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Manager Stats

The Owl

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In pure footballing terms, in Ashley's near six years in charge, Newcastle have finished in the top 10 of the Premier League only once, last year's fifth-place finish. Their average Premier League finish (including their current position of 17th) is 13th, they have been relegated once and are in the middle of another fight to stay out of the Championship. They have not gone beyond the fourth round of either domestic cup competition in that period and in those six years there has been one European campaign, in this season's Europa League, in which they reached the quarter-finals. There have been six different managers during these six years, including Allardyce.

For the previous six years prior to Ashley's arrival, Newcastle finished in the top 10 of the Premier League on four occasions, their average finish was eighth and they were never relegated. They reached two FA Cup quarter-finals, one FA Cup semi-final, two League Cup quarter-finals, one Uefa Cup semi-final and one Uefa Cup quarter-final. They qualified for the Champions League twice and reached the second group stage in the competition's old format. They used four managers during that period.

It is some contrast.
 
Aye. Our ambition before Ashley was trying to win something at any cost I suppose, whilst we all know what the ambition is now.

There isn't any.
 
That seems to lay it bare doesn't it. 6 managers in 6 years? It doesn't feel like that.

Of course, some might say this is inevitable if you have so many managers - and that is an argument for managerial stability. With the right man at the helm of course.
 
Thats right but in the 6 years prior to Ashley they are correct. One of Robsons finishes was outside the 6 years prior period.