Halo, halo... Steve Gibson has a ruthless streak after all
By Oliver Holt
Published 22:55 27/10/09
The halo has slipped from Steve Gibson's head after the way he sacked Gareth Southgate at Middlesbrough but it hasn't changed my opinion of him.
Gibson's been a good chairman for his home-town team but he is also a very rich man. And very rich men don't get to be very rich unless they are also prepared to be very ruthless somewhere along the line.
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