Sam Allardyce

[Toffeelover]

In my opinion only Rooney and Siggy would be getting a game if we had a half decent squad.

And like i said in my original post

He parked the bus and we were 1-1.

He changed to a more attacking line up, which you keep calling for, and we ended up losing the game 2-1.

Again i ask, Which line up would you prefer?

Bad subbing brought that on, Gana off, Unfit Bolassie on, missing the point though bus was parked but still went 1 down after half hour ask your self why were Jags and Keane on instead of Williams and Holgate who have been better in the games before. Why was Rooney not on from start?

 

[witchdoc187]

Very sensible post.

Many thanks

 

[trueblue10]

He should never have taken Gana off, then moving Rooney into the middle with Schneiderlin was a mistake, once Gana went off Bournemouth just walked through us down the middle.

If anybody was going to be taken off it should have been Schniederlin.

Our manager was going to be criticised whatever he did yesterday.

He set the team up not to be beaten.

We didnt play hoofball, we attempted to play out of defence when we could.

At 1-1 he made the changes everyone was calling for in an attempt to win the game.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Rooney Siggurdson Pickford and Holgate are the only players of any quality he currently has available that are fit. We may personally like some of the others but they’re not up to it.

 

[nsno-chris]

If anybody was going to be taken off it should have been Schniederlin.

Our manager was going to be criticised whatever he did yesterday.

He set the team up not to be beaten.

We didnt play hoofball, we attempted to play out of defence when we could.

At 1-1 he made the changes everyone was calling for in an attempt to win the game.

So how many shots did we muster

 

[trueblue10]

Bad subbing brought that on, Gana off, Unfit Bolassie on, missing the point though bus was parked but still went 1 down after half hour ask your self why were Jags and Keane on instead of Williams and Holgate who have been better in the games before. Why was Rooney not on from start?

Jags and Keane probably played because Holgate (21) and Williams (33), given the amount of games they've played recently, and with 2 big matches on the horizon, were given a rest.

I don't know why Rooney wasn't picked to start.

Gana for Bolassie, again, with UTD and RS to come, at 1-1, it gave Gana a rest and Bolassie some game time.

Come Friday we will have played 5 games in 13 days.

This is why having a decent squad of players is paramount .

Unfortunatley we haven't.

 

[Toffeelover]

Jags and Keane probably played because Holgate (21) and Williams (33), given the amount of games they've played recently, and with 2 big matches on the horizon, were given a rest.

I don't know why Rooney wasn't picked to start.

Gana for Bolassie, again, with UTD and RS to come, at 1-1, it gave Gana a rest and Bolassie some game time.

Come Friday we will have played 5 games in 13 days.

This is why having a decent squad of players is paramount .

Unfortunatley we haven't.

Nice points but heck they are young men supposed to be at their peak. We chucked to vital games which we could have won to rest players for two games against far superior teams which probably we will lose, does not wash in my book.

 

[trueblue10]

So how many shots did we muster

Look, im not and never have , advocating we go out and try and play people off the park every week.

I also do not want us to park the bus every week either.

I want our team to pick up as many points in a season as possible with the quality of players we have.

It doesn't please me the way we are playing, but with the current available players, i don't see how else we can play.

 

[trueblue10]

Nice points but heck they are young men supposed to be at their peak. We chucked to vital games which we could have won to rest players for two games against far superior teams which probably we will lose, does not wash in my book.

Yes they are supposed to be at their peak, but the amount of work our defenders are being asked to do at the moment, game after game, week after week, they are bound to get tired.

And personally after watching Utd recently they don't worry me as much as RS do.

 

[Toffeelover]

Yes they are supposed to be at their peak, but the amount of work our defenders are being asked to do at the moment, game after game, week after week, they are bound to get tired.

And personally after watching Utd recently they don't worry me as much as RS do.

Interesting this. now let me take you back to the time when there were no subs, players stayed on the field and if injured played on the wing. Add to that did you know at the like of Easter 3 games to play in about 5/6 days. Also the FD at that time was bigger, still had FA and League cup.

Of course we had men playing then not prima donna pansies on tens of thousands of £s per week.

 

[Big Fat Sam]

Hopefully they'll agree to pay him half of his second season salary for him to leave in the summer. Gigantic waste of money but we're used to that now.

 

[trueblue10]

Interesting this. now let me take you back to the time when there were no subs, players stayed on the field and if injured played on the wing. Add to that did you know at the like of Easter 3 games to play in about 5/6 days. Also the FD at that time was bigger, still had FA and League cup.

Of course we had men playing then not prima donna pansies on tens of thousands of £s per week.

Unfortunatley , iam of an age i can remember those days well.

On pitches that resembled ploughed fields, Baseball ground springs to mind. Men with buckets of paint coming on to paint the penalty spot before the kick could be taken.

With balls that got heavier if it rained.

Ahh the good old days.

 

[Toffeelover]

Cheesr Mate, dare I say welcome to the OAP supporters club, members of long standing support and love for our club.

 

[sheedys left foot]

We have more points than eleven other teams in the League.
Thanks to Mr Allardyce teaching our defenders how to defend.

More nonsense. He’s packing the defence and keeping the team playing deep. Hence they look better. That tactic has had obvious impact further up the pitch.

His mentality is not to lose as opposed to try win which has been particularly evident in the last two games.

He hasn’t and won’t improve a single player

 

[Blue_in_london]

Niasse did great. Set up one goal with a beautiful flick, and also put a perfect pass over to Sigurdsson who managed to completely mess it up. Due to everybody else being pathetic, Niasse surely has to be first choice for a run in the side, right?

You'e convinced me, Niasse was the exception. If Soggy hadn' have botched that lay off, would have been perfect substitute performance.