We agree on most my friend but it has to be Sam for me.Why pay him that?
See this is the problem, we're panicking after 10 games. There's ages to go. The season we finished fourth, I think we got 19 points after the 19 game mark. We won't get to that level but equally, it's not the doom that people are suggesting.
Appointing that crook essentially tells people 'we're panicking, we'll pay panic money in January for players he wants, and forget any decent football for the rest of the season'.
People go on on about the Bolton to Europe 'achievement' but he hadn't been appointed as a relegation 'fixer', so he was allowed to experiment with bringing in older players from abroad; he could do so because he massively loaded the contracts. This all happened over a decade ago. It happened in 2004-2005 in a league so weak, you could finish 4th with 61 points.
Anyone know who managed it that season?
Right now we need to start keeping clean sheet as a minimum.Setting up teams to do that is his strength.As for scoring goals with the players we have? Hard pressed to think of anyone in the market place who could.And Allardyce will 100% guarantee that we will start scoring and start defending and start winning?
Right now we need to start keeping clean sheet as a minimum.Setting up teams to do that is his strength.As for scoring goals with the players we have? Hard pressed to think of anyone in the market place who could.
True but to me that's screams another Koeman who thinks he's bigger than the club.
No doubt he's better than Koeman...but you have to admit he's an unknown quantity.
If it were after Martinez or we had more points on the board with a good team not clicking, there's leg room to make that appointment.
We're not in that position.
Think it was the other way round mate. We had a really good first 19 then only got about 20 points the second half of the season but everyone else was crap and couldn't catch us. I may be wrong though.
Hollywood Manager??Look at the predicament were in lad. We're not going to be challenging for Europe that's for sure. Big Sam is the right man for the current situation. We tried with a 'hollywood manager' last time and look how that turned out.
Allardyce odds on across the board now
I believe that Moyes may not have been far off the Allardyce method as far as drilling the players relentlessly so maybe we will see an upturn in results.I don’t like the thought of Allardyce on bit but I’m struggling to see who these players will play for. They wouldn’t turn up for Martinez, they wouldn’t play for Koeman, they’re seemingly not performing for Unsworth, we’ve tried a hands off philosophy, authoritarian discipline, and ‘just go and enjoy it lads’. These clowns won’t respond to any of it. If Allardyce needs to tell them using 200 screens which position on the pitch to stand in to mark them all not be so utterly turd then I’m all for it.
the main point being hes the clear market favouriteNot on the Exchange he isn't.
DOH! Bit early still for me.haha, that's what I've said mate! After the 19th game we got 19 points, we got all our points the first half of the season. General point is that you can see a season as two halves.
We agree on most my friend but it has to be Sam for me.
The defence is in a horror-state and, even if we throw money at new CBs in January, they will need organising.
A deal to the end of the season with bilateral option of a further 12 months would be a good compromise.