For me it's Peter Taylor without a doubt. We played the dullest football in memory, team had no pace or desire. style of play was long ball. He was the biggest disappointment....I know some people don't like Pardew but he galvanised the squad after Warnock and got us to the cup final. Pardew just runs out of steam wherever he goes, but definitely not the worst manager we've had.

We were rivals before Mullery was appointed as Palace manager

Pulis performed one of the closest things to a football miracle in keeping us the season before. I appreciate Warnock turned up at short notice but, after ending he previous season on a high, it turned into a shambles with two months. Everyone else was to blame, especially refs. We lost all sense of defensive organisation. I couldn’t believe how quickly we deteriorated.

Importance was not the question. A simple yes or no would have sufficed.
If the question was complicated just say so and I'll re phrase it

Trevor Francis for me.

He was our most uninspiring choice of manager I can remember.
After years of mediocrity at Birmingham we got him after they poached Bruce. Brum got promoted and survived in the premiership. We went from top of the league to finishing mid table two years in a row. The year after he left, we were promoted again.

Other managers, like El Tel, Bruce, and Dowie were people I learnt to hate over time. I disliked Francis from the start.

Disliked and worst manager are two different subjects but some could fall into both list.

As for managers leaving us for another team, that seems to happen time and time again for some reason and there are two sides to every story but the truth never seems to come out. Venables leaving the first time was always going to happen due to his relationship with QPR & Jim Gregory and I seem to recall that Ray Bloye was instrumental in Venables leaving.Although he appears to be the villain the second time round he was ably assisted by Goldberg. Due to his earlier achievements I will leave him out along with people who's only failing was their incompetence.

This leaves me with in first place by a mile Mullery who was a horrible, bitter creature.

Joint second and third is Gradi & Francis closely followed by Burley, all utterly charmless characters who never developed any affinity with the club or supporters.