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
anywhere near
He didn't get anywhere near the ball. If that had been a defender, it would have been a penalty, but goalkeepers have this protection.
entertainment fancy football however incredibly job losing money necessity object playing progress today
Incredibly average, ... There wasn't much entertainment today but necessity overrules entertainment and necessity's money these days. You'll keep your job by winning, not by going out and playing fancy football and losing 5-4. The object is to try and keep your progress going, however you can.
doubt finished next
I have no doubt El Hadji Diouf will be here next season. But he is finished for this one.
available becomes british confined europe job worldwide
Not at all. Like everything else in this country, every job that becomes available is a worldwide attraction, not just confined to Europe or the British Isles.
address area trying
It's an area we've been trying to address for a long time.
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.
cut expertise helped job mend possible process recovery staff surgeon three tremendous
El Hadji is on the mend and it is possible he could play. The surgeon has done the job as we expected, they were a tremendous find by our backroom staff because their expertise has helped cut the recovery process by two or three weeks.
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.
looking next
At the moment, I'm looking at being here next season.
forward hard level matches merit might seeing travelling
At this level all matches will be hard but we are here on merit and we look forward to seeing where we might be travelling in Europe.
filled might pain pay
They (Senegal) filled him with pain killers to get him to play and we might have to pay the price.
looked ourselves
After getting back to 3-3 there only looked like one winner. We only have ourselves to blame.
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,