He's a born loser. He couldn't even win a trophy when he inherited the Man Utd team that had just been crowned champions, had access to their vast budget and they were still getting the benefit of the snidey 6 refereeing decisions subsidy.

His talent is in the ability to bring relegation threatened clubs to the brink of european qualification (and sometimes over that threshold). He knows this and that's why his language is littered with 'plucky underdogs' soundbites so that it drives home to the listener how he is getting the best out of what is available to him.

Allardyce and Dyche may be more limited managers, but they at least are happy to admit to their tag as relegation specialists and trade off it. Moyes trades off the notion that he is doing the best with the resources available to him and if only he was given the respect he deserved in the transfer market by clubs, players and agents he'd show the world just how good he is.