Sam Allardyce
Sam Allardyce
Samuel "Sam" Allardyce, known as "Big Sam", is an English football manager and former professional player who is manager of the English national team...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth19 October 1954
mend possible
El Hadji is on the mend and it is possible he could play at Newcastle.
best difficult tried
Everyone tried their best to get that all-important 1-0. It's going to be very difficult now, but we've got a chance.
advantage attempts chances ended example goal happens losing perfect three
This was perfect example of what happens when you do not take advantage of the chances you create. We had 17 attempts on goal to their three yet ended up losing the game.
achieving certainly cup effort far feat knocking next possibly waste
You don't want to waste knocking the cup holders out, certainly not in the next round. We put so much effort into achieving that feat and want to go as far as we possibly can in the competition.
cup knocking waste
You don't want to waste knocking the Cup holders out.
basic expected home lost peter players result sadly season today worry
There's a worry that the season could just peter out. I expected the players to know by now what they have to do to get a result away from home and sadly today they lost those basic values.
deserved great result terrific
It's just what we deserved today. Not only a great result but a terrific performance.
asset cash club contract resolved sign true valuable wish
It is true we have not resolved our contract negotiations with Jussi. Jussi is a valuable asset and if he isn't going to sign his contract, then the club may wish to cash in at some stage.
risk
There's a risk with anybody, but all the indicators are very good.
filled might pain pay
They (Senegal) filled him with pain killers to get him to play and we might have to pay the price.
achieve aim aspire beyond dream european ultimate
Our aim all those years ago was for Bolton to achieve European qualification, and then beyond that to do it consistently - we made it our ultimate dream to aspire to,
looked ourselves
After getting back to 3-3 there only looked like one winner. We only have ourselves to blame.
great
One-nil would have been a great result, but we're not out of it.
crucial midfield numbers oscar signed strengthen
We have signed Oscar to strengthen numbers in the crucial midfield area.