NEW manager bounce in sport is a thing. For decades, more recently than before, a team on the wane will sack their head coach and bring in a new one in the hope that they can turn it around.

The way they do this ranges from new tactics, a different view on the way the game is played down to bringing back the players’ chips and ketchup — Harry Redknapp loves using this method to get players back to their best.

West Brom fired Tony Pulis and brought in Alan Pardew in the hope that the former Crystal Palace manager would provide said “bounce.”