The same Allardyce that he sacked?
And then this summer told Sky that it was the one decision he regretted and how sorry he was.
In the same interview he said how amazing Rafa was.
You don’t think he hasn’t learned from Keegan?
He hasn't learnt from anything else.
This is where we are all going wrong as a fans, we paint Ashley as a stupid buffoon. He has done many things wrong to this club, but it is all calculated, it is all purported.
He is a billionaire.
He is far from stupid.
Plenty of people who are capable in one sense are also capable of mitigating ignorance and inability to change. Very little to do with intelligence. He has a knack for some things clearly, people and the volatile reality of sport are not one of them.