Another 3 mentors deserve to be included on the list.

In the English Premier League the candidates for the title of best manager of the league were nominated in September. There are no questions about two of the three applicants, but the third can be discussed.

Ten Hag rebuilds Manchester United

We had enough reason not to believe that Eric was retaining the position of head coach of the Mancunians. United executives have no patience and, after a large-scale purchase, they may quickly demand that the results match the costs. Two defeats at the start only rocked the boat.

September segment Premier League can only be judged by two games: both Red Devils won (1: 0 with Leicester and 3: 1 with Arsenal). Eric deserves to be featured on September’s best coaches list – Manchester United despite being far from meeting the requirements of a manager, he is improving and is capable of beating the current championship leader.
Ten Hag found some players to lean on and dropped players from the start who got out of the big picture. Eriksen, Fernandes (we wrote before their influence on United) and Martinez have become conductors of coaching ideas, McTominay added in reliability, Varane doesn’t make many mistakes. Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Cristiano Ronaldo watch United from the bench and may be exiting towards the end of the match.

The Red Devils quickly made up for lost time and finished fifth in the Premier League. October will begin for them with a brutal derby against Manchester City.

Conte’s Tottenham takes advantage of the Chelsea restyling

In the balance of power before the start of the championship, the all-time favorites were Manchester City and Liverpool, then Chelsea, and only then – a group of teams from Tottenham, Arsenal and United. Despite Conte’s reputation as a trophy magnet, it was hard to believe the Spurs would jump that high.

It was an ideal combination of circumstances that influenced him: an abnormally nightmare start to the season for Liverpool, the restructuring of Chelsea due to a change of ownership (the departure of Granovskaya, misunderstanding with Tuchel and resignation, the appointment of Potter). Tottenham itself is doing everything that depends on it. The Londoners did not suffer a single defeat in the first seven rounds, they took points away from the blues and in September they broke the stubborn Fulham and defeated Leicester – 6: 2.

Daniel Levy also decided an unprecedented spending on players for the Spurs. Tottenham have spent almost 170 million euros on transfers: they completed the defensive line, signed striker Richarlison and midfielder Bissumu.
There is a lot of momentary in the club’s position – Chelsea and Liverpool prime will quickly overtake Tottenham, Conte is able to ruin relations with management in a moment, Richarlison’s 58 million are still not paying off the investment – especially in the background by Kane, Son Heung-Min and Kulusevski. However, it is currently the third team Premier League and one of only two to win both September games.

Gary O’Neill pulls over Bournemouth

Bournemouth, along with Fulham, are league teams that form the basis for maintaining residence in Premier League. True, the position of the first is more difficult. Despite the promotion, the Bournemouth bosses did not find it necessary to conduct a competent transfer campaign. Spent for only two players: central defender Marcos Senesi and midfielder Marcus Tavernier.

At that time, the team’s manager, Scott Parker, openly stated that, compared to the previous season, the team had only become weaker and asked for reinforcements. After a 0-9 loss to Liverpool, he resigned. Gary O’Neill was named acting mentor and left to face the same problems.
With such a troubled club, 5 points in the last three games is a very good result. Bournemouth are strong enough to beat Nottingham Forest (another newcomer Premier League). But this does not change the general outlook: between the “cherries” and the rest of the teams Premier League – class gap.

It was possible to include the manager from Brighton, Arsenal or Fulham

O’Neal’s inclusion in this list belongs rather to the category of “opposites”: there are coaches whose teams behave more confidently. Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta is said to be seeing the results of his three years at the club. “Gunners” – ranked first in Premier League, their game presents itself as a single, well-oiled mechanism with a clear distribution of roles. There are brilliant performers (Saka, Jesus, Martinelli), there is a leader with a vision of the field (Odegaard). Even losing Manchester Unitedthe Londoners handed out segments when they pushed the opponent to the gate.

If we leave out the results of August and look only at September, it is worth mentioning Roberto De Zerbi’s Brighton or Marco Silva’s Fulham.

The “seagulls” with modest financial capabilities have managed to upset the unfit Manchester United and issued a series of five consecutive games with points scored. In September, De Zerby’s side beat Leicester and climbed to fourth in the league.

Fulham seem even more convincing. Under Marco Silva, the Summer Residents have acquired a clear pressing structure, they have learned to play on the opponent’s weak points. So the Londoners took points away from Liverpool and strangled Arsenal for a long time – even Odegor had to move into the support zone to get the ball forward. A number like that, in addition to the Gunners, did not go only with Tottenham. According to the results of the first 7 rounds in general and of the September matches in particular, we can say that Fulham are not lost against the background of the middle farmers and even with the heights they are ready to keep up with the high pace of the match. This is Silva’s main merit.