Wullie

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jul/27/crazy-transfer-fee-gonzalo-higuain-theatre-absurd-football

Unhappy with the ref letting the opposition kick them apparently!

Ronny Johnsen.

Nicky Butt surely a cert.

Never fails to make me laugh that.

He's on trial.

Eh? They've made an absolutely massive upgrade.

Worth a read if you like reading the thoughts of people who hate the bloke as much as us if not more: http://www.westhamonline.net/forum_flat.php?8477725||mc=o|| That reminds me, the state of his West Ham team on the last day of the season when Jonas scored.

From Football365: Shearer: There is no way England would have lost to Iceland at the Euros if Sam was in charge.’ A short list of clubs who beat West Ham in cup competitions during his four years in charge: Sheffield Wednesday, Aldershot Town, Wigan (4-1), Nottingham Forest (5-0), Sheffield United and West Brom (4-0).

Bolton Bolton Bolton. What other manager still gets talked about for finishing just above mid-table ten years ago? It's so fucking weird man.

Nobody in the mainstream press will criticise it, least of all ex-players.

Pity David Rozehnal's not English.

Funniest part of that is that Kevin Davies' England cap came in late 2010, more than three years after Allardyce had left. Still gets credit.

Louise has completely lost it in the past few weeks. I thought the way she fawned over Roy Keane was bad. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2016/jul/21/sam-allardyce-england-manager-sunderland

Five Live also had Dean Holdsworth (that relevance) and their senior football correspondent John Murray on, both licking his arse along with the presenters. Giving it all the 'Allardici' wank, referring to the signings of Djorkaeff and Okocha as proof that he loves flair players etc etc. It was fucking unbelievable, found myself shouting at the radio. It would be funny if it wasn't tragic. Imagine that in any other scenario, about any other manager. "He's brilliant! Do you not remember he signed Aging Player X for Mid-Table Team Y 15 years ago?" "Why would I remember that, you fucking maniac?"

Astroturf. What? Just what? How the does AstroTurf effect a keeper throwing a ball into the back of his own net? The ball doesn't bounce true on it. The keeper went to trow it across his goal (still a bad mistake), it bounces to the left because of the shit bounce astroturf gives and goes into his own net. Fucking hell

Aye, UEFA Cup once with Bolton, squeezed through 3rd out of 5 in their group then went out of the last 32.

I think he'll be a good solid signing.

That cannot be right. Chelsea just paid less than that for Kante for God's sake.

DM? His plan B when he was at Blackburn used to be to stick Chris Samba as centre forward. They'd not change the gameplan, it would just be a case of lumping it towards someone slightly taller than they had been earlier.

I've always loved this clip:

I'm pretty sure success in international football requires more than "a bloke who can make the players want to play for their country", in fact I'm not sure what that even means. It sounds like the sound of jingoistic bollocks you hear on 606 after England have been tactically outclassed by a smaller nation again.

In a league where we'll be expected to attack in every game, and almost every team will be trying to keep us out, a nothing midfielder like Colback chasing the ball like a lost puppy (and equally as effective in possession as the puppy) will be a complete liability.

I just cannot comprehend how this attitude still persists in a world where Claudio Ranieri wandered into Leicester and casually won the Premier League by 10 points. Even Allardyce being fucked off out of West Ham only for them to dramatically improve almost overnight couldn't touch his reputation. Like Pardew, he's absolutely Teflon. A Proper Football Man.