What good was that to us?
I wouldn't say we were going down, but regardless of what he's done in the past and where we were in the table, we were in relegation form when he was sacked.
And you could say exactly the same about our record with Keegan. 5 wins out of 19.
The point is, there is far, far more evidence to suggest Allardyce would have kept us up than not. His record with Bolton, Blackburn and even us to some extent, points to a fairly strong conclusion.
9 points from his last 12 games (6 of those points coming from a lucky penalty and a last minute winner) is all the evidence that I need That's relegation form to me.
That's fine. It's also pretty selective, as we were about 10th.
Are you really going to argue that Allardyce wouldn't have managed 4 more wins past January?