But I have to admit to having felt a touch sorry for him when he took charge of Bolton for the first time at the weekend.
Even before a ball had been kicked, the new Wanderers boss was a hate figure among the Reebok Stadium faithful - such as they are given that the crowd of 18,413 was the lowest at the ground for a Premier League game.
And he was on a hiding to nothing in the match against Aston Villa.
A poll of 800 supporters taken before the game revealed that Megson had a 1.7 per cent approval rating.
And when he started to make changes in the second half of the game, his decisions were roundly booed by the fans who had bothered to turn up.
Managing a football club is a difficult job at the best of times and it is inevitable that at some stage you will be unpopular.
But it is normally some time after you have been appointed that your star begins to fade.
The fact that he was not first choice among the club's directors can hardly have helped him.
But the perception is that Bolton have gone for the cheap option and have shown a lack of ambition.
Megson's track record is not the best in the top flight, but who would have done better at West Brom?
I would point out to any Bolton fans reading this - and I know you are out there - that Sam Allardyce was hardly proven when he arrived at the club more than 10 years ago and look what he did.
Give Megson time - more time than Sammy Lee was given at any rate.
Who knows what he might achieve?

WEMBLEY was turned into a small piece of Florida on Sunday when the Miami Dolphins took on the New York Giants in the first ever NFL regular season game to be held outside North America.
I have just one question. Why?
There was a limited appetite for gridiron in the 1980s when Channel 4 was trying to boost its audience on a Sunday night by showing regular matches.
But it is a sport that has failed to ignite the imagination in this country since.
There are pockets of fans and the NFL money men still see this country as a cash cow waiting to be milked.
It was an exercise in creating customers.
I can't imagine how the Miami fans felt when they discovered that one of their 'home' games was going to be played thousands of miles away on a different continent.
One way to try is to think about the future of the Premier League or the Champions League.
The big clubs already go to the States in the summer for lucrative friendlies.
How long before Chelsea-Manchester United is played at Giants Stadium in New York?