#3 Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers
Big Sam might be the subject of many people’s ridicule right now, but one can’t deny that he has his qualities as a manager. The relegation-surviving specialist somehow manages to save teams from the drop and it is for this reason that his sacking at Blackburn Rovers was inscrutable.
When Allardyce was made the manager of Rovers in 2008, they acquired only 13 points from 17 league games and were 11 games without a win. However, in his very first game, he beat Stoke 3-0 and ended the dire run.
The recently-sacked England manager made sure that his team avoided relegation with a 15th placed finish. The very next season, Blackburn Rovers finished an impressive 10th place. However, the following year when the club was taken over by an Indian company, Allardyce was sacked despite the club being in a decent 13th place.
He was replaced by Steve Kean and the Rovers ended up at 15th. In Sir Alex Ferguson’s words, it was a ridiculous decision.
