Sam Allardyce is a CUNT

[Guest Pistonbroke]

That was my first thought, but hasn't he already been their manager?

 

Have recollections of him being hated there from minute one as he's a Geordie, and admitting it was a massive mistake taking the job.

 

Only ever one defeat away from mutiny the first time round, imagine going back again.

 

Yes, not that long ago either. Sacked him in 2011. 

[Dr Nowt]

Yes, not that long ago either. Sacked him in 2011.

He's been to Hull and back.

[Russ Atmosphere]

He's been to Hull and back.

Superb.

[Josef Svejk]

Bruce, Moyes and Allardyce in a managerial ménage à trois.

 

[Tony Moanero]

BBC Sport more edging towards the Bruce to Sunderland narrative rather than England. Maybe Moyes has asked for too much.

Bruce won't end up at Sunderland. Sunderland fans hated him last time around.

[Lee909]

Confirmed

 

Hahaha

[Sputnik1]

I thought it was a wind up, seriously there's nobody better than this fat faced fuck to manage the national team. I mean almost anybody is an upgrade on the fucking owl, but fat faced Sam. 

 

Shit, football is dead. 

[Arl arse]

Bruce, Moyes and Allardyce in a managerial ménage à trois. Strange Days indeed.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

2 year contract, bags of confidence from the F.A. What a fucking shambolic bunch of cretins, to think the cunts earn a fortune to make such decisions. Never mind, Britain first will be happy that the new manager is English, although his parents were Scottish............

[Arl arse]

2 year contract, bags of confidence from the F.A. What a fucking shambolic bunch of cretins, to think the cunts earn a fortune to make such decisions. Never mind, Britain first will be happy that the new manager is English, although his parents were Scottish............

And his Grandfather was an Alien.

 

[cuppatea]

I can't stand the cunt but his job, primarily, is to get 11 English players performing reasonably well together for a handful of games every 2 years. A cabinet full of trophies isn't a pre-requisite for that, nor is being a tactical genius.

[M_B]

It's going to be fantastic. Happy days.

[Trumo]

How soon before he calls up Kevin Nolan to play off a target man?

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I can't stand the cunt but his job, primarily, is to get 11 English players performing reasonably well together for a handful of games every 2 years. A cabinet full of trophies isn't a pre-requisite for that, nor is being a tactical genius.

 

Well not exactly, unless you think qualification is unnecessary. 

[cuppatea]

Well not exactly, unless you think qualification is unnecessary.

They breezed through qualification with a perfect record under Hodgson, who is shitter than Allardyce.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

They breezed through qualification with a perfect record under Hodgson, who is shitter than Allardyce.

 

That doesn't mean they'll breeze through again, different teams bring different challengers, also the gap in football is narrowing at international level. You are always going to get one whipping boy in each group but the rest are more than capable of taking points off the so called big boys at home, look at the results some achieved during the last qualifying stages for Euro 2016. 

 

England have Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta. They should qualify, but those top 3 teams are all capable of an upset, especially Scotland who will up their game by 100%. 

[JermainePennant]

England will get to the quarters atleast under Sam, good appointment and his contract will get extended.

[sir roger]

Ouch, I was massively negative about Allardyce & England, but even the last tiny glimmer of hope has been snatched away by him getting the thumbs-up from JP.

[Dr Nowt]

Termsandconditionsapplypleasealwaysreadthesmallprint.

[cuppatea]

That doesn't mean they'll breeze through again, different teams bring different challengers, also the gap in football is narrowing at international level. You are always going to get one whipping boy in each group but the rest are more than capable of taking points off the so called big boys at home, look at the results some achieved during the last qualifying stages for Euro 2016. 

 

England have Slovakia, Scotland, Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta. They should qualify, but those top 3 teams are all capable of an upset, especially Scotland who will up their game by 100%. 

 

Those teams have much worse players than England and managers no better (probably much worse) than Allardyce.

 

I'm not convinced managers matter as much English football fans like to think anyway (the cult of manager certainly doesn't seem to be as strong in Spain, for example).

 

The Champions League has more in common with international football than domestic leagues and recent winners include:

 

Zidane - 6 months into his managerial career

Enrique - Whose managerial career was going nowhere until he got the Barca job off the back of his playing career and then promptly won the treble

Di Matteo - Who couldn't get a job managing my local Tesco at this point

 

And then you had Avram Grant being a penalty shootout from winning it as well.

 

If Allardyce can get the players performing to anywhere close to their ability and with any semblance of cohesion at a major tournament then he'll do fine, given how low expectations are right now.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Those teams have much worse players than England and managers no better (probably much worse) than Allardyce.

 

I'm not convinced managers matter as much English football fans like to think anyway (the cult of manager certainly doesn't seem to be as strong in Spain, for example).

 

The Champions League has more in common with international football than domestic leagues and recent winners include:

 

Zidane - 6 months into his managerial career

Enrique - Whose managerial career was going nowhere until he got the Barca job off the back of his playing career and then promptly won the treble

Di Matteo - Who couldn't get a job managing my local Tesco at this point

 

And then you had Avram Grant being a penalty shootout from winning it as well.

 

If Allardyce can get the players performing to anywhere close to their ability and with any semblance of cohesion at a major tournament then he'll do fine, given how low expectations are right now.

 

You conveniently forget that those teams you mentioned at CL level had expensively assembled squads. Allardyce will be fishing in a smaller pool as far as talent goes and his managerial record is shite, no point dressing it up otherwise. 

 

As for the bit in bold, we'd still be fucking shite. 

 

Each to their own. 

[Captain Turdseye]

 

 

England will be playing four four fucking two.

[ZonkoVille77]

England will get to the quarters atleast under Sam, good appointment and his contract will get extended.

Spot on, JP

[Chairman Meow]

Shit, football is dead. 

 

With Allardyce around shit football will never be dead. 

[magicrat]

My mates 14 year old daughter heard us discussing Allardyce and said won't it be difficult for him to get players that have better club managers to get them to take any notice of him .

Nail on head