Haha Allardyce was a firefighter not someone you build teams around, his style was agonizing to watch I used to nod off when the games were on, it was like sitting in a doctor's waiting room levels of boring we had like two shots on target if our attack was lively for the occasional game. Those tactics wouldn't have the same effectiveness now, majority of teams in EPL are pretty dynamic you might be able to do it a couple games a season but every game the team would crumble, lampard was becoming so desperate he was actually replicating Sam's style except for passing out from the back.