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
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.
rang
I was at the game, but he never rang me.
agreeing close
From what I can understand, Jussi is close to agreeing his deal.
filled might pain pay
They (Senegal) filled him with pain killers to get him to play and we might have to pay the price.
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.
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.
included kevin slightly surprised
I am not surprised Kevin was not included but I am slightly disappointed.
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.
minute space tonight within
Within the space of one minute tonight we could have been 1-0 down,
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.