Indeed, one of my favourite players of that era and agree, not his fault he was offered the job and appointed, but agree with Stutts about his utterances since in relation to it all. They have left a lot to be desired in terms of awareness of how off the pace he was in the role. Also I remember one time Bobby Robson being sent out next day to face the radio interview in the final throws of the reign, and I thought Staunton should have fronted up and did that interview himself. He was happy enough to bullishly pronounce himself as 'da gaffer' over Robson when they were initially unveiled, but when it was tail spinning, da gaffer hid. And some of the vitriol Robson faced that day was far less dignified than how he dealt with it in his replies. He shouldn't have had to deal with it at all, or alone anyway, as the decisions weren't his to account for surely, I lost respect for Staunton that day.
