Sam Allardyce

Sam Allardyce
Samuel "Sam" Allardyce, known as "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player who is manager of the English national team...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth19 October 1954
agreeing close
From what I can understand, Jussi is close to agreeing his deal.
looking next
At the moment, I'm looking at being here next season.
decision frame
I'm still in the frame because no decision has been made yet.
basis given opportunity regular sure
I am sure he is very disappointed but it does give him an opportunity to play for us on a more regular basis given that we will be down on numbers.
ability attributes close continues earning germany gives goals kevin led main passion plane player regular score seat team top week
Kevin has led the team with passion and professionalism. Each week he gives you everything and he has the ability to be a top player for years to come. One of his main attributes is his ability to score goals on a regular basis. If he continues to progress, he'll go close to earning a seat on the plane to Germany in June.
favorite fingers given heard hope keeping looking officially though
He will be looking to clinch that position, but who knows? I haven't given up hope that it is going to me. It just does not look as though I am the favorite at the moment. I am still keeping my fingers crossed. I have not heard anything officially but we should know by the end of the week.
football world
You know the FA's the richest football association in the world? Well, I shouldn't say that. They're not the richest at all. What they do is they have the biggest turnover in the world with £325m.
cut expertise helped job mend possible process recovery staff surgeon three tremendous
El Hadji is on the mend and it is possible he could play. The surgeon has done the job as we expected, they were a tremendous find by our backroom staff because their expertise has helped cut the recovery process by two or three weeks.
asset cash club contract resolved sign true valuable wish
It is true we have not resolved our contract negotiations with Jussi. Jussi is a valuable asset and if he isn't going to sign his contract, then the club may wish to cash in at some stage.
looked ourselves
After getting back to 3-3 there only looked like one winner. We only have ourselves to blame.
achieve aim aspire beyond dream european ultimate
Our aim all those years ago was for Bolton to achieve European qualification, and then beyond that to do it consistently - we made it our ultimate dream to aspire to,
doubt finished next
I have no doubt El Hadji Diouf will be here next season. But he is finished for this one.
great
One-nil would have been a great result, but we're not out of it.
address area trying
It's an area we've been trying to address for a long time.