To boost audience engagement with their live blog for the day, BBC Sport asked fans to submit their votes using or who has been the worst Premier League manager in history, as Steve McClaren drifts towards the sack at Newcastle United. McClaren featured in the photo above the question, alongside Brian Laws, Gary Megson, Juande Ramos and Roy Keane.
We discussed some of the managers who we believe to be worse than Keane on our daily sports podcast, The Racket:
The Beeb asked fans to "factor in how much they've spent, expectations and what kind of team they had too - before you all say Terry Connor, Les Reed and John Carver", hence their inclusion of Keane:
The presence of Keane split opinion, with many fans coming to the Irishman's defence:
The poll eventually became an instance of fans highlighting the most obscure man to have managed their clubs, with Alain Perrin, Velimir Zajec, Chris Hutchings, Terry Connor and Les 'Miserables' Reed getting numerous mentions.
Ultimately, the closure of the poll had good news for Keane, and indeed any manager who has worked in any season before this. Topping the poll was McClaren with a massive 71% of the vote, with Remi Garde and Louis Van Gaal joint with 7% of the vote. Nobody else got above 3%.
