Yet they don't seem to realise the calibre of manager that it even took to manage those victories.
Otto Rehhagel has three Bundesliga titles and a European trophy, amongst a host of other cups
Fernando Santos has a Portuguese league title and several other trophies.
Sam Allardyce finished 6th once then got knocked out of Europe early.
He broke into the Blackburn team the year they went down and is/was their club captain after Dann left for Palace. Played against us a few times, including the FA Cup game where Hatem scored THAT goal.
Scored the winner at Old Trafford that year as well when they won 3-2.
6th actually. It's very odd how it still gets talked about as proof of his genius, a 6th place finish over ten years ago, 3 points ahead of McClaren's Boro.
Course we need another centre half - 2 really, unless he's planning to play Dummett there or can extreme confidence in promoting someone else from within like Mbabu.
http://www.football365.com/news/we-all-need-to-swallow-the-allardyce-pill
Love how much John Nicholson hates him.
This on the other hand is obscene: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jul/17/england-next-football-manager-sam-allardyce-football-association-fa
Imagine genuinely believing that and not being institutionalised.
Mercenary or not, you could never once accuse Ba of going through the motions, unlike plenty of others. He was brilliant for us right up to the end, when he got a brace in his last game.