Sam Allardyce

Marius57 · May 11, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
No, what he meant is that he doesnt get involved in transfers that end uo as failures. If they're a success then its all down to him.

I assume when Walsh asks for his targets, he gives him a blank piece of paper and just says “sign anyone who either doesn’t know who I am, or is stupid enough to sign for me”.

Lelouch · May 11, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
Just had the usual be careful what you wish for comments on SSN, followed by we havent been in threat of relegation once during his spell as manager. Making out thats all down to him. We haven"t been in a proper relegation battle in close on 15 years FFS but now we have to be thankful to him.

After Southampton destroyed us I honestly thought we would be facing a relegation battle.

Nymzee · May 11, 2018

I love how much he WUM’s this forum.

MrGrumpy · May 11, 2018

Nymzee said:
Probs because he gets asked about 5 every presser.

Are you Sam Allardyce? You seem to defend him constantly

Cels · May 11, 2018

bullybeef said:
I’ll bet you a extra large bottle of domestos that he won’t be here next season.

His position is untenable and everyone knows it.

Nah, he has plans for next season. Three players coming in; Defender, Midfielder, and a 15+ goal scoring Forward. He also has plans to get 8+ goals a season from each of our Midfield players... that will launch us forward into the top six.

You all just need to back off and give the man a chance!

Nymzee · May 11, 2018

MrGrumpy said:
Are you Sam Allardyce? You seem to defend him constantly

I’m not defending him I’m just not completely intransigent when it comes to his position.

Got to have someone on the forum to keep the balance.

Moomin · May 11, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
Just had the usual be careful what you wish for comments on SSN, followed by we havent been in threat of relegation once during his spell as manager. Making out thats all down to him. We haven"t been in a proper relegation battle in close on 15 years FFS but now we have to be thankful to him.

You did say in late Novemeber if we employed Sam we would be relegated. Think you might been wrong on that one.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/snap-poll-big-sam.100660/page-7#post-5954391

Connor · May 11, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
Just had the usual be careful what you wish for comments on SSN, followed by we havent been in threat of relegation once during his spell as manager. Making out thats all down to him. We haven"t been in a proper relegation battle in close on 15 years FFS but now we have to be thankful to him.

Can't wait to have certain - recently sacked - lower league managers telling me 'WELL YOU BEAT HUDDERSFIELD LAST SEASON UNDER SAM, WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?' after Huddersfield beat us under Silva in October.

MrGrumpy · May 11, 2018

Moomin said:
From the position we were in when he took over, it is an achievement of sorts.

He is just selling himself to the media.

The fact is we massively underachieved this season, struggled to get 8th and I think we finish 9th
Finished 3rd in the EL.
Both cup where awful, granted hard teams but still.

Tak · May 11, 2018

Barnfred 55 said:
I'm not surprised he got a bit narky at the presser. He's not as thick skinned as people think and can't handle criticism or people questioning his ability.

To paraphrase Ezra Koenig...

'When you say you don't give a damn, you merely desire to not give a damn. When your last damn is truly given, a silent wave of euphoria will wash over you'

matty1878 · May 11, 2018

Cels said:
Nah, he has plans for next season. Three players coming in; Defender, Midfielder, and a 15+ goal scoring Forward. He also has plans to get 8+ goals a season from each of our Midfield players... that will launch us forward into the top six.

You all just need to back off and give the man a chance!

LoL behave he’s GONE as manager this time nxt week

Number_25 · May 11, 2018

matty1878 said:
LoL behave he’s GONE as manager this time nxt week

> He'll be gone when we're safe.
> He'll be gone before the Southampton game.
> He'll be gone by West Ham.
> He'll be gone after West Ham.
> He's gone as manager this time next week.

orly · May 11, 2018

MrGrumpy said:
The fact is we massively underachieved this season, struggled to get 8th and I think we finish 9th
Finished 3rd in the EL.
Both cup where awful, granted hard teams but still.

Massively?

Barnfred 55 · May 11, 2018

Moomin said:
You did say in late Novemeber if we employed Sam we would be relegated. Think you might been wrong on that one.

https://www.grandoldteam.com/forum/threads/snap-poll-big-sam.100660/page-7#post-5954391

I was wrong on that one yeah. But what I was wrong about was that there was a risk of relegation, not that Allardyce would take us down. If you notice I said we could still be relegated even if Allardyce was in charge, not because he was in charge.

It was immediately after the Southampton and Atalanta games, which were both awful, and said in the heat of the moment, as often happens. Once I got my sensible head back on (pretty much within 24 hours) I was back of the opinion that it was far too early to be overly worried about relegation, we had a dysfunctional squad but still some good players with injured players to return and a transfer window looming.

Good spot though. You need to tell me how you do that cos I can never find anything I want through the search function.