Official - some people can't let Sam Allardyce go (counselling available, reasonable fees.)
So, I closed all the other threads and have started a combo poll and chat thread.
Poll results – voting ended 20.04.15 - (80 votes in total)
Should Samuel Allardyce get a new contract at the end of the season?
1. Yes - 43.75%
2. No - 40.00%
3. I would review at the end of the season - 16.25%
A new poll has been added to this thread as it might be interesting to see if opinion has changed.
Poll results – voting ended 20.04.15 - (80 votes in total)
Should Samuel Allardyce get a new contract at the end of the season?
1. Yes - 43.75%
2. No - 40.00%
3. I would review at the end of the season - 16.25%
A new poll has been added to this thread as it might be interesting to see if opinion has changed.
Comments
Usual Sun headline, does he actually say they moaned? Anyone got a a copy?
You KNOW they moaned ;lol
Of course he won't miss them - who would?
I want to see if HE ACTUALLY SAID they did.
And the 61-year-old, who had to put up with 'Allardyce out' campaigns from some supporters during his time at Newcastle and West Ham, admits it makes a pleasant change to feel wanted.
Can we have a look and see if any new users joined.....last few years....possible "allardyce" somewhere in the email address?
My money is on M_H as the disguise.
AKA "Mrs Hippo"
(obviously not meant as a jibe at her of course)
The Sun is a subscription only site.
Here is another direct quote, reported elsewhere (the Star) and I guess is from the same interview
... "It's nice to be loved, but at West Ham and Newcastle I was faced by passionate fans that made themselves heard if they weren't happy.
"It wasn't just me at West Ham, it was every manager that was there. I got it because I was manager at that time, but before that they moaned about Avram Grant, Alan Curbishley, Alan Pardew and Harry Redknapp."
So by implication, yes.
Can't argue with what he says there.
Trouble is.....the "moaning" piece will take a precedent over "passionate fans".
If things went south with Bilic and he got the same treatment, I can't see him retaliating in the way Allardyce does.
"Can't believe we're 14th and getting results.....5 clean sheets....if we can just give him some money in the summer, we may push on"
;whistle
I am Mrs Allardyce. He drives me up the wall at home so I had to come on here and release some anger.
The hippo is looking at me now across the room while eating his 'bacon butty' with sauce all round his mouth.
#AllardyceOut
What he says isn't really wrong, perhaps the way he says it and comes across?
If Bilic said that.......
The wors "passionate" would be the first word many would see, and probably ignore the rest.
#perception
#pre-determinednarrative
He could easily say that the footie wasn't as bad as some made out then.....you kept handing over your "hard earned" right?
He hasn't come out and slated all West Ham fans, he's mentioned, in passing, how the abuse he got on forums affected his wife.
Maybe that's a wake-up call to some, (not on this forum) to remember that managers and players have the same feelings as the rest of us, as do their families, and that their position should not give carte-blanche to certain fans to spew their poisonous bile on them.
Of course, people who spew that sort of bile aren't really going to care if they upset someone else, so that's the problem, right there.
Believe me....in many many of our fans (not necessarily on here).....it was perception, from day 1.
;ok
It's only a pity you missed the first half of last season.
And lucky for you you missed:
Most of Avram Grant's games.
And the period under the Scottish Manager.
And you've questioned anything that SA may have done (or not done) at our club?
Sorry but....
The point I was making is that at WHUFC he received alot of backing in every game from the WHUFC fans home and away, regardless of what league we were in; so perhaps it would have been more appropriate to try to defuse the situation by focusing on that aspect rather than continue to stir things up and drag the saga on. BFS only needs to take a quick look at other clubs in the championship to see how decimated attendances can be with relegation.
I have always stated that IMO BFS is more suited for the unfashionable clubs, whereby the lack of values and identity is more acceptable. At the more fashionable clubs (which arnt challenging for trophies) there are different demands and is a different culture, the fans expect more than whatever the result is at the end of 90 minutes. Me personally....I am looking forward to this seasons end of season awards because for the majority under BFS they were pretty much irrelevant and defunct; because there was little to no care towards performances, only a results only approach. I am not going to slate BFS, he does exactly what you hire him to do and when you hire him you buy into his approach; however for WHU I dont believe it was right.
Instead he chose to mention our "passionate fans"
;ok
Probably because our range of passing is better than any previous hoof?
Oh no, that's right...