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The arrogance of the man, he was the coach who wasn’t good enough to improve a poor bunch of players before the transfer window, he was the one who brought in a lump of lard in Diange, but hey he’s still trousered a hefty sum for total failure, sooner this charlatan is gone the better
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Originally Posted by Bombers right foot
Never liked the man but things have hugely improved under him! The poor players Bilic stuck with ( Sawyers, Livermore, Kanu and Gibbs ) are not in the first eleven and we have at least a decent midfield now. Whilst Diange is not great he's far better than what we had ( apart from Gayle ). Johnstone, Phillips and Bartley have improved under Fat Sam although still don't like Phillip[s as too inconsistent!
If Fat Sam is not appointed next season then it could be the likes of Appleton so I would rather have Fat Sam!
Fat Sam loves money so do you honestly think he would want to stay without a fat bonus to get us back up again immediately? No
Had enough of nice guys like Big Dave and Bilic!!! A manager for me is not just there to be liked but to make ruthless decisions.
Whoever is appointed - it needs to be done immediately for the clear out and rebuild! Those very average ( at best ) championship players like Sawyers, Livermore, Zohore, Kanu need all to be moved on! Ruthless being the key word!
SA was correct, we missed far too many chances. Look at the Burnley game. Down to ten men, we played them off the park and missed, to my recollection, at least three glorious chances. Once SA had got the side sorted out the only game where we didn't compete was against Leicester. We lost to Villa because of an error between Bartley and Johnstone. SA can't be responsible for that. We missed chances against United, again not his fault. I could go on. If anybody is to blame it was Bilic's insistence on continually playing Sawyers and Livermore who were both poor. Look at how the performances of Phillips have improved under SA. Let's face it, he was dire under Bilic. Even Pereira wasn't the player that we now see until SA arrived. While I wasn't in favour of appointing him, my opinion has certainly changed.
Everyone is entitled to a view and this will be an important period for the Albion, I am hugely in favour of sticking with Allardyce as I can’t see any realistic option that will provide anything better. Who could we appoint who you would rather see in charge?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bombers right foot
The merry go round of managers many of them seriel failures is frightening, who would I want? To be honest I don’t know, Allardyce maybe the best of a bad bunch but surely there’s a young manager out there somewhere with new ideas and can get a tune out of our players, most of which are very decent Championship playersQuote:
Originally Posted by DaveP67 is back!
Clubs rarely take a punt on a relatively unknown. Not many Atkinsons around these days so clubs usually scour the foreign markets. Having said that how about Duff from Cheltenham? Im just not getting the vibe that Sam wants to stay.
Sam isn’t stupid, he must be doubtful of what the club’s intentions are, he will have the same misgivings about Lai that we have. We need to be rid of Lai & Co.
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I think that’s it really, I would agree in the case of a Pardew / Pulis etc, Allardyce hasn’t failed anywhere other than England and that wasn’t anything to do with football, whatever happens we will find out soon enough who will be at the helm next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bombers right foot
I just hope that whatever we do on the Manager front we do it quickly. Worst scenario would be to dither for a couple of months .... and end up with a third or fourth choice. If BS stays for me it will be a good sign .... as Al says all he cares about is money .... so he will only stay is he is backed financially and given a big bonus for promotion.