Kendall mkii
Gabriel*
walker
Royle
Watson*
Kendall mkiii
Smith
Moyes
martinez
Unsworth*
allardyce
Silva
Ferguson*
Ancelotti
benitez
Ferguson*
lampard
Dyche
*temp stand in.
That's the list of Prem era managers. So under that scope, Kendall's superlative work in spell 'i' can't stand. Clearly he's the best manager with the best side and most trophies. But not in the PL era. Trophies then obviously goes to big Joe.
What is a more telling indictment in this retrospection is who is the worst AND most hated manager. walker was out of his depth, allardyce had ideas way above his station, martinez told lies only he believed as he was telling them, lampard is now flogging accounting software, and then there is the straw that broke Moshiri's back, benitez. The support was very singular in it's opposition to benitez from minute one of a chance of his coming in.
It's been bad, it's been bad for a while, and besides Joe's stoic firmness and Moyes' youthful energy and of course Ancelotti's gravitas there's been a paucity of genuine care for the task. For me, walker was a joke, lampard was bad, and benitez is worse. It has been a conveyor belt of more bad than good, and that is why so much of the support is so cheesed off with the stewardship of the club.
Just to note, it has been very difficult seeing a few generational talents breeze through and the club seemingly being unable to capitalise on genuine quality. Perhaps the success of Kendall allowed a taste of a better world for to short a time. The comparison since being the crucible of contempt.