EPL Manager of the year 11/12

But you'd always expect Fergie to have Utd up there anyway so it's no surprise.

Considering Pardew got 3 of best players sold you would have expected them to struggle. All season people expecting Newcastle to run out of steam but they just keep on winning.

He's done really well.

I agree of course, that Pardew's done magnificently.  But the question is not who has been the biggest surprise. They've still got some work to do to make the CL spot and don't forget that this is a BIG club with CL pedigree, albeit a little while ago. They got crazy money for some average players and he has bought very well, although Ba was so obvious (very regrettably, Stoke's medics wouldn't take a chance on him) after his form with WHU last season.

As a Stoke fan I'd want to give it to Pulis every season, just for keeping Stoke there (and comfortably so), but that's not enough when other yardsticks are used.

It's still too early to say if Rodgers blueprint will work consistently for Swansea trying to play that style of play in the English league with the standard of players that he's working with. Maybe they'll be found out next season.

Most times I've watched them they've looked very easy on the eye, comfortable and well organised, but somewhat toothless up front. If he doesn't get some of the earned loot to buy some half decent strikers, it'll likely come apart fairly soon.  

Normally when the big sides undergo transitional changes they struggle, but Fergie has done it magnificently once again. Absolutely impossible for me to look beyond him.

ETA: * Who incidently got no votes here, as this poll was taken just after Manyoo had taken that 8 point lead.