Dont really see the big deal wih Big Sam getting sacked - he's the most overrated manager in football.
Other managers have had a similar budget and done much better in a shorter space of time. The Big Sam myth is in tatters.
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His managerial record until he took over Newcastle was faultless. Firstly Blackpool where he turned from a nothing side struggling in the lower reaches of the football league, who very nearly got into the 2nd tier for the first time in a generation under him. Then took Bolton from the middle of todays championship to a side that were regular top half team in the Premiership, something that Bolton had virtually never been, save for a years in the 50's.
Despite having a rep as an old fashioned football person, he infact was very innovative and took on many new innovations in football way before his colleagues.
I sense you just don't like the fact that his teams didn't play the prettiest football but alas supporters of provincial clubs can't afford the luxury of having our team play creative attacking football to win games. There is no myth.
I think he's tactically lacking, and average in the transfer market bar a couple of signings.
Unlike Moyes or Hughes who had bruising teams when they started but who now play decent football - Big Sam never got past the "kick the opposition" tactics he started with.
He's never tried to develop into a footballing side like Everton or Blackburn have recently.
All he did at Newcastle was try to make them a bigger version of Bolton because he's, in my opinion, overrated.
He's taken clubs as far as he can using his style - but he'll never go further.
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