http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4455245/Blackburn-Rovers-sack-manager-Sam-Allardyce
Gotta feel a bit sorry for him. 13th place and 12 points from the last 7 games in a schedule with Man U and Spurs isn't sacking material I would have thought.
Obviously the new owners think they have taken over Blackburn circa 1995 rather than the present day one.
edit: Thanks Frankie
aitkenmike2010-12-14 09:01:02
Gotta feel a bit sorry for him. 13th place and 12 points from the last 7 games in a schedule with Man U and Spurs isn't sacking material I would have thought.
Obviously the new owners think they have taken over Blackburn circa 1995 rather than the present day one.
edit: Thanks Frankie
aitkenmike2010-12-14 09:01:02
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Good. Fat waste of space.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Yuz. Fat prick. Agree that its pretty harsh, but good job, cannot stand him.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/4455245/Blackburn-Rovers-sack-manager-Sam-Allardyce
Gotta feel a bit sorry for him. 10th place and 12 points from the last 7 games in a schedule with Man U and Spurs isn't sacking material I would have thought.
Obviously the new owners think they have taken over Blackburn circa 1995 rather than the present day one.
Gotta feel a bit sorry for him. 10th place and 12 points from the last 7 games in a schedule with Man U and Spurs isn't sacking material I would have thought.
Obviously the new owners think they have taken over Blackburn circa 1995 rather than the present day one.
well, 13th place.
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[QUOTE=El-Ni�o]Yuz. Fat prick. Agree that its pretty harsh, but good job, cannot stand him.
So much hate! Just curious, what exactly is your problem with him?
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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He's a fat c**t who always gets his teams to play sh*t football from the dark ages. That's what.
>> a brief visit from the cens*r <<tigers2010-12-14 20:47:41
>> a brief visit from the cens*r <<tigers2010-12-14 20:47:41
Three for me, and two for them.
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He's a fat cunt who always gets his teams to play shit football from the dark ages. That's what.
Thanks for that well thought out and reasoned response.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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He's a fat cunt who always gets his teams to play shit football from the dark ages. That's what.
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Thanks for that well thought out and reasoned response.
Prove me wrong.
Three for me, and two for them.
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Wasn't arguing the rights or wrong, Buff. If you stopped being an angry youing man for couple of minutes you would have noticed that.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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I bet Newcastle will be kicking themselves for not waiting a week or so and getting Sam in instead of Pardew.
Hang on a minute...
Hang on a minute...
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Nelsen's last year there without the patronage of Big Sam? ...one step closer to the Nix?
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[QUOTE=El-Ni�o]Yuz. Fat prick. Agree that its pretty harsh, but good job, cannot stand him.
So much hate! Just curious, what exactly is your problem with him?
Yeah, what Buffy said. Just a sh*tehouse, tbh, and he sets his team up in exactly the same way.
As well as his strong dislike of Liverpool (not exactly the only one, I know, but some of his comments about Rafa, Stevie etc annoy me so much), his friendship with Mr Ferguson, plus he just has one of those faces that make you feel sick when you see it. I really can't stand him.
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the gum
the mindless worship of the spend to win manager
the 'sons' transfer dealings
the appalling football some/all of his sides played
the mindless worship of the spend to win manager
the 'sons' transfer dealings
the appalling football some/all of his sides played
E's Flat Ah's Flat Too
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new owners realising they wont get much support with that brand of football thats all
bolton have set the blueprint, get owen coyle
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The new owners dont know anything about Football, they are getting advice from a Football management company, Kentaro. There was some meetings in India recently, and looked like Sam was going to get some money to spend finally, and the transfer targets looked at in recent days were ones he wanted.
Today, he got called up to the office, and got given the boot without warning.
You might not like the way his teams played, but you have to feel for the guy being fired without any hint it was comming.
Today, he got called up to the office, and got given the boot without warning.
You might not like the way his teams played, but you have to feel for the guy being fired without any hint it was comming.
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new owners realising they wont get much support with that brand of football thats all
bolton have set the blueprint, get owen coyle
30 pieces of silver should do the trick.
I know, I know, its serious!
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new owners realising they wont get much support with that brand of football thats all
bolton have set the blueprint, get owen coyle
30 pieces of silver should do the trick.
Still hurts then?Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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new owners realising they wont get much support with that brand of football thats all
bolton have set the blueprint, get owen coyle
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I know, I know, its serious!
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new owners realising they wont get much support with that brand of football thats all
bolton have set the blueprint, get owen coyleGet Roy Hodgson.......please
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Must have some big plan in mind to ruthlessly sack a manager who'd done well with no money they didn't even give him a chance in the January transfer window
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it'll be interesting to see if the much-praised Coyle can achieve as much as Allardyce did with Bolton
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it'll be interesting to see if the much-praised Coyle can achieve as much as Allardyce did with Bolton
He already has achieved as much. He's not only got them established in the top half this season, but he's got them playing good football, with technically adept players. Far more than Fat Sam and his dark age hoof ball clog the midfield scythe down the opposition shite.
Three for me, and two for them.
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i agree buffy that Coyle is a good manager - and he may maintain his success - I hope so
but it has to be noted that Allardyce had his moments with J-J etc
but it has to be noted that Allardyce had his moments with J-J etc
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it'll be interesting to see if the much-praised Coyle can achieve as much as Allardyce did with Bolton
He already has achieved as much. He's not only got them established in the top half this season, but he's got them playing good football, with technically adept players. Far more than Fat Sam and his dark age hoof ball clog the midfield scythe down the opposition shite.
Not really.
In terms of results, BFS got Bolton into top 10 in each of his last 4 seasons. Not pretty to watch admittedly, but Coyle has a wee way to go to match that results-wise.
So, let's see how the season pans out. It'll be interesting to see how he goes when things start going wrong. They will, and he was found wanting when things started going awry at Burnley. His after match excuses will be hilarious.
OK, off topic and I'm possibly a tad scarred by Mr Coyle.
On topic, maybe Burnley can offload Laws to Blackburn and create a win-win situation!
I know, I know, its serious!
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Yeah, you're biased against him just because he left your beloved Burnley for bigger and better things.
Coyle is going to take Bolton to a level they haven't seen before. Give it time, it will happen/
Coyle is going to take Bolton to a level they haven't seen before. Give it time, it will happen/
Three for me, and two for them.
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Yeah, you're biased against him just because he left your beloved Burnley for bigger and better money.
Coyle is going to take Bolton to a level they haven't seen before. Give it time, it will happen/
Coyle is going to take Bolton to a level they haven't seen before. Give it time, it will happen/
Fixed.
Don't get me wrong. I liked Coyle's (football) style and what he did for Burnley was immense.
However, the jury is out on his stickability and ability to adapt when things go wrong. He failed to win in his last 9 matches in charge at Burnley.
Time will tell.
I know, I know, its serious!
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Must have some big plan in mind to ruthlessly sack a manager who'd done well with no money they didn't even give him a chance in the January transfer window
I heard somewhere Maradona.
I know, at Blackburn.
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Rumour has it, that the chairman, John Williams has resigned this morning over this. Very dark 24hrs for Rovers if true.
Ryan's Rovers2010-12-14 23:07:28
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Big Sam is the man. Hear people complaining about his tactics but you're not going to get players who can play sexy football when you have $3.40 and a voucher to mermies to spend are you?
He did, very well with what he had and what he had was jackall.
Still lubs big sam.
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Big Sam is the man. Hear people complaining about his tactics but you're not going to get players who can play sexy football when you have $3.40 and a voucher to mermies to spend are you?
Coyle, Holloway and Di Matteo have all managed it fine. Why should he be excused?
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Have Real Madrid been on the phone yet?
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Have Real Madrid been on the phone yet?
But actually, yes plz, that would be too good.
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Listening to Ryan Nelsen the other day was pretty eye opening. I know that players wouldn't be consulted for this sort of decision, but you'd think they'd at least let them know once the decision was made! That a club captain can only find out from a text message from a journo in New Zealand speaks volumes.
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A mate of mine has told me big Sam got the boot because the new owners were disgusted at finding big blobs of gum stuck to the underside of the boardroom table!
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Interesting take on it, from the BBC site, by a guy who I suspect probably sees a bit more of Blackburn than most on here:
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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Interesting take on it, from the BBC site, by a guy who I suspect probably sees a bit more of Blackburn than most on here:
Many members of the press here are friendly with certain managers, so will always write articles that defend them no matter how they are doing, in much the same way certain managers will always get a rough ride. These decisions are usually not based on anything to do with managerial ability, but willingness to play the game - give good soundbites, leak some transfer gossip, etc.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Yeah? You don't say. Things must have changed a lot since I lived in the UK. (Insert sarcasm smiley here)
Having lived in the UK for most of my life I'm not naive enough to think that particular article was written from a completely unbiased perspective. However, as most of the criticism on here is also not written from anywhere near an unbiased perspective, I just thought it would give another side.
To be fair, it doesn't exactly paint Allardyce as a saint and a god amongst football mangers.
Apparently I'm apathetic, but I couldn't care less.
"Being a Partick Thistle fan sets you apart. It means youre a free thinker. It also means your team has no money." Tim Luckhurst, The Independent, 4th December 2003
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