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.
rang
I was at the game, but he never rang me.
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.
fog impossible officials
The fog would have made it impossible for officials to make their decisions.
addition belief focus great himself talent
His focus and belief in himself and his talent will be a great addition for us in the Premiership. His focus is only to play Premiership football.
achieving certainly cup effort far feat knocking next possibly waste
You don't want to waste knocking the cup holders out, certainly not in the next round. We put so much effort into achieving that feat and want to go as far as we possibly can in the competition.
risk
There's a risk with anybody, but all the indicators are very good.
filled might pain pay
They (Senegal) filled him with pain killers to get him to play and we might have to pay the price.
morning coffee decision
The only decisions I'm making at the moment are whether I have tea, coffee, toast or cornflakes in the morning.
extremely finishing game good heavy last minutes paid price weekend
Where our finishing was very, very good last weekend it let us down tonight. We really should have put the game away in the first 90 minutes and we haven't done that and have paid a heavy price for it. We are extremely disappointed.
front goal rather team
We are going to need a double-decker in front of our goal rather than the team coach!
crucial midfield numbers oscar signed strengthen
We have signed Oscar to strengthen numbers in the crucial midfield area.