RANKED: Worst managerial appointments in Premier League history after Frank Lampard loses sixth straight game as Chelsea boss

The fact that Steve Kean's next job after being sacked by Blackburn was in Brunei should tell you everything you need to know about his time at Ewood Park. Due to his close ties to Rovers' much-maligned owners, his spell in charge was marred by fan protests, and he didn't much help his cause with some shocking results.

Despite all the opposition, he somehow managed to last newly two years in the hot seat, even surviving Premier League relegation in 2012. Finally, later that year, he was let go in typically-shady circumstances, with the Scotsman claiming he had been "forced to resign".

Win percentage: 28.38%

No one is disputing John Carver's love for Newcastle. We're simply suggesting that he might not have been cut out for life as a Premier League manager. Carver was promoted from his post as assistant manager - initially on a caretaker basis before being handed the reins until the end of the season - after Alan Pardew left the club to take over at Crystal Palace.

Between March and May 2013, Carver oversaw a quite astonishing run of eight successive league defeats that was finally broken by a 1-1 draw with West Brom. Losing to already-relegated QPR then set up a date with destiny on the final day.

The Magpies did triumph in that crunch fixture, beating West Ham 2-0, but the writing was already on the wall and Carver - who once described himself as the "best coach in the Premier League" - was promptly sacked.

Win percentage: 20%

Bob Bradley's woeful spell in charge of Swansea City did nothing to lessen the stigma of American coaches working in the Premier League. Bradley was the United States' cream of the crop, but it just didn't happen for the New Jersey native as he managed to win just two of his 11 Premier League games.

To make matters worse, he was lampooned in the British media for the heinous crime of being an American. He has stuck to coaching MLS sides ever since.

Win percentage: 18.18%

Before he created waves with his unique training methods at Granada, Tony Adams' had an ill-fated spell at Portsmouth. He had initially joined the club as Harry Redknapp's assistant, but after everyone's favourite wheeler dealer jumped ship to Tottenham, Adams was handed the top job.

He did not fare well despite possessing a squad that had won the FA Cup the previous season, guiding Pompey to just two wins in his 15 Premier League games in charge.

He left with a Portsmouth side containing Peter Crouch, Glen Johnson and David James sitting just one point above the drop zone. They did eventually stay up, but that was no thanks to Adams.

Win percentage: 13.3%

Remi Garde's managerial CV is a strange one. It reads: Lyon 2011-2014, Aston Villa 2015-16 and most recently, Montreal Impact 2017-19.

Garde arrived with the Villans rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table, and when he left less than five months later, they were still in last position. There was plenty of fun to be had in between, with Garde being best remembered for the strict discipline he tried to impose on the free-spirited Jack Grealish.

Team-mate Gabriel Agbonlahor even recalled an occasion when Grealish was admonished by the Frenchman for smiling at the training ground!

Win percentage: 10%

Charlton Athletic gave Les Reed a very special festive present in 2006, heartlessly sacking their manager on Christmas Eve. League Managers Association chief executive John Barnwell was not happy at the time, releasing the following statement: "The season of goodwill obviously doesn't extend to football managers, and when I heard what had happened to Les my heart sank.

"Although you cannot impose a Christmas armistice on clubs, banning them from sacking managers at this time of year, you would hope chairmen and directors realise that decisions of this nature affect not only single employees but their families. For one club to have three different managers before Christmas is unacceptable."

It may have been brutal, but it's unlikely things would have worked out for Reed at the Valley. This was his first ever managerial role - he'd previously been a football consultant - and he won just once during a six-week spell in charge, a run which included being eliminated from the League Cup by League Two Wycombe Wanderers.

What's Reed up to now? Well, he's landed on his feet, currently providing advice to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney at Wrexham.

Win percentage: 14.2%

Nobody expected Jan Siewert to keep Huddersfield in the Premier League when he left Borussia Dortmund II to take over in January 2019. The Terriers had dramatically defied expectations by reaching the top flight in the first place, and David Wagner had produced a miracle to keep them up for a season.

However, Siewert still managed to perform well under expectations. In the end he took charge of 15 Premier League games, losing 12 of them and only recording a solitary win.

It was always a weird appointment, considering his only senior managerial experience came at minnows Rot-Weiss Essen. However, this was 2019. Klopp-mania was running wild and high-pressing Germans were all the rage.

Win percentage: 6.67%

Steve Wigley has an outstanding reputation as a youth coach, helping develop a raft of young stars during his spells at Southampton and Fulham. He couldn't translate his success on the training field to the Premier League dugout however, stuttering through his loan managerial stint in the English top flight after succeeding Paul Sturrock - who lasted just two games.

Wigley did not stick around for that much longer, taking in 14 matches and winning just once. Hey, at least that sole victory came against Saints' bitter rivals Portsmouth, so it wasn't all bad.

Win percentage: 6.25%

Mick McCarthy has seemingly only ever experienced feast or famine during his time as a manager. Nothing sums up these contrasting fortunes more than his spell in charge of Sunderland.

Initially drafted in with the Black Cats basically already down, he led his side back to the promised land after missing out on promotion through the play-offs the previous season.

The Premier League proved a harsh taskmaster though, with McCarthy's side tasting victory just twice in 28 games before he was dismissed in March 2006.

Win percentage: 5.4%

Alan Pardew had built up a reputation as a perfectly-serviceable Premier League manager before he took the West Brom job in November 2017. Since that debacle, it's all been downhill for Pardew, and he's opted to take a whistle-stop tour around Europe after struggling to find anyone in England willing to give him a job.

He was brought in to replace Tony Pulis at the Hawthorns after the Baggies made an uninspiring start to the campaign, but Pardew's arrival seem to only intensify their problems. He wouldn't taste his first win until January 13, and that would be the only time he would celebrate three points before being sacked in March.

Win percentage: 5.56%

Poor old Terry Connor. If ever a man wasn't suited to being a number one, he was it.

Appointed by struggling Wolves after they failed to attract any sufficiently-experienced candidates, Connor muddled through the remainder of the season as Wanderers slipped further and further away from safety.

By the time the season ended, the stats made for pretty grim reading. Thirteen games played, zero wins, four draws and nine losses. They scored just 12 goals and conceded 33.

Win percentage: 0%

There was plenty of excitement when Frank de Boer took over at Selhurst Park in summer 2017. Crystal Palace had grown tired of Sam Allardyce's attritional style and De Boer's arrival was supposed to herald a new era of Total Football, with the Dutchman vowing to get the Eagles playing like Ajax in his inaugural press conference.

It didn't quite transpire like that. Instead, De Boer completely failed to get a tune out his squad, who were far more-suited to a more direct approach. Staggeringly, Palace would lose all four of his games in charge without scoring a goal.

Later that season, Jose Mourinho rubbed salt in De Boer's wounds after the Dutchman said it was "a shame" that Marcus Rashford was being managed by the Special One.

"I read something, some quote from the worst manager in the history of the Premier League – Frank de Boer. What he was saying was not good for Marcus Rashford to have a coach like me, because the most important thing for me is to win. If he was coached by Frank he would lose because he lost every game," Mourinho retorted. Brutal stuff.

Win percentage: 0%

Derby County's 2007-08 season is legendary for all the wrong reasons. Their paltry 11-point haul remains a Premier League worst, and even with the economic gulf widening in the division, no team has got close to taking that record from them.

One of the managers who oversaw this catastrophe was Paul Jewell. The former Wigan manager replaced Billy Davies in November with the Rams four points from safety after 14 games.

Jewell began his reign with three straight defeats before earning his first of just five points against Newcastle. Derby attempted to help him out by recruiting the likes of Robbie Savage, Hossam Ghaly and Laurent Robert in January, but it did not work. They would not win under Jewell in the top flight.

Win percentage: 0%