That's it. We're relegated. I'm sure that we'll pore over the finer details in a few days time (i already have 3 blog posts drafted) but for the time being, here's some interesting managerial stats from this season (League Matches Only):
Mauro Milanese (Played: 5, Won: 1, Drew: 1, Lost: 3):
Our worst performing manager of the season.
If we extrapolated these results over a season we'd have been relegated with 37 points. Finishing in 24th place.
Kevin Nugent (Played: 6, Won: 1, Drew: 2, Lost: 3):
Not much better than Milanese but equally not worth getting excited about.
Taking these results over 46 matches we'd have finish in 24th again with 38 points.
Fabio Liverani (Played: 27, Won: 8, Drew: 6, Lost: 13):
This is where it starts to get interesting. Fabio's win % is the highest of any manager we've had this season. Unfortunately he just couldn't hold out for draws because his loss % is on par with Milanese & Nugent. Fabio also has the honour of conceding the most goals per game.
With Fabio's results extrapolated over the season, we'd have still been relegated, finishing in 21st position with 51 points.
Russell Slade (Played: 8, Won: 2, Drew: 4, Lost: 2):
Russell couldn't buy a win for love nor money at the start of the season and was given his ultimatum and duly left.
What Russell could do was hang in there with his results. We weren't getting beat often and the goal difference was neutral. His win % was lower than Liverani, but his loss % is by far the best of the other three managers this season.
Taking Russell's results over a season would've had us finishing in 15th place with 58 points.
Conclusion:
Using averages the only manager to have kept us up this season would've been Russell Slade.
Interestingly, Russell's career stats at Orient have him finishing each season on average with 70 points (P: 242, W:103, D:61, L:78) which is quite impressive for Orient. 70 points would've seen us in the play-offs.
Throw into the mix that historically Slade's teams got better over the course of the season makes sacking him, or giving him an ultimatum illogical and probably one of many catalyst for our dire season.
To rub salt into the wounds Slade has actually performed better at Cardiff than he did at the O's and is averaging 65 points over a 46 game season at Cardiff compared to his 58 points he would've achieved at Brisbane Road this season. This may indicate that he does improve over the course of a season.
So there you have it. Pick the bones out of all that.
