Chelsea manager Graham Potter and Tottenham boss Antonio Conte, along with West Ham's David Moyes, were ranked as the worst performing managers in a new YouGov fan poll. The survey, conducted by Betfair, asked over 1,700 football supporters to decide who the best and worst performing managers were in British football this season.
They were given a list of 10 managers from England and Scotland's highest leagues and were asked to rate the job each individual was doing this season out of 10. Potter, Conte and Moyes came joint-bottom of this particular ranking, with all three recording a grade of 5/10.
Nearly a quarter of Chelsea fans rated Potter 5/10 while one in five Spurs fans gave the under-fire Conte just 4/10, with the Italian increasingly likely to depart north London over the international break. By contrast, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was unsurprisingly viewed as the highest performing manager this term, with the Gunners gunning for their first Premier League title in almost two decades.
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The full ratings were as follows:
- Mikel Arteta (Arsenal) - 9/10
- Pep Guardiola (Manchester City) - 8/10
- Erik ten Hag (Manchester United) - 8/10
- Eddie Howe (Newcastle United) - 8/10
- Ange Postecoglu (Celtic) - 8/10
- Michael Beale (Rangers) - 7/10
- Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool) - 7/10
- Graham Potter (Chelsea) - 5/10
- Antonio Conte (Tottenham) - 5/10
- David Moyes (West Ham) - 5/10
Betfair's study in partnership with YouGov also found 60% of fans believe Arsenal will win the Premier League this season, with 37% backing Manchester City. Meanwhile just 19% of those surveyed tipped Spurs to secure a top-four finish, behind both Liverpool (52%) and Newcastle (31%).
Some are still backing Chelsea in the race for a Champions League spot, with 8% believing the Blues can overhaul the 11-point deficit. At the other end of the table, while Moyes ranked poorly in the manager section, only 18% think the Hammers will be playing Championship football next season, despite currently sitting in the relegation zone.
Fans were less optimistic about Southampton (76%), Bournemouth (63%), Leeds United (45%), Everton (39%) and Nottingham Forest (26%).
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