Sam Allardyce

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

What if Big Sam surprises everyone and keeps winning with our squad. Surely, this is a better unit he has had to work with in a very long time perhaps ever. Bolton back in the day had some decent runs.

 

[BlueShark]

To be honest he has exceeded my expectations so far.

I knew we would be seeing more ultra defensive football but I didn't see us getting something out of the RS and Chelsea this early into Allardyce's tenure.

No complaints from me.

 

[davek]

I agree with you that big Sam is only here to stabilise us on the field and that there is other ideas for the future , carnt deny now that moshiri has bought stability to the club off the field now

...after bringing instability on the field with his appointment of that Dutch divvy and the arseing around over his successor

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

There's no way this brand of football will be accepted. It's just appalling.

Well, not for 11 years perhaps...

but there's an underlying conflict of interest when it's demonstrated, by the hiring and firing of managers nowadays, that results are more important than the football being watched.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

First real mistake he has made in picking Sandro instead of Niasse there is just no reason for it.

 

[davek]

Well, not for 11 years perhaps...

but there's an underlying conflict of interest when it's demonstrated, by the hiring and firing of managers nowadays, that results are more important than the football being watched.

Moyes was tolerated when there was no room for ambition. And even Moyes knew how to play better football than this.

 

[davek]

First real mistake he has made in picking Sandro instead of Niasse there is just no reason for it.

Yep, cant understand that. Niasse could have nicked that for us.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Moyes was tolerated when there was no room for ambition. And even Moyes knew how to play better football than this.

No disagreement there...but are we ambitious or just wealthier than before? Hold me XX

 

[Khalekan]

I thougt today was an interesting experiment in how to go about not getting beaten by a vastly superior team

 

[trueblue10]

Results like that will make it easy for Allardyce to get by until the summer.

There can be little doubt that this tripe will be shown the door at that point though.

The standard of football is terrible, and it underlines for me that anyone still believing that the West Ham game plan was down to BS and not Unsworth has rocks in their head.

If this tripe gets us an EL place, he won't be going anywhere.

Its a more effective kind of tripe than Martinez, Koeman or Rhino was serving up.

I say again 5 games 10 goals scored. When i went to school that's 2 goals per game. That means teams have to score 3 to win.

Id say that was pretty effective tactics.

 

[Khalekan]

First real mistake he has made in picking Sandro instead of Niasse there is just no reason for it.

I think the plan might have been to fetch Oumar on for DCL in the last half hour but the injury to Gana scuppered it.

 

[Tennessee Blue Mike]

If this tripe gets us an EL place, he won't be going anywhere.

Its a more effective kind of tripe than Martinez, Koeman or Rhino was serving up.

I say again 5 games 10 goals scored. When i went to school that's 2 goals per game. That means teams have to score 3 to win.

Id say that was pretty effective tactics.

I like the clean sheets so does Pickford. I'm becoming warm and fuzzy about things.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

I think the plan might have been to fetch Oumar on for DCL in the last half hour but the injury to Gana scuppered it.

maybe so mate but on what evidence has Sandro suddenly jjumped ahead of Niasse on

 

[mahermi1]

Not a massive Sam supporter, but surely even the biggest Sam haters must realize, this is not Sam's team. Also he has done very well with players who couldn't defend, couldn't play as a team and on the whole have been bloody awful all season. We aren't a great footballing team I get that, but at least we look like a football team.

 

[trueblue10]

I like the clean sheets so does Pickford. I'm becoming warm and fuzzy about things.

Pickford was immense today, along with our defence. Right place right time.

Loved Williams using the bar to help him defend that cross. That shows the confidence Sam has brought into Ashleys game.