it was always doomed to failure.
 
keniget said:
Almost everything Blackburn have done since Venkys entered the picture.



West Brom haven't won a game yet under the new guy, have they? If they get relegated the change will prove a rather uncharacteristic and costly mistake.
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There's now talk of them sacking Pepe Mel after a run of 4 draws and 2 defeats in 6 games. Three of those draws were 1-1 ties at home with Chelsea, Everton and Liverpool.

Their game this weekend against Sunderland has been postponed due to the League Cup final.

The good news for Mel is that they host the Mancs next weekend. Might just be the win they need to keep his job a bit longer. Hopefully if that does come to pass, it doesn't cost Moyes'.
 
Blackburn selling Shearer? I don't know the full specifics but thinking they sold him after they won the league and descended down the league after that..
 
Modo said:
Tons of mistakes have been made by PL clubs so you have to narrow it down a bit.

But if we're looking at managerial sackings I'd have to go with Villa sacking O'Neill as one of the worst.
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Really, Villa sacking O'Neill one of the worst decisions? The owner did give him a reasonable transfer budget and he spent a significant portion of it on mediocre British talent on high wages. I think they were on the way down irrespective of whether O'Neill was sacked or not.
 
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Liverpool going back on their offer with Mcmanaman.
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The club never made the offer in question. Uncle Roy overstepped his authority in doing so without consulting the board, which decided against ratifying it because McMoneyman had been at the centre of the Spice Boys nonsense. The fact that McMoneyman managed to turn that into a reason to shaft the club to which he owed everything he'd achieved in football, while not a surprise, tells you a lot about the kind of man he was then. Hopefully he's grown up since, especially now we've employed him again (I wouldn't have, but there you go).
 
This :-

Ali Dia

Days later, Dia was signed by Southampton manager Graeme Souness, after Souness received a phone call purporting to be from Liberian international and former FIFA World Player of the Year, George Weah. "Weah" told Souness that Dia was his cousin, had played for Paris Saint-Germain, and had played 13 times for his country. None of this was actually true, and the phone call was made by a fellow university student of Dia's to Souness, suggesting that he should give Dia a chance with Southampton.[2] Souness was convinced, and signed Dia on a one-month contract.
Dia played just one game for Southampton, wearing the number 33 shirt, against Leeds United on 23 November 1996; he had originally been scheduled to play in a reserve team friendly against Arsenal, but the match was cancelled due to a waterlogged pitch. In the match against Leeds, he came on as a substitute for Matthew Le Tissier after 32 minutes, but was later substituted himself (for Ken Monkou) in the 53rd minute;[3] Leeds won the match 2–0. Le Tissier said: "He ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice; it was very embarrassing to watch."[4][5][6]
Dia was released by Southampton two weeks into his contract.[citation needed] He briefly played for non-league Gateshead, before leaving in February 1997.[1] Dia only played eight games for the North East outfit, including scoring on his debut in a 5–0 win over Bath City.[7]
He went on to study business at Northumbria University in Newcastle, graduating in 2001.[8]
 
Veron -> Scum
Taibi -> Scum
Bebe -> Scum
Bentley -> Spurs
Rebrov -> Spurs
Shevvy -> Chelski
Torres -> Chelski
Luque -> Newcastle
Kinnear -> Newcastle
Wise -> Newcastle
Jeffers -> Arse
Shearer (manager) -> Newcastle
Jewell (manager) -> Derby (didn't he win zero games?)
Blackburn sacking fat head
Cardiff sacking MacKay
 
Modo said:
Tons of mistakes have been made by PL clubs so you have to narrow it down a bit.

But if we're looking at managerial sackings I'd have to go with Villa sacking O'Neill as one of the worst.
Chelsea sacking Mourinho the first time around was a bit strange as well.
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Chelsea sacking Anchelotti also for coming second
 
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