So, who was our best manager

[Logicalman]

I picked 6, because the oldies were not listed and we've not had all the managers yet to come!

[RaySmith]

No doubt at all ,it has to be Beddy Jezzard. Promotion to the top flight in his first season and then kept us there for some eight years or so on a shoe string budget, never relegated.
He only left in protest of Alan Mullery being sold to Spurs without his knowledge.
No big pay off for Beddy , after leavingus he left football and earned his living as a publican.

Managers had an entirely different profile in those days.

I don't remember, watching Fulham from the  early 60's, mainly battling valiantly to stay in the top flight, ever seeing Beddy Jezzard make a public appearance - no post game interviews, or constant newspaper articles, but i knew he'd had illustrious playing career for Fulham from seeing mates' photos, and that we'd got promotion under him.

And his post Fulham occupation shows how the lack of money given to players in the game, extended to the managers.

All you say is true Ray Smith but surely we are not judging our past managers on TV appearances or the quality of their pullovers but on team performance and results and the time they held the job.
I say again Beddy Jezzard has to come second to none.

Filham - this was in no way intended as a criticism of Beddy Jezzard, but more of the way the game has changed that i was  criticising - with all the publicity and TV coverage of the game and everyone involved at top level, with so much attention paid to  every detail, such as 'body language' (we are all psychologists now!) and the way they are dressed, for example, as we've recently seen with Parker.

I was making the point that Jezzard quietly got on with his job, which he did very successfully, keeping Fulham  in the division, and keeping hold of our quality players like Haynes and Cohen, though as you said, he resigned when the club sold Mullery to Spurs behind his back.
And he wasn't even well compensated financially.

I would certainly not make any criticism of Beddy Jezzard - a Fulham legend as players and manager, though representing a different era, when  neither players or managers  made much from the game, and often  struggled after retirement.
Now thing have gone  a long way in the other direction , for  top players and managers anyway - too far many say.

[Abbotsbury White]

To define the 'best' is difficult, one managers style maybe pleasing while another would have been with us longer and possibly have a better win ratio, below is the complete list of managers with games managed, wins ,losses and win percentage(sorry for the way it has come out) Phil Kelso over 450 games and near a 40% win rate looks impressive, best win ratio was Keegan by a mile but over a short time.

Manager
Start - End Date
Won
Drawn
Lost
Win%
Marco Silva
2021-07-01 - Present
0
0
0
-
Scott Parker
2019-02-28 - 2021-06-28
37
25
43
35.2
Claudio Ranieri
2018-11-14 - 2019-02-28
3
3
11
17.6
Slavisa Jokanovic
2015-12-27 - 2018-11-14
64
36
45
44.1
Stuart Gray
2015-12-08 - 2015-12-27
0
2
2
0
Kit Symons
2014-09-18 - 2015-11-08
23
16
25
35.9
Felix Magath
2014-02-14 - 2014-09-18
4
4
12
20
Rene Meulensteen
2013-12-02 - 2014-02-14
4
3
10
23.5
Martin Jol
2011-06-07 - 2013-12-02
38
28
47
33.6
Mark Hughes
2010-07-29 - 2011-06-01
14
16
13
32.6
Roy Hodgson
2007-12-30 - 2010-07-01
50
32
46
39.1
Ray Lewington
2007-12-21 - 2007-12-30
0
2
1
0
Lawrie Sanchez
2007-04-11 - 2007-12-21
4
8
12
16.7
Chris Coleman
2003-04-17 - 2007-04-11
61
44
71
34.7
Jean Tigana
2000-07-01 - 2003-04-17
69
42
43
44.8
Karlheinz Riedle
2000-03-30 - 2000-07-01
3
2
2
42.9
Paul Bracewell
1999-05-14 - 2000-03-29
22
16
12
44
Kevin Keegan
1998-05-07 - 1999-05-09
38
12
11
62.3
Ray Wilkins
1997-09-25 - 1998-05-07
21
8
15
47.7
Micky Adams
1996-08-01 - 1997-09-25
30
16
17
47.6
Ian Branfoot
1994-08-01 - 1996-02-19
26
35
27
29.5
Don Mackay
1991-01-27 - 1994-03-28
53
46
62
32.9
Alan Dicks
1990-07-09 - 1991-12-31
17
23
35
22.7
Ray Lewington
1986-07-01 - 1990-06-01
73
54
82
34.9
Ray Harford
1984-04-20 - 1986-06-10
37
16
46
37.4
Malcolm McDonald
1980-11-01 - 1984-04-20
74
56
54
40.2
Bobby Campbell
1976-12-16 - 1980-10-31
51
51
81
27.9
Alec Stock
1972-06-21 - 1976-12-16
75
72
73
34.1
Bill Dodgin
1969-12-01 - 1972-06-19
57
33
40
43.8
Bobby Robson
1968-01-01 - 1968-11-01
10
12
23
22.2
Vic Buckingham
1965-01-01 - 1968-01-01
42
31
66
30.2
Bedford Jezzard
1958-06-01 - 1964-12-31
112
69
121
37.1
Duggie Livingstone
1956-01-01 - 1958-05-31
52
22
37
46.8
Bill Dodgin
1949-08-01 - 1953-10-01
52
52
84
27.7
Frank Osborne
1948-09-01 - 1949-06-01
22
8
10
55
Jack Peart
1935-05-01 - 1948-09-01
104
71
100
37.8
Jimmy Hogan
1934-08-01 - 1935-02-01
9
8
10
33.3
James McIntyre
1931-04-01 - 1934-02-01
60
28
37
48
Ned Liddell
1929-05-01 - 1931-04-01
39
19
29
44.8
Joe Bradshaw
1926-08-01 - 1929-05-01
48
26
57
36.6
Andy Ducat
1924-05-01 - 1926-05-01
31
23
38
33.7
Phil Kelso
1909-08-01 - 1924-05-01
180
104
178
39
Harry Bradshaw
1904-04-01 - 1909-04-01
43
19
27
48.3

[blingo]

I picked 6, because the oldies were not listed and we've not had all the managers yet to come!

Behave yourself Mr Logical lol