Coach DNA
Playing style
balanced profile
Style consistency
More consistent than 92% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Heart Of Midlothian
Oct 2024 – Apr 2025 · 30 matches
1.40 points per game in Premiership (25 matches).
Heart Of Midlothian with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.69 (159 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +4 above the league average under him, +69 under the others.
Most used
- C. Gordon2,700' · Elo 1,404
- J. Penrice2,537' · Elo 2,036
- B. Spittal2,186' · Elo 1,863
- L. Shankland1,926' · Elo 1,911
- C. Devlin1,856' · Elo 1,933
- A. Forrester1,539' · Elo 1,751
- K. Rowles1,530' · Elo 1,878
- B. Baningime1,510' · Elo 1,904
- J. Wilson1,323' · Elo 1,708
- D. Oyegoke1,253' · Elo 1,658
Blackpool
Mar 2020 – Aug 2024 · 171 matches
1.52 points per game in League One / Championship (145 matches).
Blackpool with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.28 (268 matches, 10 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +10 above the league average under him, −16 under the others.
Most used
- J. Husband9,981' · Elo 1,806
- M. Ekpiteta9,898' · Elo 1,822
- K. Dougall8,593' · Elo 1,710
- C. Hamilton7,493' · Elo 1,856
- D. Grimshaw6,918' · Elo 1,812
- C. Maxwell6,855' · Elo 1,509
- J. Yates6,444' · Elo 1,708
- J. Lawrence-Gabriel5,517' · Elo 1,729
- C. Connolly4,764' · Elo 1,885
- G. Madine4,519' · Elo 1,564
QPR
Dec 2022 – Feb 2023 · 12 matches
0.73 points per game in Championship (11 matches).
QPR with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.31 (275 matches, 6 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −25 below the league average under him, −38 under the others.
Most used
- J. Dunne1,080' · Elo 2,019
- S. Dieng1,080' · Elo 1,982
- S. Field1,065' · Elo 1,979
- K. Paal945' · Elo 1,747
- R. Dickie901' · Elo 1,922
- I. Chair893' · Elo 1,881
- T. Iroegbunam753' · Elo 1,971
- A. Dozzell630' · Elo 1,935
- E. Laird622' · Elo 2,001
- L. Dykes581' · Elo 1,919
Players under Neil Critchley
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- D. Ballard+719
in 30 matches · Blackpool
- S. Carey+417
in 59 matches · Blackpool
- K. Dembélé+405
in 46 matches · Blackpool
- E. Simms+400
in 24 matches · Blackpool
in 84 matches · Blackpool
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−69C. Styles2064
in 4 matches · Barnsley
−56H. Kane1914
in 3 matches · Barnsley
−54J. Marquis1434
in 4 matches · Bristol Rovers
−52S. Raggett1543
in 4 matches · Portsmouth
−49C. Brannagan1952
in 4 matches · Oxford United
Nemeses
+145L. Watson1621
in 3 matches · Charlton
+134C. Davies1441
in 3 matches · Cheltenham
+129F. Murray1771
in 3 matches · Kilmarnock
+126L. Plange1678
in 3 matches · Carlisle
+117E. Chislett1488
in 3 matches · Port Vale
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −38
J. Barton1605
in 5 matches · Bristol Rovers
- −31
Karl Robinson1766
in 4 matches · Oxford United
- −29
S. Valakari1767
in 3 matches · ST Johnstone
- −26
G. McCann1757
in 5 matches · Peterborough
- −20
Russell Martin1976
in 5 matches · Swansea
Nemesis coaches
- +49
D. Gray1793
in 3 matches · Hibernian
- +35
D. McInnes2014
in 3 matches · Kilmarnock
- +26
Gary Rowett1904
in 3 matches · Millwall
- +22
R. Lowe1708
in 4 matches · Preston
- +19
John Coleman1478
in 4 matches · Accrington ST
Playing style
How Neil Critchley's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 2 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.70style consistency across 2 clubs
More consistent than 92% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Blackpool167 matches
Heart Of Midlothian30 matches