I think Atsu's chance has gone, to be honest. He's done OK against tired legs and had a very promising game against Rotherham but as a starter he's mostly been a nonentity, especially since the turn of the year.
That doesn't make sense.
If an attacking player encroaches, surely the outcome should be the same whether the penalty is scored, or not.
Oh good, another mong to be heard from.
As odious as he is, Allardyce mostly does it to bypass the fact that his teams are almost invariably inferior in quality to the opposition. Mourinho tries to do it with Real Madrid, Chelsea and Manchester United.
Given what he said about Tiote being perfect for us a few months back, I think the time for taking BrickTop seriously has come and gone.
But yeah, Gouffran's been mostly shit. Fortunately he'll be off to Ligue 2 soon.