The last time a manager was able to build a legacy was Steve Coppell who had 8 years in his first spell, and had we not been relegated on 49 points!!!!!, the first and only time that will ever happen in the top league, he probably could have gone on and done a Ferguson in terms of years at our club. Indeed up to Coppell leaving us in 1993, our turnover of managers was actually pretty good. We did not have a huge list of managers, a sign of those times i guess when managers were given longer at clubs and showed loyalty as well.

Since Stevie left, we have had a ridiculous number of managers. Unfortunately due to the huge amount of TV money now on offer in the Premier, the first hint of a struggle against relegation means that owners are all too happy to pull the trigger now. Look at Bilic again coming under pressure at West Ham. Now we have a manager in Frank De Boer who genuinely wants to build something here. On the recent pre-season tours, he promoted Nya Kirby, a great talent of the future to train with the first team and also wants to bring through the likes of Phillips and Wan-Bissaka into the first team picture. Surely we all want him to succeed and build something rather than keep appointing firefighters like Allardyce to pull ourselves clear, but then they decide to leave and we have to start all over again

I for one thought that Pulis, Pardew and Allardyce would all go on to build the club. Of course, Pulis was a crook, Pardew was incompetent, and Allardyce retired. And let's be honest, De Boer wants to transform the club but if he succeeds, he'll be snapped up by a bigger team in a year or two (as comical as that seems right now).