Sam Allardyce - ‘It was like trying to build Empire State in a month’

[Guest Phil K]

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.

Shepherd had a habit of going for has-beens past their best though.

Even SBR wasn't his idea - remember Sir John wanted him earlier

[johnnypd]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

[Shearergol]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

 

Sam's record at Bolton in the last 6 months before he left was something like 2 wins in 20 games. He left just at the right time.

[Guest alex]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

I appreciate what you're saying but I'd go along with Gol in saying he left at the right time, which was probably part of his decision to leave. I'm not saying he did a poor job there because he didn't, he did an excellent job there - that's a different thing though.

[Happy Face]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

 

Sam's record at Bolton in the last 6 months before he left was something like 2 wins in 20 games. He left just at the right time.

 

Sounds like he went 20 games late.

[Shearergol]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

 

Sam's record at Bolton in the last 6 months before he left was something like 2 wins in 20 games. He left just at the right time.

 

Sounds like he went 20 games late.

 

That's a fair point too.

[johnnypd]

it's as unfair to say allardyce had left bolton in a poor state as it is to say keegan left man city in a poor state. you can't write off years of good work just because in the last 6 months they lost the appetite for the job, and, in bolton's case, because they appointed a chipmunk to replace him. had allardyce wanted to stay at bolton instead of trying something more ambitious, there's no way they'd be close to relegation this season.

 

Sam's record at Bolton in the last 6 months before he left was something like 2 wins in 20 games. He left just at the right time.

 

as i said, like saying Keegan did a bad job as City boss cos they were poor when he left after losing his appetite for the job in the final few months. Allardyce left with Bolton sitting 5th in the league and had left because he felt he couldn't achieve his ambitions at Bolton, not cos they had a momentary loss of form and he wanted to jump ship. Also, Allardyce had 9 wins in his last 20 games at Bolton.