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Allerdyce was just a name. Take any Northern English man producing this football and 99% of people wouldn't have this faith.
Phew. For a minute there I assumed you might have been pulling figures out the air. At least there's some science involved! Does it only apply to Northerners? I ask because Allardyce isn't northern, he's from the midlands. It'd be interested to know where the 99% start getting diluted. Does it get worse the more northern you get? Is that why George Graham's football was so crap?
Or, have you considered that it's nothing to do with any of that stuff and it's the fact that Mourinho is one of the most successful managers of all time?
So, unsurprisingly enough, many 'supporters' are happy to have faith in a process because the bloke has been there, done that, and no doubt passes bowel movements with more experience in football than the majority of his critics. If Tony Pulis was stuck on the sidelines we'd be less optimistic because there would be little evidence that hoping would yield anything. He's from Welsh and from Newport though, so probably not Northern or English enough to cause discord.
Irony with this kind of opinion is in guys like Steve Bruce. Geordie lad (that's very north of England) managing his home team and, although there's Sunderland connotations there, was slated for not being Benitez right from the moment he was linked. Turns out he has then playing better than Benitez after all.