No. Souness failed, Roeder failed, Allardyce failed, Keegan was constructively dismissed, Kinnear failed, Shearer was handed a sinking ship, Hughton's sacking was a disgrace, Pardew was a complete cunt, his record post 2011/12 is almost ignored by the press. It's baffling. And fans from the outside fail to grasp how he belittled expectations and forced many supporters including some on here to walk away and lose interest in the club altogether. For me personally, that's unfathomable, but the fact Pardew drove some fans to that extent is fucking sacrilege. McClaren failed.