Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been likened to former Toon boss Gordon Lee.
Dutchman ten Hag is under pressure following his side's worst start to a season since the 1973-74 campaign, and his style of management has led to a comparison to Lee.
Lee replaced Toon legend Joe Harvey in the dugout in 1975 and led the club to a cup final, but his approach towards some of the side's top players - such as Malcolm Macdonald - left him unpopular on the terraces.
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Many fans felt the sale of Macdonald to Arsenal in 1976 was good enough for him to get the sack, but Gordon would survive the calls only to quit for the Everton job just months later.
John Gibson, who covered the club during Lee's time on Tyneside made the comparison between the two gaffers while speaking on The Everything is Black and White Podcast.
Reflecting on Newcastle United's one-nil win over Man United at St James' Park last weekend, he said: "It was a typical example of a team that cares and a team that doesn't.
"Everything Newcastle United have got - the will, the desire and camaraderie - Manchester United don't. I look at ten Hag and he looks out of his depth. He looks like a rabbit in the headlights, [asking] 'what do I do next?'
"They're not listening to him. He's part of the problem himself because he's created division in the dressing room whereas Eddie Howe has created a wonderful togetherness.
"ten Hag has split the dressing room. In that respect, he reminds me very much of Gordon Lee. At Newcastle, he got results, and to a certain extent ten Hag did last season but he split the dressing room, and long term that is a recipe for disaster."
The result against Newcastle back on December 2nd - the goal coming from Anthony Gordon - has increased pressure on ten Hag.
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