Sam Allardyce gone at Leeds

[ALP]

Sam Allardyce: Leeds United manager leaves club after Premier League relegation

[warksclaret]

Hopefully no other PL or Championship club will be tempted to employ him in the future. A brilliant manager as he rose to fame and his times at Bolton and West Ham will be long remembered by their fans but have to say it "a wage stealer now", as he has lost touch with the modern game and tactics, and needs to accept it

[bobinho]

That’s disappointing…. Was hoping they’d give him a five year contract.

[claretonthecoast1882]

Bisto have decided not to be the clubs shirt sponsor next season on the back of this news

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Good
With a bit of luck they hire a man with less of a clue

[Clive 1960]

Wouldn't surprise me if they went for Brendan Rodgers to get is career back on track.

[beddie]

Wouldn't surprise me if they went for Brendan Rodgers to get is career back on track.

Good shout that- Rodgers.

Regarding SA the players just didn’t turn up for him, some of them anyway. I get it’s up to him to get them playing and motivated but some of them were a lost cause, imo of course.

[Claretitus]

Any manager who keeps them down, or even relegates them again, would be a huge success in my book.

[Conroysleftfoot]

Some Leeds fans I work with are saying that they want to tempt VK from Burnley. They can't understand why he wouldn't want to leave us to go to a club the size of Leeds!!!!!!!

[4midable]

Some Leeds fans I work with are saying that they want to tempt VK from Burnley. They can't understand why he wouldn't want to leave us to go to a club the size of Leeds!!!!!!!

Size of irrelevant
They are ****

[Herts Clarets]

No one is ahead of me in football. Not Pep, not Klopp, not Arteta....

[Andingle]

Some Leeds fans I work with are saying that they want to tempt VK from Burnley. They can't understand why he wouldn't want to leave us to go to a club the size of Leeds!!!!!!!

It's not about the size , it's about knowing how to use it.
So I'm told.

[Claretitus]

No one is ahead of me in football. Not Pep, not Klopp, not Arteta....

No one in football HAS a bigger head……

[durhamclaret]

Our old friend Owen is looking for a job

[Lancasterclaret]

No one is ahead of me in football. Not Pep, not Klopp, not Arteta....

To be fair to the big lump, he explained the next day that the whole idea was to have everyone talking about him, rather than his players

[randomclaret2]

Dyche to Leeds ?

[steve_f]

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I thought it was oxo

[mikeS]

How about...

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[Swizzlestick]

To be fair to the big lump, he explained the next day that the whole idea was to have everyone talking about him, rather than his players

Still really stupid. He then decided to throw his players under a bus anyway to absolve himself of blame.

[Jakubclaret]

Still really stupid. He then decided to throw his players under a bus anyway to absolve himself of blame.

I think the players threw themselves under a bus by being consistently crap all season, he was just more honest than Jesse marsch & Gracia about it & had nothing to lose by speaking his mind the game was up at that point.

[Swizzlestick]

I think the players threw themselves under a bus by being consistently crap all season, he was just more honest than Jesse marsch & Gracia about it & had nothing to lose by speaking his mind the game was up at that point.

He wasn’t ‘speaking his mind’ he was laying the blame on somebody other than himself. He criticised the team days before a crucial, must win game - if you think that’s conducive to a strong squad mentality then, not for the first time nor I fear the last, I don’t agree with you.

[ClaretTony]

Speak to players who have played for him and they'll tell you he's the best he's played for in terms of man management.

[kentonclaret]

I read an article recently that said he was the first manager to introduce analytics and the study of player data into top flight English football when managing Bolton. Now widely accepted and applauded at all clubs including Burnley.

[Quicknick]

Allardyce is an excellent manager, so I'm glad he's left Leeds.

[Jakubclaret]

He wasn’t ‘speaking his mind’ he was laying the blame on somebody other than himself. He criticised the team days before a crucial, must win game - if you think that’s conducive to a strong squad mentality then, not for the first time nor I fear the last, I don’t agree with you.

That was designed for the players to prove him wrong it was a gamble that didn't pay off, the players weren't good enough at the end of day hence relegation it was nobody's fault.

[TheFamilyCat]

I read an article recently that said he was the first manager to introduce analytics and the study of player data into top flight English football when managing Bolton. Now widely accepted and applauded at all clubs including Burnley.

I think it's fairly common knowledge that he was a pioneer for such data analytics. Shame that the data said "lump it to Kevin Davies".

[ClaretTony]

I read an article recently that said he was the first manager to introduce analytics and the study of player data into top flight English football when managing Bolton. Now widely accepted and applauded at all clubs including Burnley.

He was way ahead of his time

[AlargeClaret]

Still really stupid. He then decided to throw his players under a bus anyway to absolve himself of blame.

Like the players hadn’t been utter garbage for 2 full seasons ( well 1.7 ish) BFS was brought in as an experienced head to hold the wheel and nothing more . 4 games with the first being City and then Newcastle was an almost impossible situation.

[bfcjg]

A desperate attempt by the Leeds owners to somehow stay up, if Everton had of appointed him instead of Dyche they would also have stayed up, likewise with just 4 games left if Leeds appointed Dyche they'd have still been relegated, needed to be in at Christmas.
Oh well

[GodIsADeeJay81]

Gerrard emerging as the early favourite for the job

[Spijed]

I read an article recently that said he was the first manager to introduce analytics and the study of player data into top flight English football when managing Bolton. Now widely accepted and applauded at all clubs including Burnley.

Big Sam does gets some bad press regarding his style despite being an innovative manager at one time. Just like Guardiola has done, he certainly changed the way clubs operated.