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Saw this on twitter

Taken the Revie years as obviously first

This was the vote



Would have thought Wilko would have won tbh but maybe it's a generation thing?

Younger fans on social media
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Erm, a major omission!!!!

Revie's team over 10 years, was the greatest team in England and one of the best and most feared in Europe.

Bielsa's team didn't come close to such greatness, sorry Marcelo.

Young twatter fans, what do they know :roll:
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Cjay wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:11 pm Saw this on twitter

Taken the Revie years as obviously first

This was the vote



Would have thought Wilko would have won tbh but maybe it's a generation thing?

Younger fans on social media
Toss up between Wilko and Bielsa, both bought this club back to life after years in the doldrums, both unique characters

I have

Revie
Bielsa/Wilko
Farke
O'Leary
Armfield

No one else in my lifetime needs to be on that list
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Yeah guessing an age thing as realistically fans would have to be 40+ to have really appreciated the title win and even 30+ to remember the DOL side.

As such for the youngsters it then boils down to Bielsa v Farke and the Bielsa has the nostalgia and the fact that it had followed all the years of mediocrity. I feel Farke doesn't get the praise he should.

For me it would be the WIlko years and would include winning promotion in that era as that 3 year period came from nowhere.
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Nothing surpasses the Revie-era.

If you lived through it, one would understand.
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1964white wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:41 pm Nothing surpasses the Revie-era.

If you lived through it, one would understand.
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1964white wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:32 pm Erm, a major omission!!!!

Revie's team over 10 years, was the greatest team in England and one of the best and most feared in Europe.

Bielsa's team didn't come close to such greatness, sorry Marcelo.

Young twatter fans, what do they know :roll:
I said in the op the Revie years was left out deliberately as obviously that would have won
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Cjay wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:52 pm I said in the op the Revie years was left out deliberately as obviously that would have won
Some people eh 🙄
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CUSSIE01 wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:57 pm Some people eh 🙄
May not have won tbf for the generation reasons.

Probably not a huge amount of people who remember the Revie years on twitter :duno:
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1964white wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:41 pm Nothing surpasses the Revie-era.

If you lived through it, one would understand.
You waited decades for it to start as well.... You must have the patience of a saint :mrgreen:
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hector wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:07 pm You waited decades for it to start as well.... You must have the patience of a saint :mrgreen:
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weasel wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:36 pm Yeah guessing an age thing as realistically fans would have to be 40+ to have really appreciated the title win and even 30+ to remember the DOL side.

As such for the youngsters it then boils down to Bielsa v Farke and the Bielsa has the nostalgia and the fact that it had followed all the years of mediocrity. I feel Farke doesn't get the praise he should.

For me it would be the WIlko years and would include winning promotion in that era as that 3 year period came from nowhere.
For me its O'Leary by quite a distance.

Our most successful era in my memory and most exciting.

Not surprised Bielsa won for the generation reason though

It also has the uniqueness factor, O'Leary the same.
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whiteswan wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 6:51 pm Absolutely!
We remember it well, Swannie.

Revie reared a bunch of kids & nobody's, then turned them into worldbeaters.

Don built the majority of his squads on a shoestring,
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1964white wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:17 pm We remember it well, Swannie.

Revie reared a bunch of kids & nobody's, then turned them into worldbeaters.

Don built the majority of his squads on a shoestring,
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I loved Bielsa, but as I posted previously, he doesn't even come close!

Farke is in front of him now, probably due to working under a higher grade managerial team.

Our club is now being run effectively & efficiently.
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Cjay wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:01 pm May not have won tbf for the generation reasons.

Probably not a huge amount of people who remember the Revie years on twitter :duno:
Not a lot of people on twitter will remember the Wilko era, you'd need to be around 50 or older to remember that properly
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Wilko.
Had a season ticket and went to roughly half of the away games in 89/90 and 91/92 for both titles.

The last season it was a fairly level playing field,financially.
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whiteswan wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:20 pm Everyone an International Leon....with no international breaks either! ;-)
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Ignoring Revie, as instructed in the OP 🤣, mine

Bielsa (by a mile)
Farke
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O’Leary
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Finnatic wrote: Thu Sep 17, 2026 7:41 pm Wilko.
Had a season ticket and went to roughly half of the away games in 89/90 and 91/92 for both titles.

The last season it was a fairly level playing field,financially.
Indeed, we won the last First Division, Finn.
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