Ranking Liverpool’s eight Premier League managers from worst to best | OneFootball

Liverpool are in safe hands with Jurgen Klopp at the helm, but that hasn’t always necessarily been the case at Anfield during the Premier League era.

Since Division 1 was given a facelift, the Reds have had eight managers in total, with Greame Souness being the first of a mixed bunch.

We decided to see how each manager fared during their time in the Liverpool hotseat and rank them from worst to best.

8. Roy Hodgson

Hodgson is fondly remembered by most of the clubs he’s managed over a lengthy career, but there’s no chance of that at Liverpool.

The legacy of his summer signings Raul Meireles, Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen, Paul Konchesky, Brad Jones, Danny Wilson, Jonjo Shelvey and Milan Jovanovic says all you need to know about Hodgson’s stay at Anfield, which only lasted half a season.

7. Graeme Souness

The Scotsman was some player, but he entered the Premier League era – or the Premiership as it was known then – with massive names including Ian Rush and John Barnes as well as exciting youngsters Steve McManaman and Robbie Fowler but still failed to finish above sixth in two seasons.

We’ll be kind and give him credit for winning the FA Cup in 1991-92, even though that falls just outside of the Premier League era. It was actually in that very competition that Souness lost his last straw, resigning in January 1994 after suffering a shock defeat to Bristol City.

6. Kenny Dalglish

Dalglish started out as caretaker manager after Hodgson’s dismissal in January 2011, but having overseen a rise in form in the back end of the campaign, as Luis Suarez and Andy Carroll were brought in to replace Chelsea-bound Fernando Torres, he was given a three-year contract.

He would only see out one more season, though, after finishing eighth in the league, but there was a League Cup victory to enjoy as well as an FA Cup final.

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5. Roy Evans

Evans took on a side that was devoid of confidence after Souness’ departure, making some astute signings and nurturing the club’s young talent to help them take a step up the table – finishing either third or fourth in all of his complete campaigns.

Despite bringing in Stan Collymore and Patrik Berger, helping Michael Owen come through and building squads that looked capable of being winners, the former Liverpool player could never quite take the Reds up that next level.

He tasted victory in the League Cup, but ‘The Spice Boys’ were beaten by bitter rivals Manchester United the following campaign. Gerard Houllier was originally meant to come in as Evans’ partner, but that didn’t work out and the Englishman left in 1998.