Potter to De Zerbi, is pretty like for like. Most other recent managerial changes we have been of kind, between people of similar stature and reputation within the game.
Slade to Poyet was a paradigm shift. From lower league workman to big league charisma. A leap into a glamorous unknown
Exactly the reason I voted Poyet.
By the time of all the other appointments, the clubs’ status, and our expectations of who we might attract, had changed immeasurably.
The out of the blue announcement of Gus Poyet, when we were expecting the likes of Jim Gannon or Keith Hill, was amazing.