Cronky Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Underachieving Signings. When they played for him maybe but Barton, Enrique, Viduka, Beye and Faye cant really be classed as underachievers at the moment. Well exactly. Five of his signings started yesterday, and one came on as a sub. He didn't spend a lot of money compared with our competitors, but overall he spent well. The only one IMO who turned out to be an outright mistake was Rozenhal. Please don't start on me with Smith. Let's just say opinions differ. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Allardyce will always be remembered for what he achieved with Bolton to be fair. Pity he couldn't cut it at a higher level.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Giving us Habib Beye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Players playing out of position and a clear mandate of defence at whatever costs; even though we had a defence playing like a bunch of one legged, blind, retired rugby players... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 To be fair, the Derby away game had a lot to do with Owen and Shola's non-performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Being a great big phony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydunc Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 In all honesty, if we got two wins against Derby the liklihood is that Allardyce would still be here! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I would have forgotten about him already if there weren't posts about him all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Insisting that the teams first priority is to stop the opposition playing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 To be fair, the Derby away game had a lot to do with Owen and Shola's non-performance. Who picked Shola ahead of Martins? We also sat back for long periods and that gave them the bottle to come at us. The Derby players and fans had no confidence, the longer the game went on with us sitting back the louder the Derby fans got and the more they came at us. Allardyce tried to contain a s*** team and it back-fired, that was a habit that he also repeated at Reading and Wigan, no excuses, he was s**** while here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 To be fair, the Derby away game had a lot to do with Owen and Shola's non-performance. Who picked Shola ahead of Martins? We also sat back for long periods and that gave them the bottle to come at us? The Derby players and fans had no confidence, the longer the game went on with us sitting back the louder the Derby fans got and the more they came at us. Allardyce tried to contain a shit team and it back-fired, that was a habit that he also repeated at Reading and Wigan, no excuses, he was shite while here. Makes me shudder to think of the Reading prematch interview when he said, while openly, that he was looking for a 0-0 (cant temember his wording exactly) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 To me, Allardyce will always be remembered for: Trying! & Promising to turn the club around in atleast 3 years(but not given the time to). Don't be daft. It doesn't take 3 years to see what a mess he was making. Even blind people could see that ! And I agree with the vast majority about one thing - that damn fool will always be remembered as the manager who lost 4 points to the worst premier team in history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 ..... failing to take any responsibility whatsoever for the garbage on the field. Or almost out-Sounessing Souness as Mick put it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 To be fair, the Derby away game had a lot to do with Owen and Shola's non-performance. I can't really remember what Owen was like in that game, but I remember Ameobi looked like he was on smack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Irks me to no end that we look likely to be Derby's ONLY win this season. f****** disgraceful. Still, what's done is done, and at least we got a few decent players to remember Big Sam's time here by... but in years to come that will be the final question on who wants to be a billionaire (years to come...inflation and all that) and i'll smile slyly at the camera, a knowing wink to all NUFC fans and say "listen chris, don't even read me my options, i'm well aware of the answer and it was all down to that cunt allardyce. the answer is newcastle united and for your information they should have won at SJP aswell" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 I can't really remember what Owen was like in that game, but I remember Ameobi looked like he was on smack. Owen did nothing, I'm sure he went off injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Irks me to no end that we look likely to be Derby's ONLY win this season. f****** disgraceful. Still, what's done is done, and at least we got a few decent players to remember Big Sam's time here by... Same with the derby game as well. Going to the Stadium of Light and dropping players like Beye & Geremi because he wanted players who knew what it was all about...even though they've both played in far bigger games, and then playing Smith just in front of the back four to man-mark Kenwyne Jones. F*cking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydos Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Will who be remembered? What now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 For getting the sack of only 21 games which even by our standards is ridiculous. Still, things will work out well for us with KK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 For getting the sack of only 21 games which even by our standards is ridiculous. Still, things will work out well for us with KK. Nobody knows for sure what would have happened if he'd stayed, I think we'd have gone down. I wasn't calling for his head but I think it was the right thing to do at the wrong time which we've got away with. I think we're in much better hands now that we've got Keegan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sittingontheball Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Aye, those games were shocking. Especially the first one because Derby were getting tonked every week but we went out to defend. Didn't Houllier's Liverpool give Sunderland four points the first time the Mackems got a record low tally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Allardyce Will Always Be Remembered For... making me excited ahead of this season, and partly optimistic... but quickly driving me into frustration, and pessimism... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 For getting the sack of only 21 games which even by our standards is ridiculous. Still, things will work out well for us with KK. Nobody knows for sure what would have happened if he'd stayed, I think we'd have gone down. I wasn't calling for his head but I think it was the right thing to do at the wrong time which we've got away with. I think we're in much better hands now that we've got Keegan. I think we are in better hands too, but I still believe Big Sam would have eventually turned us around in time to become a top 6 club, with some money and time which lets be honest, he didn't get, especially the time. It's all in the past now though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Playing a winger at full back while his £6m signing sat in the stands twiddling his thumbs. Persisting with a 4-3-3 with one winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 Being a big fat headed stupid stubborn bastard. All the clueless tit had to do was pick up points and show progression, he knew his tactics were not working but he insisted doing it his way, even when EVERYONE was unhappy with it. We should have sacked him sooner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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