I feel for Owen Coyle, having seen him be critcised for accepting the offer to manage Bolton Wanderers by big names like Piers Morgan, who calls Coyle "Judas Iscariot" and claims he is only moving across the M65 for the personal financial gain, allegations which I believe are far from the truth.
Coyle has been a loyal servant to Burnley and managed them in 116 games since he took them over in November 2007 . He led them back to the top tier of the English game for the first time in 33 years with a Play-off victory over Sheffield United, and add in a Carling Cup Semi-final in the same season, he quickly became a hero at Turf Moor.
The Scotsman - who earned an international cap with the Republic of Ireland - was linked with the vacant position left by Gordon Strachan at Celtic Park in the summer but turned down the offer of what is thought to have been double his salary. It seems, however, that when one of his former clubs came calling, it was too good to turn down. Coyle made 54 appearances for the Trotters between 1993 and 1995, scoring 12 goals before moving back north to Dundee Utd. Coyle is also following in the steps of many other successful Scottish managers in the Premier League and will be hoping to enhance his reputation further at the Reebok stadium. It seems the lure of guaranteed money in the transfer windows and taking over a strong squad were the defining factors for the move. Bolton are a much more well established club in the Premier League with their Academy and training facilities, while Coyle could not be guaranteed money to spend in the summer, should he have kept Burnley up. In sense it was money that lured Coyle to Bolton, but not to line his own pockets rather the cash he will have to spend on players. I expect him to do well and certainly maintain Bolton's Premier League status this season.
I hope that Mr Morgan's comments come back to haunt him at the end of the season, and Burnley go down, and Bolton stay up!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/article-1241919/Piers-Morgan-Graham-Alexander-Great-Owen-Coyle-betrayer.html
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