Are Burnley the best team in Championship history? Let’s revisit that question in May. Is Vincent Kompany doing the best managerial job in modern, second-tier history? Convince me otherwise.
Before fans of Steve Coppell’s Reading pipe up, let’s start with some facts. Kompany is just 36 years old. He inherited a deflated club which had just lost its entire spine, with Nick Pope, Ben Mee and James Tarkowski the headline departures.
After six seasons of top-flight action, some fans had grown tired of negative and defensive tactics. The club needed a gutting rebuild and many doubted whether Kompany, with just one managerial job on his c.