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Sorry to top this thread, but Lawro's BBC prediction had a relevent bit

" Newcastle v Fulham

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A month or so ago, Fulham at home was almost the equivalent to Derby at home - three points guaranteed - but Roy Hodgson's team seem to have turned the corner.

 

Newcastle, meanwhile, are under masses of pressure to win this game but I'm just not convinced that, with their defence, they are ever going to keep a clean sheet."

 

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Sorry to top this thread, but Lawro's BBC prediction had a relevent bit

" Newcastle v Fulham

Graphic

A month or so ago, Fulham at home was almost the equivalent to Derby at home - three points guaranteed - but Roy Hodgson's team seem to have turned the corner.

 

Newcastle, meanwhile, are under masses of pressure to win this game but I'm just not convinced that, with their defence, they are ever going to keep a clean sheet."

 

 

How many of those guaranteed 6 points did Big Sam get?

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I thought that Sam had introduced the players and club to some inovative and groundbreaking training methods and mental attitudes towards the modern game.

 

Alas his tactics,imho,on the pitch were both negative and confused,never really gaining the players confidence and support.

 

I hold no malice towards the man,I never wanted him as manager in the first place,and I wish him well in his next job.

 

The main problem within Premier clubs,with the exception of Man U,Arsenal,Everton is the immediate high expectations of success.Managers need time to build but how many times have we said this only to see another casualty walk away with a handsome pay off in the back pocket?

 

 

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

 

Finishing 7th and in the UEFA?

 

Shite that like.

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Well it took us a few months under Keegan for us to clear the rubble of the collapsed Empire State Building, but once that was done, Keegan managed to build the Great Pyramid of Giza in a month.

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

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Well it took us a few months under Keegan for us to clear the rubble of the collapsed Empire State Building, but once that was done, Keegan managed to build the Great Pyramid of Giza in a month.

hell yea :celb: :frantic:

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

 

Agree 100%. Sam was Bolton, but not the man for nufc.

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

 

Agree 100%. Sam was Bolton, but not the man for nufc.

 

Sam Allardyce could be set for a shock return to Bolton as reports claim he is planning a takeover bid with Freddie Shepherd.

Allardyce left Bolton just before the end of last season following a reported bust up with chairman Phil Gartside and since then the Trotters have slipped down the Premiership and are odds on to be relegated. 

 

'Big Sam' was unhappy with the lack of money made available to him in the January transfer window before he left and felt he was unable to take the club any further with limited funds. 

 

Reports now claim that Allardyce, who was sacked by Newcastle after just five months earlier in the season, is lining up a sensational return to the Reebok with the financial backing of former Magpies chairman Shepherd. 

 

Shepherd was the man who appointted Allardyce before he was replaced by current Newcastle owner Mike Ashley, and according to the grapevine the duo want to make a sensational return to football by ousting Gartside.

 

http://www.clubcall.com/index.jsp?storyID=336503

 

:jesuswept:

 

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

GOALFATHER you are INSANE

 

  quote 'They shud have gone for mark hughes ahead of keegan'

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

 

Agree 100%. Sam was Bolton, but not the man for nufc.

 

If you ignore his last 12 months at Bolton, yes. He had already started the rot at that club.

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

 

Agree 100%. Sam was Bolton, but not the man for nufc.

 

If you ignore his last 12 months at Bolton, yes. He had already started the rot at that club.

 

I said it then, and I'll say it now.  Allardyce = Roeder.

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If Allardyce was any use as a builder, maybe building something that wasn't ugly, unsafe and due to collapse at any second wouldn't have been the end result

Empire state my arse.....

 

Sorry to top this thread, but Lawro's BBC prediction had a relevent bit

" Newcastle v Fulham

Graphic

A month or so ago, Fulham at home was almost the equivalent to Derby at home - three points guaranteed - but Roy Hodgson's team seem to have turned the corner.

 

Newcastle, meanwhile, are under masses of pressure to win this game but I'm just not convinced that, with their defence, they are ever going to keep a clean sheet."

 

 

This shows just how "good" at his job he is, eh ?  :2funny:

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If Allardyce and his revolutionary techniques were so great, then the last two teams that he touched wouldn't both be in a life-and-death relegation battle. He had plenty of time to build something at Bolton, and he certainly didn't leave them in a good place.

In fact Boltons current plight just highlights what a good manager Big Sam was for them.

 

Agree 100%. Sam was Bolton, but not the man for nufc.

 

If you ignore his last 12 months at Bolton, yes. He had already started the rot at that club.

He definitely left them in a bit of a state like. Bolton have been poor, results-wise, for about a season and a half or so.

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