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
extremely finishing game good heavy last minutes paid price weekend
Where our finishing was very, very good last weekend it let us down tonight. We really should have put the game away in the first 90 minutes and we haven't done that and have paid a heavy price for it. We are extremely disappointed.
game gifted sides
We gifted the game to Newcastle, really, with not much between the two sides in the first half. They capitalized on what we should have done better with.
defeat final fresh game lose minds minute win
The defeat is still pretty much fresh in our minds and considering we got back from 3-1 down to make 3-3 only to lose in the final minute makes us want to win the game even more.
answer game playing stick
He is going to get stick every game now and the only way he can answer that is by playing like he did at Birmingham,
club confident enjoyed football matter quite rather settled sooner talking
It is not settled yet but we are still talking and want the matter settled sooner rather than later. I am quite confident about the outcome. He has always been very comfortable at the club and always enjoyed his football here.
decision frame
I'm still in the frame because no decision has been made yet.
award clear knew penalty
That was also a clear penalty but I knew when he didn't award us the first one it was going to be one of those nights.
demand manager next public seem
I would like to think the next manager is English. And the public seem to demand that at the moment.
gets needs opportunity
Jay-Jay just needs to play better when he gets the opportunity - it's that simple.
It is frustrating because I am ambitious, but that's out of my hands,
came produced
We produced so much and came away with so little at the end.
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.
looking next
At the moment, I'm looking at being here next season.