Allardyce hits out at sack culture

Former Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has hit out at the shock sacking of West Bromwich Albion manager Roberto Di Matteo.

Allardyce – who was sacked himself this season – said West Brom were always going to struggle in the English Premier League this campaign after securing promotion from the Championship.

He attributed their poor results and relegation battle down to a small budget and not Di Matteo’s managerial ability.

“When West Brom came up into the Premier League it was always going to be hard for them to survive. Teams with limited budget will always find times to be tough and results won’t always go your way,” Allardyce told Eurosport.

“Generally, the chairman at West Brom has always been patient even when they’ve been relegated in previous seasons, but this time the club appears to really want to stay in the Premier League.”

“Roberto’s results recently perhaps haven’t been what the club expected, so they have done something that they haven’t done previously by changing the manager to see if they can stay in the Premier League.”

Allardyce stated had the Italian boss not earned the Hawthorns-based club promotion last campaign, he might still have a job.

“I am sure that Roberto will feel confused and dazed as to why this has happened as he was a hero last season getting West Brom promoted. He also had a brilliant start to the new campaign,” he said.

“There is always going to be a bad run which has lasted longer than probably Roberto expected. He has been a victim of his early success, I would probably agree with that.”

A former assistant coach at Albion, the 56-year-old Allardyce did not rule out taking over the struggling club and steering them to safety this term.

“My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation,” he said.

“My main aim (in coaching) is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.”

“But I want to aim for the top and position teams higher than people would normally expect them to finish, as when Bolton qualified for Europe and reached cup finals.”

Tue 8 February, 2011

Allardyce hits out at sack culture

Former Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has hit out at the shock sacking of West Bromwich Albion manager Roberto Di Matteo.

Allardyce – who was sacked himself this season – said West Brom were always going to struggle in the English Premier League this campaign after securing promotion from the Championship.

He attributed their poor results and relegation battle down to a small budget and not Di Matteo’s managerial ability.

“When West Brom came up into the Premier League it was always going to be hard for them to survive. Teams with limited budget will always find times to be tough and results won’t always go your way,” Allardyce told Eurosport.

“Generally, the chairman at West Brom has always been patient even when they’ve been relegated in previous seasons, but this time the club appears to really want to stay in the Premier League.”

“Roberto’s results recently perhaps haven’t been what the club expected, so they have done something that they haven’t done previously by changing the manager to see if they can stay in the Premier League.”

Allardyce stated had the Italian boss not earned the Hawthorns-based club promotion last campaign, he might still have a job.

“I am sure that Roberto will feel confused and dazed as to why this has happened as he was a hero last season getting West Brom promoted. He also had a brilliant start to the new campaign,” he said.

“There is always going to be a bad run which has lasted longer than probably Roberto expected. He has been a victim of his early success, I would probably agree with that.”

A former assistant coach at Albion, the 56-year-old Allardyce did not rule out taking over the struggling club and steering them to safety this term.

“My management skills are more suited to developing teams to be better than what they were before, and not just about avoiding relegation,” he said.

“My main aim (in coaching) is to finish as high up the top of the Premier League as possible. I have the ability to help teams survive.”

“But I want to aim for the top and position teams higher than people would normally expect them to finish, as when Bolton qualified for Europe and reached cup finals.”

Tue 8 February, 2011

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Bruce dedicates win to Allardyce

Sunderland boss Steve Bruce dedicated his side’s 3-0 win over Blackburn to good friend and former Rovers manager Sam Allardyce.

Sunderland beat Rovers thanks to goals from Darren Bent, Asamoah Gyan and Danny Welbeck, but Bruce said the win was for Allardyce, who was unexpectedly sacked by Blackburn last month.

“I would like to say, that’s for Sam. I spoke to him this morning and the nonsense that went around with his sacking, that was for him,” Bruce said.

“I hope he has a drink in Dubai, where he is at the moment. That was for him.”

“I know he is a pal, but the ludicrous position they have put themselves is quite unbelievable, whoever has taken over there.”

“To sack someone like Sam and then appoint his coach, I find totally and utterly ridiculous, not just because he is a friend.”

“A result like that puts football, for me, the right way.”

Bruce was pleased to see his strikers find their scoring touch this week after wasting a host of chances in their loss to Blackpool on Tuesday, and the manager paid particular tribute to Bent, who broke a six-game scoring drought.

Bruce said: “I am pleased for him because as I have said repeatedly, class is permanent.”

“What he has done over 19, 20 months here, he is still in the calendar year the top English goalscorer in the Premier League, which is a remarkable achievement.”

“Yes, he didn’t score in December, but he will always score a goal. He always had done, always will do.”

“He might miss a few chances, like they all do, but he is terrific.”

Blackburn boss Steve Kean, the man who replaced Allardyce, was disappointed by the loss but said he was not feeling pressured to achieve immediate results.

“It’s going to be a gradual process. The owner has been quoted as saying ‘eventually’ they want to be challenging,” Kean said.

“What we will do in the next transfer window as it opens up is we will try to get a few bodies in because we have nine players who are missing at the minute.”

“We will probably strengthen in almost every area of the pitch to try to help the squad, and that’s what we need.”

“I think it will be a gradual building process, I don’t think at all they are expecting to be challenging for Europe this season.”

Sat 1 January, 2011

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Rovers 1 West Ham 1: Normal service resumed as chicken money forces Allardyce to cluck off back to Madrid

By: Dave | December 19th, 2010

First, let me start with an apology to both regular RoversOffside readers. The posts to this blog have dried up in recent weeks, but before you start drafting letters of complaint, let me transfer the blame to the grotesque half-man, half-walrus that is Mr Sam Allardyce. Since he deigned to become our manager two years ago, we have endured entire matches where four passes have failed to be strung together. The tactics, such as they were, appeared to be to smash the ball into the opposition’s box in the hope that something would happen. The Saviour of Real Madrid has stubbornly refused to change from the 4-5-1 formation that drew so much ire from the Rovers faithful. Even victories produced feelings of disappointment, when they were achieved with so little finesse. As such, sitting down in front of the laptop to relive the horror seemed as tempting as giving the big man his annual gentleman’s wash.

Apologists for The Dudley Dickhead have this week suggested that he has been treated appallingly by the new owners, but let no-one be under any illusion that he would have jumped ship as soon as a better offer came along. Presumably, it was only a matter of time before Real Madrid and Inter Milan triggered the most brutal bidding war of the modern football era, leaving him free to leave ‘The likes of Blackburn’ far behind him. Allardyce’s vast ego would have prevented him from remaining loyal in the face of an offer from a perceived ‘bigger club’, and his £1.5 million pay-off should keep him in KFC Buckets for at least a fortnight.

The only difficulty engendered by the sacking is the minor issue of who we should have as manager. Alarmingly, the chicken farmers appear to favour Steve Kean, the man that very few Rovers fans could have identified from a line-up of mediocre football coaches. That he has no managerial experience and was also part of Allardyce’s apparently unsuitable backroom staff seems to have been ignored. Talk of Maradona, whilst amusing for the rest of the football world, led to cold chills amongst the faithful, although not as much as reports from one bookmaker, who continue to offer an astonishing 34-1 for Paul Ince to reclaim the throne.

Unfortunately, yesterday’s game did little to offer hope to the frozen hoards who struggled through the ice and snow to watch a game devoid of any quality. The primary details were the scoreline and injuries to Roberts and Jones, the latter sounding more serious with every report. It’s too early to decide whether Steve Kean will produce the combination of decent play and solid results that were the hallmark of the Hughes era. Let’s hope that by the time his abilities are exposed as limited, we aren’t too far in the mire.

As for Big Sam, try not to shed too many tears. The reputation of our club has been diminished by his appalling approach to the game, not to mention his ludicrous delusions of grandeur. If you have a life that is so empty, so lonely, that you need to cherish the memory of a man who makes Bernard Manning seem like Vanessa Hudgens, then follow @thebig_sam on Twitter, and see him as others do. For the rest of us, there is light at the end of the tunnel, and not a moment too soon.

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Rovers 1 Fulham 1: Home draw triggers European bidding war for Allardyce

By: Dave | September 19th, 2010

Re: Manager’s position, Real Madrid CF

Dear Señor Florentino Perez,

Bonjour and hasta la vista, I am sure that I need not introduce myself to you, given my international reputation as a football manager of the highest quality, but I shall nonetheless. I am Mr Sam Allardyce, currently manager of Blackburn Rovers FC in a pointless corner of the world known as East Lancashire. They used to have loads of cotton mills and that, but now they make money by selling fake crystal meth or stealing sheep. The weather is always terrible, and the staple Balti pies are made from recycled hot dogs and Bovril. Their only contributions to the cultural world are Jim Bowen’s casual racism and Diana Vickers. The football club somehow managed to become Premier League champions in 1995 but went on to appoint a series of managers who were much worse than me, and so they found themselves in the relegation zone in 2008. Luckily they realised that I was a football genius and so begged me to come and run the team. Since then I’ve saved them from relegation by signing a spitting, drink-driving wife-beater and a selection of centre forwards whose only attributes are that they are massive and don’t mind chasing inaccurate long balls from the defenders. Last season I led them to a triumphant top-ten finish, and they beat Burnley twice. Anyway, I’m sick of this horrible place and have been desperately looking for a way out since they told me that I can’t sign Kevin Davies. I note that you are currently languishing in second place in La Liga, and so I intend to save you from the perils of the useless and overrated Mourinho by offering my services as your new manager.

Let me begin by outlining the highlights from my glittering CV. After a distinguished playing career at the likes of Huddersfield Town, Limerick and Tampa Bay Rowdies, I was appointed manager of Notts County and led them to the Division 3 title after only one season in charge. Realising that I was too good for them, I went to Bolton Wanderers and earned ‘legendary’ status by coming second in the Carling Cup Final and once qualifying for the UEFA Cup. I felt that I wanted more job security and so moved to Newcastle United where I was unfairly dismissed because they wouldn’t let me sign Kevin Davies. I had won the hearts of the famous Geordie fans though, and they will always look back on my time there with fond memories, certain that I would have won the league with more quality signings such as David Rozehnal and Claudio Cacapa. I’m sure you’ll agree that this pedigree makes me unsuitable for such a lowly job as Blackburn Wanderers manager, and that my brand of direct football could save Reel Madrid from obscurity.

In England, I was the first manager to use sports psychologists and ProZone, which transformed Kevin Davies from a big lump of turgid DNA waste into the sophisticated striker of today. I also patented a cunning style of play which everyone says is brilliant. I don’t want to give too much away (I know that the pathetic ‘Special One’ will steal anyone’s tactics in his efforts to win trophies), and it’s hard to describe such an intricate, complex style of play in a few words, but it involves smashing the ball as long and as high as possible into the opposition’s box and hoping that my 6’7” centre half gets his head on it. In our match against Fulham on Saturday this worked particularly well, although I had to tell the wife-beater I signed to push their goalkeeper out of the way, as he was taller than most. Unfortunately, Fulham tried to play football on the floor and were passing and moving quickly. I wouldn’t call this approach ‘cheating’ as such, but it’s not really how the game should be played. All the journalists and pundits agreed that we don’t want to see this style of football in the Premier League and that their equaliser was ill-deserved. We were unlucky to come away with a draw, and it was the referee’s fault that we created nothing in the second half.

I’m sure that you are sick and tired of the likes of Mourinho, Capello, Hiddink and del Bosque continually touting themselves as top quality managers who’ve won championships and European Cups, and are keen to recruit someone who made the likes of Per Frandsen and Stelios Giannakopolous into world-class players of international fame. Everyone thinks that I should have got the England job, but whilst the FA continues to tolerate Capello I am free to take control of Real, and turn them into a successful team. I am happy to sign a ten-year contract for only £150,000 per week, and my only demand is that I must be allowed to sign Kevin Davies and El Hadji Diouf (we can sell Kaka and Ronaldo to fund the transfers – my son can handle all the paperwork). The poor quality of the balti pies in Lancashire has warped the minds of the Blackburn fans to the point where they would happily let Mourinho take over their team, rather than have the best manager in Europe (i.e me) in charge, so a swap deal would be the perfect solution for everyone.

I’m sure that you won’t want to let such a fantastic opportunity pass you by, and I hope my modesty doesn’t hide the fact that a lot of people say I’m the greatest manager of the modern era.

Yours sincerely,

Sam Allardycio

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Brilliant!

Joe Wright | September 20th, 2010 at 6:14 am

Outstanding! Allardyce’s comments are comedy gold, I just hope Mouriniho deems it fit to respond.

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