5 of the poorest managerial tenures of all time

#1. Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness played as a midfielder for Scotland and captained Liverpool in the 1980s. Souness faced an uphill struggle since the day he joined Liverpool as manager. He was quite disciplined in his approach, which was not appreciated by the senior players.

In the 1992-93 season, he sold star player, Dean Saunders to Aston Villa. Top scorer Ian Rush was not in the best of form. Overall, Liverpool finished sixth, and he had to leave.

He won 54 matches out of 129 which contributed to a win percentage of 42%. This was average by any standard.

In an interview, he said: “In management, I expected my players to feel the same as me. But the world was changing. Players were expecting a shoulder to cry on. The players were holding more power than the manager. I wasn’t cute enough sometimes, or political enough.”