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I would say a Hyypia "empathist" rather than "apologist". He made some really weird tactical decisions (wing backs in a back four as an example) and didn't adapt his approach to the quality of players at his disposal. I'm certainly not saying that he was a good manager, I just think that he came...

Yes, but Hyypia (and to a degree Garcia) is also the only manager that wasn't back financially. When Hyypia went, he sacked everyone in the recruitment team and converted to what we have now structurally. Hyypia wasn't necessarily great, but he was backed up by (mainly) rubbish loanees and...