But....
It may well stem from his training method. From an article about Mourhinio:
"Last season Eden Hazard observed that the main difference between
José Mourinho and Antonio Conte was that Mourinho does not practise “automisations”. He does not have players practise set moves they can perform almost unconsciously that can be deployed at great pace when the situation demands. He organises his defence and leaves his forwards to improvise. That has been taken by some as evidence that Mourinho is no longer at the forefront of coaching – and perhaps it is – but it is also a detail that explains his entire methodology." (From
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...method-charisma-instability-manchester-united - worth a read in full).
Now, compare this to what's been said about Allardyce:
"The big problem was that Big Sam was more worried about stopping the opposition than out-playing them. Significantly, shortly before his dismissal a first teamer revealed that in the premable to one game - coincidentally against Blackburn - Allardyce spent 30 minutes discussing how to thwart Rovers before a Newcastle player finally piped up with: "But what do you want us to do when we've got the ball?" (Fro.
https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2009/jan/15/sam-allardyce-newcastle-united-blackburn)
I strongly suspect he's expecting improvisation and subscribes to the same school as Mourhinio. It ain't working, perhaps some offensive strategizing might help?
Automisations / Muscle memory.
The 6P's - proper preparation prevents piss poor performance.
Then apply the 3G's - get it, give it, go.
Average teams look for some one to pass to.
A better team will always have one player to pass to
Good teams will have two
Great teams will have three options making themselves available
While Hazard is the one remarking on it, in truth the defenders need to be doing this automisation and doing it in 2 stages
Stage one; going back...A, B, C and D will always mark up for corners thus, etc...give him his due Moyes did, by all accounts, lots of this. Martinez reaped the benefit for 6mths.
Stage 2; going forward a quick out ball, Mike England said he practiced ad infinitum hitting balls from all over the box to the centre circle, because he knew Martin Chivers would ALWAYS be there to collect it and hold it up...which is why having everybody back is stupid, especially great lumps like Lukaku who are a liability in their own area as has been seen on a few occasions.
Stage 2; going forward less hurriedly. Kenny gets the ball somewhere near abouts the corner of his own box, in a none Allardyce world (maybe in a proper coach world) he would practice and have instinct / automisation / muscle memory and alway hit the ball to were Walcott or whoever should be.
Stage 2; Moyes Allardyce et al. HOOF...and it comes right back down your throat.
I'm sure keepers do this automisation and practice hitting back passes played from and to all parts of their half.
Apply the same principles to all players