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.
answer game playing stick
He is going to get stick every game now and the only way he can answer that is by playing like he did at Birmingham,
clearance finally necessary
We've finally got clearance through for Nakata so he can come into the fray if we think it's necessary or when we think it is necessary.
anywhere near
He didn't get anywhere near the ball. If that had been a defender, it would have been a penalty, but goalkeepers have this protection.
bit changed expect knew system tempo
He changed the system which we expected. We knew they would come out with a bit more tempo about them...but we didn't expect them to steamroller us.
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.
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.
advantage attempts chances ended example goal happens losing perfect three
This was perfect example of what happens when you do not take advantage of the chances you create. We had 17 attempts on goal to their three yet ended up losing the game.
best difficult tried
Everyone tried their best to get that all-important 1-0. It's going to be very difficult now, but we've got a chance.
looking next
At the moment, I'm looking at being here next season.
forward hard level matches merit might seeing travelling
At this level all matches will be hard but we are here on merit and we look forward to seeing where we might be travelling in Europe.
good season
We would feel we haven't had a good season whatsoever.
knee problem specialist
Ricardo (Gardner) won't be available. He's got a knee problem which the specialist will have to see.
crucial midfield numbers oscar signed strengthen
We have signed Oscar to strengthen numbers in the crucial midfield area.