Sam Allardyce

[technojoe]

As interesting as it is to conduct a post mortem on Allardyce's dispiriting reign , shouldn't we wait until we have the fat, bloated corpse to work on.?

He says he's working on next season already.........

 

[technojoe]

What they suddenly don't count do they? Koeman was playing without a striker and with no pace in the team. He was seriously hamstrung in every game he went into. Scam has had things available that Koeman did not and what has he done? Won the home games you'd expect us to win anyway? Beat a 10-man Stoke away?

Marginally improved but at what cost? Set a record twice for the least amount of possession in a match. Went five games with two shots on target?

The man is a charlatan who blagged his way into this job and has embarrassed us every time he's been opened his mouth in front of a camera or journalist.

Look at our opponents in the europa this season though......Big Sam does one thing well, keeps teams up. He was given the job as we were in a big mess. Wasn't his fault we were in a position to call him in. All I am saying is let him go quietly no point in wasting energy on the guy doing his one job for the club. He will be gone by the summer I'm sure but he did what he was asked and you can't have a go at him for that.

 

[msb]

I don't like Sam, never have, never will, did not want him to come to the club, don't want him to stay.

Regardless of the above he has kept us in the PL, although I'm not that sure we were ever in any real danger - look at our opening fixture run, with our squad I think Guardiola would have had a hard job getting many more points than we did. None of us were suggesting that our squad was so weak at the start of the season, except for the replacement of Lukaku, we were all excited and looking forward to challenging at the top - anything else is just remarkable hindsight.

Those who attend regularly at Goodison can see the football deteriorating week in, week out and utter capitulation against some teams has been abhorrent to fans. Lack of effort and basic piss poor tactical plans, no style, no creativity, lack of goals, poor defensive organisation - all point to poor management.

Whoopee do, he kept us up - happy about that. The rest you can keep. Spend someone else's 12 million to bin him at the end of the season - too right, in a heartbeat.

 

[kithnou]

The bit in bold is the reason he will be sacked

#3moreyears

 

[brian labone]

I firmly believe if big Sam is still here next season the fans will give him a terrible time and I also believe its best even for his own sake that he goes, judging by most of the forums I have read.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

He says he's working on next season already.........

He 'says ' a lot of things but not many of them are strictly true. He may not be a top manager but he's certainly a top BSer.

 

[Tez]

Look at our opponents in the europa this season though......Big Sam does one thing well, keeps teams up. He was given the job as we were in a big mess. Wasn't his fault we were in a position to call him in. All I am saying is let him go quietly no point in wasting energy on the guy doing his one job for the club. He will be gone by the summer I'm sure but he did what he was asked and you can't have a go at him for that.

We beat West Ham and were suddenly in 13th. You're not in a relegation battle if it's November and one result takes you into mid-table. This is why every time Scam has snaked his way into clubs previously in mid-season it's been around February time.

Allardyce has done the bare minimum since he's arrived and won the home games he'd be expected to win other than West Brom. All this talk of him sorting us out and steadying the ship is balderdash.

The cost of that bare minimum job as well is £6m p/a and a catastrophic impact on our perception as a club. You've got muppets in the media now asking what more do Everton expect than safety? This is what Sam Allardyce being at the club does.

Dire, anti-football and embarrassing your club every week for 40 points which any manager with a brain could get at Everton anyway. Oh and the small matter of smriking at the idea of fans being unhappy and telling journalists how to do their job when they ask him about 95% of supporters hating him.

 

[technojoe]

He 'says ' a lot of things but not many of them are strictly true. He may not be a top manager but he's certainly a top BSer.

Yeah he is!

 

[technojoe]

We beat West Ham and were suddenly in 13th. You're not in a relegation battle if it's November and one result takes you into mid-table. This is why every time Scam has snaked his way into clubs previously in mid-season it's been around February time.

Allardyce has done the bare minimum since he's arrived and won the home games he'd be expected to win other than West Brom. All this talk of him sorting us out and steadying the ship is balderdash.

The cost of that bare minimum job as well is £6m p/a and a catastrophic impact on our perception as a club. You've got muppets in the media now asking what more do Everton expect than safety? This is what Sam Allardyce being at the club does.

Dire, anti-football and embarrassing your club every week for 40 points which any manager with a brain could get at Everton anyway. Oh and the small matter of smriking at the idea of fans being unhappy and telling journalists how to do their job when they ask him about 95% of supporters hating him.

I disagree. After So’ton away we were in a real pickle. Enter the big man for the job! Love him or hate him he did his job

 

[gaino92]

I disagree. After So’ton away we were in a real pickle. Enter the big man for the job! Love him or hate him he did his job

The game before he took charge was West Ham, we won 4-0

 

[BernieWright13]

what you're hate for Sam regardless? yeah great post.

Cheers. I knew you'd get it in the end.

 

[Tez]

I disagree. After So’ton away we were in a real pickle. Enter the big man for the job! Love him or hate him he did his job

David Unsworth beat West Ham after Southampton. Sam Allardyce took over when we were 13th and 5 points above the relegation zone. Sorry. He's saved nothing.

 

[royalblue66]

He says he's working on next season already.........

FWIW have been told the club havn't even considered sacking FS.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

I disagree. After So’ton away we were in a real pickle. Enter the big man for the job! Love him or hate him he did his job

If you want to see a man who has incontestably done the job you ascribe to Allardyce look no further than our next opponents and their manager Carvalhal. He has taken a far worse squad in a far worse position to the edge of safety.
Interestingly enough he did so well that Allardyce attempted to copy his tactics at one point, he failed of course.

 

[COYBL25]

There won't be any indication, other than briefings to favoured journalists, Dominic King being one, that his position is under review and that change may be in the offing. King also wrote a quite damning synopsis on the season and that could be just another hint.

The clubs stance is that they have nothing to say until they have something to say. Speculation and opinion is for others. As it is ever thus with these things. If he gets sacked, they'll tell us.

Spot on.

Following the derby there was a press free for all on Allardyce, including the club sanctioned, arch kiss arse Sharpy agreeing with callers, that Allardyce wasn`t the right man for the job. ( when has Sharp ever spouted anything other than the party line ? )

To my knowledge, the club have said nothing at all to counter this.

Hardly a vote of confidence.