Paul Robinson has claimed that Sam Allardyce is "the best man manager" he has ever worked under and insisted that he should have been appointed as Leeds United head coach over Javi Gracia back in February.
Confirmation of Allardyce's position as interim manager for the final four games this season was confirmed on Wednesday morning. Gracia's 12-game spell in charge came to an end after a 4-1 defeat to Bournemouth proved to be the straw that broke the camel's back for the Spaniard.
The 68-year-old now faces an uphill battle to keep the Whites in the Premier League, as he prepares for games against Manchester City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Tottenham Hotspur. The decision to appoint Allardyce was met with widespread scepticism, but Robinson for one believes that the former England boss, with whom he worked with a Blackburn Rovers, is exactly what the club needed and that he should have been brought in far earlier than he eventually was.
