The Football Addick

Managers are often held accountable to their team’s fortunes and all of those that graced the Premier League this season performed to varying degrees of success. In total, there were 27 managers across this year’s Premier League, with eight managerial casualties. Following the last day of the season, three more have added to that list through resignations, meaning that an incredible eleven managers have lost their job because of their teams' poor league position. But there were a handful of managers that can be commended for leading their team to success in the 2016/2017 season. In this article, The Football Addick lists his Premier League managers of the season... 5) Jurgen Klopp - Liverpool 5) Liverpool's charismatic manager, Jurgen Klopp , has guided the club to Champions League qualification this season Liverpool secured Champions League qualification for only the second time in eight seasons, and Jurgen Klopp must take a lot of credit for ensuring they...

For many months now Chelsea have looked destined to be crowned Premier League Champions, and they finally achieved their goal with 2 games to spare following a hard fought 1-0 victory at West Brom. It has been a remarkable season for Antonio Conte in his first season in West London, and it could get even better should he lead his team to success in the FA Cup Final against Arsenal later on this month. So how did they do it? This article will examine the factors which contributed to Chelsea's triumph in the 2016/2017 Premier League season. Chelsea celebrate after securing the Premier League title last night Master Tactician A lot of credit has to be given to Antonio Conte, who identified the issues that hindered Chelsea earlier on this season and made the changes necessary to get the best out of his side. Quite simply, reverting to 3-5-2 was a masterstroke. 6 games into the season and Chelsea weer struggling. A 2-1 defeat to Liverpool at home was disappointing, but a 3...