sorry - optical illusion.......... here he is..........
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DALGLISH !! :respect
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Hello mert.Comment
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@ assassin - ?? DALGLISH !! :respect
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Yeah, this is gold dust and needs to be laughed at, repeatedly.
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He's the gift that keeps on giving the fat fcukComment
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I have to say he probably deserves that - he has been the most tactically interesting of his generation of English managers at least. It is however gold that he doesn't seem to have even the smallest amount of humility or perspective about his achievements. If he shut up I think a lot more people would give him the credit where he does deserve it. Increasingly he looks like a cretin and I would guess is ruling himself out of any of the jobs he might actually want.Originally posted by Shaggy View PostThere's so much gold in that interview, but one of my favourite bits is when the Sky article calls him "the former Trotters tactician"
Tactician!
He really is an odious self aggrandising prick."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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If percentages football equates to tactics, then yeah.
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Originally posted by Shaggy View PostIf percentages football equates to tactics, then yeah.
I think there is an argument to be made that to a large extent that is how you have to judge tactics - obviously people tend to concentrate on the defensive side of that but good tactics control the flow of the game and hence decide the percentages of possession and the percentage of flair play which is turned into chances and hopefully goals.
Not sure that for a team like Bolton the way he played wasn't the best way to succeed in the PL. Much the same stands for Blackburn. The assumption/assertion it would work without substantial modification at Real though is obviously absurd.
If he really wanted to make a point he would have taken a job in a more technical league with a smaller club and learned to adapt his style when the Newcastle job blew up in his face. But he's a little Englander and will forever be limited by the lack of vision of that world view in my opinion."The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind."
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I just re-read this for the umpteenth time, it just get's better and better, loving that it's the top football headline on the BBC. He's made a proper cock of himself here
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Samuel "Sam" Allardyce (born 19 October 1954) is an English football manager and former professional player.
Despite finding himself best suited to Real Madrid, Manchester United or Inter Milan[3], he is most known for his time as manager of Bolton Wanderers from 1999 to 2007 and a brief stint at Newcastle United from 2007 to 2008On September 17th 2010 he claimed he was good enough to manage Inter Milan & Real Madrid in an obvious attempt to put his name back in the frame for the England job. Everybody laughed, except for Inter & Real who simply said "Who?"[25]
Allardyce as also offered his name forward as next President of the United States of America, saying he could "reduce the deficit and have 100% employment within three months. Guaranteed." He has also claimed that if Kings of Leon utilised him as a full-time lyrics writer, they would "have seven number one singles a year, minimum". Allardyce marked Pope Benedict's visit to the country by noting that if he'd been selected as pontiff, he would have "guaranteed a full house at St Mary's every week - and I'm not talking about Southampton".Comment
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Talksport are ripping it out of Allardyce today
Each time they mention him, they're saying "Sam Allardyce, still waiting for the call from the Bernebeu, takes his Blackburn side into today's game...."
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Big Sam - I'm as good as Wenger
Blackburn boss unfazed by Arsenal boss
Sam Allardyce insists that Arsene Wenger is no more 'advanced' in terms of coaching than him.
Allardyce feels that the perception of him is the only thing separating him from somebody like Arsenal manager Wenger.
The Blackburn boss refuses to back down in his spat with Wenger, who has been a big critic of Allardyce's style of play.
"There is a problem with perception. Arsene is seen as a sophisticated Frenchman while I'm just a rugged English centre-half from the Midlands with an accent to match, but is Arsene more advanced than me in terms of coaching? Not a chance," said Allardyce.
"Does he use live fitness data on his players during games? Does he study sports psychology every day? Does he use sports science to the extent that I do? I doubt it.
"None of all this affects my view of Wenger. I have total respect for the way he changed his philosophy in recent years when the £400million move to the Emirates Stadium reduced his spending power in the transfer market.
"He hasn't won trophies yet with his current crop but he has stuck to his guns by insisting that nothing will prevent the development of his young players. Arsenal play some wonderful football but what makes the Premier League interesting is the difference in styles between teams."
Private
Allardyce admits that Wenger is a private figure who will never be truly understood.
"The truth is that nobody really knows Arsene Wenger. There certainly aren't too many people who actually get close to him," he continued in his News of the World column.
"If that's Arsene's way, though, then I respect that. Maybe he doesn't like me. Maybe he is keen to get on the coach or the plane after fulfilling 45 minutes of post-match media duties.
"He loves the psychological warfare of the Premier League, the world's most watched and talked about sporting competition. It goes with the theatre of the game and without it football would be less interesting.
"Arsene is a very clever guy. He uses his profile in London to get messages out which are aimed at putting pressure on referees.
"We can get fined by the FA for directing remarks at referees before games - but he did it in a very clever and subtle way.
"However, if Arsene is allowed his opinion, then I am entitled to mine. I speak to about six press people on a Friday afternoon and he probably speaks to about 60.
"What goes on between managers doesn't bother me, in fact, I find it very entertaining.
"But if I have an opinion nobody will stop me expressing it. How we go about our business as bosses is different from each other."
Allardyce also admitted that he would miss former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez following his summer departure from Anfield.
"I am gutted that Rafa Benitez has gone. He hated me and I used to love winding him up," he said.
"For years he came to Bolton and never got a result and used to accuse us of cheating."
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