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
cannot chance simply understand
From the referee's position, there was no chance he was obstructed, so we simply cannot understand why he didn't give it.
club confident enjoyed football matter quite rather settled sooner talking
It is not settled yet but we are still talking and want the matter settled sooner rather than later. I am quite confident about the outcome. He has always been very comfortable at the club and always enjoyed his football here.
gets needs opportunity
Jay-Jay just needs to play better when he gets the opportunity - it's that simple.
decision frame
I'm still in the frame because no decision has been made yet.
front goal rather team
We are going to need a double-decker in front of our goal rather than the team coach!
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.
demand manager next public seem
I would like to think the next manager is English. And the public seem to demand that at the moment.
award clear knew penalty
That was also a clear penalty but I knew when he didn't award us the first one it was going to be one of those nights.
foolish interest name number players
There are a number of players that interest us and it would be foolish to name our targets.
minute space tonight within
Within the space of one minute tonight we could have been 1-0 down,
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.
beginning close deal next week
The deal with Jussi is very close now. I would have thought it will be done by the back end of this week or the beginning of next at the latest.
game gifted sides
We gifted the game to Newcastle, really, with not much between the two sides in the first half. They capitalized on what we should have done better with.
defeat final fresh game lose minds minute win
The defeat is still pretty much fresh in our minds and considering we got back from 3-1 down to make 3-3 only to lose in the final minute makes us want to win the game even more.