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“Patrick Kisnorbo was recently fired at Troyes. During his coaching tenure, his record was W3 D14 L23, a meek 7.5% win record, and led his club to be relegated to Ligue 2. Yikes. Barring caretaker managers (I’d say 10 fixtures minimum), does he hold the title of worst manager in the ‘Big Five’ leagues?” mails Florian Labrouche.
It appears there are three Premier League managers with worse winning percentages, starting at Southampton in 2004-05, where Steve Wigley won just once in 14 top-flight games for a 7.1% record. Dancing down to a 5.6% record is Alan Pardew (West Brom, 2017-18), who won just once in 18 league games before getting the axe, but he’s still pipped by Terry Connor, who took charge of 13 Wolves games in 2011-12; he won none of them (0%). “The lads gave everything over the course of the season,” said Connor after Wolves were relegated from the Premier League. “It’s obvious we haven’t been good enough.”
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