It might be ten years since harry Redknapp's bungling cost Saints their place in the Premier League but he is still the manager Saints fans love to hate more than any other.

When I put up a little poll to find out which ex manager Saints fans hate the most, I must admit although i expected Harry Redknapp to feature strongly I thought that ten years having passed since his debacle of a time here that perhaps the rawer wounds of last summer might take some votes from him.

Voting in poll's such as these often have an age bias, for instance you would need to be at least in your 30's to truly understand just what Ian Branfoot meant to Saints fans in terms of how he was seen to be such a negative influence on the club.

Branfoot still polled a respectable 24% though showing that some people never forget.

Glenn Hoddle and his defection was 14 years ago, time seems to have mellowed Saints supporters and he was rated as public enemy number 1 by only 7%.

The big surprise though was Mauricio Pochettino, I expected him to win by a landslide given that his transgressions were only last year, but perhaps the fact that he did take us to 8th and did us no real damage unlike the other 3 was factored in, certainly the Argentinian got a hot reception at the weekend, but polling only 3% in this poll perhaps suggested that as much as he is disliked many supporters have written him off as someone not worth their hate.

But the winner by a landslide was Harry Redknapp he got a whopping 66% of the vote as most hated ex Saints manager ever, Im not surprised that he figured strongly Im just baffled that he won by such a big margin.

Perhaps its the fact that since he left St Mary's he has continued to have a high profile and continued to do the same things that made us all realise that he was not an honourable man, whether it was his second term at Pompey, his time at Spurs or his last outing at QPR, he left all those clubs with their supporters feeling a little let down and his constant outbursts in the press are sometimes very contradictory.

This is probably the main reasons why even ten years after the damage he did to us and even after our resurgence that we can never quite consign him to the history books.

So Harry Redknapp is the man we Saints fans still love to hate the most, the big question is now after his knee's have miraculously recovered whether he will ever set foot in St Mary's again, I wouldn't write that off just yet especially if Bournemouth are promoted and if I was a Pompey fan I would also be worried.

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SanMarco added 12:34 - Apr 27 The 'spiritual home' comment sealed the deal forever on this one + he was the one that Rupert chose specially to keep us up. Hoddle got his comeupance and MoPo probably will given the fact he has gone to work for Levy. Branfoot was just the wrong man for the job and I don't hold a grudge against him for that. He should never have been appointed and once he was he should have been sacked a lot quicker. I don't blame him for that.

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Sanguin added 13:21 - Apr 27 I'm not sure I've ever heard of Ian Branfoot, any more information for those of us under the age of 30?
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A1079 added 15:52 - Apr 27 Funny, when I saw this poll, I did think of Branfoot, but then thought, I did not hate him, he was the wrong man for the job and it was the boards fault for offering him the position. The frustration was, everyone knew he was the wrong man for the job, except it seems the board at the time. They probably appointed him on his success at Reading at the time and being the cheap option. Completely incompetent and the style was completely alien to anything we had seen. It was not the only wrong appointment - Wigley, Gray, Sturrock, Portvliet to name a few. I recall being angry with the way Ball left. I was annoyed with the manner in which Hoddle left, though I kind of understood his reasoning - who wouldn't want to manage or play for their childhood club, but the manner in which he did it was somewhat underhand, though I was one of the few who was prepared to forgive and allow him back as I thought he was genuine about wanting to return and I did rate him as a coach and manager. Redknapp was an easy choice for me. Everything about the manner in which joined us, his time with us and the way he left - just conniving and underhand, but we are not the only club he has done it too. Pochettino, annoyed with the way he just decided to leave once Cortese went, but equally, felt he took us to another level and felt the good outweighed the bad.

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landsdownsaint added 16:36 - Apr 27 I enjoyed our spell with Mopo but have to admit he used us as a stepping stone,but Redknapp just took the you know what!...what a about a fav poll? Would it be GS ,NA ,Lawrie Macor after one season the Dutch fella that's done ok lol
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WestSussexSaint added 19:32 - Apr 27 In terms of favourites mine is Wee Gordon. Given the playing resources at his disposal he turned what was a pretty average side into a very good one. And he was top draw in the post match interviews!
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Jesus_02 added 08:30 - Apr 28 Twitchy is just a great example of everything that is wrong in football. A poll of most disliked managers full stop would be a a good one. My vote would go to Brendon Rogers for the same reasons as Harry got the vote.
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