I'd sell that lot and hang on to Roo.
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Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
Who are the good guys in this?
kiss the crest
Player Valuation: £35m
Like what eggyblue has stated further down, what has nationality got to do with managing a football team.
What I will say is the English managed teams are towards the bottom of the prem.
steele
Player Valuation: £8m
I have usually been excited when we have got new managers, like Martinez and Koeman. Unfortunately none has achieved what they promised to the fans. With Allardyce I have no expectations at all. There is nothing on his CV that excites me. Because of lack of expectations, maybe this man can give us trophies? Give him next season and the verdict will come
graeme2911
Player Valuation: £2.5m
I think I may have just about figured out why you don't want Allardyce at the club. It's nothing to do with his managerial abilities, is it?
You don't like him as a person. Pathetic tbh. Personality, soap opera whinging football fans, that's all this is.
1. He has never been arrested, investigated criminally, questioned under caution or convicted of any fraudulent or criminal behaviour. If there was any real, tangible evidence against him, not just speculation, he would have been.
2. He never took any extra money when in the England job. He even said he'd have to check with the FA first.
3. He said he knows there are ways around the rules. Questionable morally perhaps, but I'm more than happy with someone who will find every extra little bit to gain an edge being our manager.
So now that it's clear that you have a personal problem with him, I assume you don't support some of our current players either?
- Rooney has just been convicted of drink driving, and has been banging grannies and slappers
- Gibson was a drink driver, and awful professional
- Pienaar was questioned for slapping his missus
- Duncan Ferguson regularly assaulted people on the football pitch
I imagine if one went to the vaults, they would find nothing but your full condemnation of these players?
Honestly lads, I'd have a lot more respect for your opinions if you just stated it was because he is a fat brummie who loves to talk himself up, rather than cherry pick small points to suit your argument.
Barnfred 55
Player Valuation: £80m
The manager does need ti take a lot of credit for our turnaround, but we shouldnt underestimate the part that Unsy played in this too. He was the one who took over a side shattered of belief and confudence and at least got them working hard again. Eventually he came across a defensive unit and overall system that worked. One that Allardyce went with for the first 5 games or so.
When you look at his recird it has usually taken Alkardyce half a dozen games to get the players singing to his tune but even he was bemused how quickly he turned it round. That was because Unsy had akready done a lot of the dirty work.
Harryflashman
Player Valuation: £60m
I think it has little to do with it other than a foreign accent rather than his working class dour English might make him seem more intelligent . A bit more interesting to the football hipster and have him identified as a tactical mastermind taking us to an unbeaten run rather than a proponent of hoof ball as many are painting him .
..not so sure about that, Fred. I’m of the opinion the slide would’ve continued under Unsworth, i think Allardyce’s appointment and appearance in the stand against West Ham brought the required change from the players. Remember a few days earlier how dreadful Unsworth team was at Southampton. It doesn’t get any worst than that.
Keane has come out in the press saying how much better training is under Allardyce, he has got them organised, the players know what their jobs are and he’s injected confidence in them all.
MickA
Player Valuation: £10m
When a team goes on a crap run it's usually one of two reasons. 1) the players are struggling with the level they are playing, or 2) the players are of sufficient standard but performances are under what is expected.
I'd say it's pretty obvious that in the case of EFC this season our issue is the second one. As such better coaching organisation was required rather than mass overhaul of the playing squad.
Given that, it is not bizarre to expect that set of players to eventually start performing under the new direction and take their usual place of beating dross. Things can, and do, change, bad runs are turned around constantly in football so expecting the same sub-standard pattern of results to continue is a bit of a folly. If we didn't think it would change there'd be no point changing managers.
I mean, I guess I get not liking Allardyce because he doesn't play the blessed "loads of passing" style that snobs have now decided constitutes good football, but shouldn't you guys all wait for him to lose a few games before going Defcon 1?
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Just saying like
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
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