the problem wasn't the interim manager, it as the amount of time he was interim for: most only have to deal with a handful of games. We, in our now customary arrogance, thought we could be different; that we were special. It was a continuation of appointing a former player as manager, despite the fact that failed at so many other clubs: leeds, liverpool, newcastle, to name but three. And it was a continuation of the dumb idea of giving Ole a new three-year deal when he should actually have been sacked months earlier