That may be the case since the division was rebranded as the Championship, but I recall Fulham got promoted from the second tier under Jean Tigana in 2001 and he was from that well-known part of the British Isles called France.
You would imagine Hyypia has something about him in order to be a former captain of Liverpool. You don't get that armband generally if you are a shrinking violet. Just because he doesn't eyeball people or scream in their face, don't mistake that for not caring.
If you feel a British manager is required, do you not feel you slightly undermine your argument by advocating that an Irishman becomes the next manager?
It's pretty obvious an Anglo Saxon "if in doubt, lump it up to the big man" philosophy a la Mick McCarthy, Tony Pulis is not the philosophy that Tony Bloom has for the club and how he wants them to play. Therefore, the managers he has appointed have been ones who will advocate playing a more...