But David Moyes and Sean Dyche (below) are proof there is life in the old school yet.
Again, they would rail against the suggestion, but Thursday night was throwback night.
At the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, West Ham's welldrilled, highly-motivated team ground out a win against THE flavour-of-the-season side.
While, at Goodison Park, Dyche's men gave their latest impression of the David Moyes-era Dogs of War against the expensive Saudi accessory.
Ange Postecoglou and Eddie Howe two poster boys for the current version of the Premier League were suitably chastened. But no one should be surprised. Moyes is becoming the managerial statesman of the Premier League, seen it all and done it all with more than 1,000 club games managed across all levels of football.
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