Sam Allardyce

[Bungle]

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

That's outstanding!

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Steve Nicol is boss here.

 

[CRIMHEAD]

He readily admitted after the game that we were nowhere near good enough on the ball.

This is kind of what's lost in this. We didn't play well, really. They were poor in attack in the firnal third, but honestly, they score the majority of their goals on the break in transition with those attacking wings. They don't have a target guy - he'll, even Hoffenheim and other pressing clubs do - as an option, and he sat the guys that had the quality to help break us down.

It's great to press and win the ball. It's is. But to leave your CBs in isolation when you press when they are that poor is risky. We just couldn't exploit it because our CFs stink and Siggy / Rooney couldn't find them well. Siggy covering for Martina all day wasn't helpful. With better players we can exploit them even better next time.

 

[Norwegian Cow]

Had Jose set up like that against City and got a point (And let’s be honest they were as outplayed as we were) then he would have been heralded as some sort of master tactician. We do it and its anti-football. That said Klopp’s live meltdown has taken most the headlines and probably spared us nationwide criticism.

links to the headlines with klopps meltdown?

 

[PhilEFC]

Steve Nicol is boss here.

Nicol fought Calvert-Lewin’s corner more than most of our ex players there, fair play to him. And Hislop.

Who was the fat Yank Kopite? Obviously he knows nothing.

 

[Bob Elstone]

Well played Sam.

10 goals for and 1 against.

Instilled some structure and self belief.

Koeman, Brown Shoes and Moyes would have lost that game.

Sam deserves the plaudits.

 

[Joey66]

Steve Nicol is boss here.

Just heard talksport Jim White show - all agreed it was a pen but danny murphy two faced over Klopp's reaction last night on MOTD2 assessment of Klopp turned full circle this am someone at the club must have nobbled him two faced git!

 

[mkrudden]

This is kind of what's lost in this. We didn't play well, really. They were poor in attack in the firnal third, but honestly, they score the majority of their goals on the break in transition with those attacking wings. They don't have a target guy - he'll, even Hoffenheim and other pressing clubs do - as an option, and he sat the guys that had the quality to help break us down.

It's great to press and win the ball. It's is. But to leave your CBs in isolation when you press when they are that poor is risky. We just couldn't exploit it because our CFs stink and Siggy / Rooney couldn't find them well. Siggy covering for Martina all day wasn't helpful. With better players we can exploit them even better next time.

Totally agree.

Imagine Bolasie, with his ability to run the length of the pitch with the ball, in that side.

Imagine a Giroud or a Benteke (not allowed to take pennos) up front holding it and bringing us into play.

Imagine Coleman in there. Baines.

We have to take the point this time but I fully expect us to go there in the future with an eye on causing them serious issues.

 

[PhilEFC]

Obviously our (fans) nerves play a part during the game as we are bricking it but once you sit down and look at it again I don’t think we were that lucky.

They had one other decent chance (Mane) was which was a clear foul on Kenny anyway. Pickford has had to clear a cross from the right & make a pretty easy catch from a free kick.

Sitting back and defending doesn’t make a result lucky

It was defo a foul on Kenny. Solanke pushes him when he’s jumping but that never got mentioned. Same with Salah shoving Martina over.

 

[blueblue]

At the moment it is all about results and points. We can look at performances later when the management team have properly settled and added players to their squad. So far they have been looking at the next game up and trying to figure a way to get something out of it rather than developing a style of play. Sam is a pragmatic manager and knows how to get the best out of what he has at his disposal.


I may be wrong but I would expect that the training ground and the squad is a much happier place now. It is nice to see as well that the younger players are not being ignored and yesterday we saw Kenny, Holgate, Davies, DCL, Lookman and Vlasic in the team and on the bench.

The big thing that has to be addressed in the team is pace and hopefully the return of Bolasie and Coleman will in part sort that out as well as Lookman and Vlasic eventually getting some minutes on the pitch.

 

[LouReedwalkonthewildside]

Just heard talksport Jim White show - all agreed it was a pen but danny murphy two faced over Klopp's reaction last night on MOTD2 assessment of Klopp turned full circle this am someone at the club must have nobbled him two faced git!

He must have received the bullets in the post this morning Joey.

 

[Nymzee]

Steve Nicol is boss here.

Bloody hate American's me.

 

[Joey66]

He must have received the bullets in the post this morning Joey.

he will have his supply of cardigans withdrawn!

 

[larbert toffee]

Nicol fought Calvert-Lewin’s corner more than most of our ex players there, fair play to him. And Hislop.

Who was the fat Yank Kopite? Obviously he knows nothing.

Agreed Phil, fair play to Nicol, he's morphed into one of yer mates down the pub, I felt his frustration at the nonce Yank kopite who I can only assume won an appearance on the show as customer of the week at Domino's (Other pizza companies are available)