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
mend possible
El Hadji is on the mend and it is possible he could play at Newcastle.
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.
cup knocking waste
You don't want to waste knocking the Cup holders out.
knee problem specialist
Ricardo (Gardner) won't be available. He's got a knee problem which the specialist will have to see.
deserved great result terrific
It's just what we deserved today. Not only a great result but a terrific performance.
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,
available becomes british confined europe job worldwide
Not at all. Like everything else in this country, every job that becomes available is a worldwide attraction, not just confined to Europe or the British Isles.
club linked manager
I do not like being linked to a club where another manager is in the job.
gets needs opportunity
Jay-Jay just needs to play better when he gets the opportunity - it's that simple.
minute space tonight within
Within the space of one minute tonight we could have been 1-0 down,
foolish interest name number players
There are a number of players that interest us and it would be foolish to name our targets.
chance chances difficult fancy goal major nick result storm weather win
We had a chance to win it at the end and 1-0 would have been a major result for us. As it is, it is going to be very difficult for us. If we can nick a goal I would fancy our chances but we will have to weather the storm for 15 to 20 minutes, as they did tonight.
doe spirit scientist
There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can’t be measured, doesn’t exist. Bollocks. It does exist
football hate perception
I hate perception. There's far too much of it in football