Allardyce Leaves Blackburn

Xavi6

Breaking at the moment.

Blackburn have got rid.

5starpool

Wow. Hodgson in triumphant return. Eagle Eye rejoices.

thomond2006

Tevez for manager?

missingtime

Barca on alert so...

Dozen Wicked Words

Did he jump or was he pushed?

Dolph Starbeam

This shouldn't really come as a shock but it does. Hughton's next job maybe?

Xavi6

Mourinho must be shitting himself.

efb

Byeeeeee

Pauleta

For Real? :eek: They are having a decent enough season as well. The new owners will be entertaining

Jazzy

dooferoaks wrote: »

Did he jump or was he pushed?

hes gonna say he jumped but they will brief he was pushed of course

Johner

I thought he did quite well with Blackburn.

Wolf Club

Possible replacement for Benitez if Inter sack him?

TangyZizzle

'bout time.

Lukekul

If they kicked him out they're idiots, not newcastle level but still...

Ardennes1944

After Chris Hughtons dismissal last week this seems like nothing

RasTa

Another stupid decision. So is that were Jol is going and then Big Sam to replace Grant?

5starpool

Please let his next job be in Turkey or Belgium or somewhere.

Please Santa.

String

yes please

JPA

eh? Makes no sense.

orourkeda

See you later fat boy

everdead.ie

Big Sam to la Liga would be interesting

Exclamation Marc

He was sacked SSN says.

Warper

Newcastle will probably sack Pardew now and get Big Sam.

Frisbee

As much as I despise the man that seems like a mental move.

Bounty Hunter

Hughton or Jol wonder who the bookies will make the fav, also wonder will this prompt West Ham to sack Grant faster (it seems enevitable seing who else is getting chopped) so as to get either of them or would they like Allardyce.

ahh the oft fabled managerial merry-go-round effect is coming into play. sackings are going around like the flu who knows who will catch it next

artanevilla

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Hughton or Jol wonder who the bookies will make the fav, also wonder will this prompt West Ham to sack Grant faster (it seems enevitable seing who else is getting chopped) so as to get either of them or would they like Allardyce.

ahh the oft fabled managerial merry-go-round effect is coming into play. sackings are going around like the flu who knows who will catch it next

Hopefully Houllier.

orourkeda

artanevilla wrote: »

Hopefully Houllier.

with a bit of luck

5starpool

'Big' Sam to Villa?

backrow67n8

Hodgson next for the chop and Allardyce to be his replacement :P

IvySlayer

Baffling. He may be an awful person, but he got results.

everdead.ie

It's funny there all of a sudden seems ti be a number of moves on the go with Inter looking for Capello to take over from Rafa the Fa looking for Harry and Rafa looking at Spurs as well as houllier Grant and Hodgsen all on a tight rope!!!
And what I would of thought one of the safer jobs ie Sam gets the sack

IvySlayer

5starpool wrote: »

'Big' Sam to Villa?

Why? Villa like playing attacking football, Big Sam would not be welcome there?

orourkeda

IvySlayer wrote: »

Baffling. He may be an awful person, but he got results.

Blackburn didnt disgrace themselves under his management. Chris Hughton could be back in the game.

whatawaster

IvySlayer wrote: »

Why? Villa like playing attacking football, Big Sam would not be welcome there?

Everyone "likes" playing attacking football. Doesn't mean Villa have played attacking football in recent years or have a right to it

5starpool

IvySlayer wrote: »

Why? Villa like playing attacking football, Big Sam would not be welcome there?

I wasn't being fully serious. It was a 'careful what you wish for' type of reaction to the previous couple of posts. Much like talks of O'Neill going to Liverpool if Hodgson goes. Neither of those appointments would be welcomed by the fans.

Actually, O'Neill might be someone Blackburn look at, although I'm not sure if he'd be interested in a return just yet.

thebaz

newcastle sack manager, win next game

new owner - we lost a game , lets sack manager , and we'll get that short term feal good factor

ps hate alardyces style of football, if you call his bogball that

IvySlayer

whatawaster wrote: »

Everyone "likes" playing attacking football. Doesn't mean Villa have played attacking football in recent years or have a right to it

I don't think Villa players/fans would like to see hopeless balls lumped forward.

JPA

Stop talking about Villa!

token56

I for one am actually surprised. Managers seem to be like trading cards at the moment.

backrow67n8

Haha 2 pages up on Facebook already about his sacking

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sam-Allardyce-on-the-dole/176831359013478
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sam-Allardyce-sacked-13122010-the-fat-slug-haha/182871448396921

LuckyLloyd

I don't really understand. Maybe a couple of the Blackburn fans on here can weigh in?

everdead.ie

From guardian twitter "
Sam Allardyce: “I am very shocked and disappointed to be leaving Blackburn I am extremely proud to have managed this club'

That_Guy

Pardew to Blackburn with his 100% record.

Peyton Manning

everdead.ie wrote: »

From guardian twitter "
Sam Allardyce: “I am very shocked and disappointed to be leaving Blackburn I am extremely proud to have managed this club'

Big Sam's own twitter gives us a more significant insight:

Big Sam wrote:

Sometimes I pull my sleeves down while holding on to two Monster Munch corn snacks. It looks like I have tiny deformed hands. Hilarious.

Paully D

Absolutely shocking decision that. If they had won at the weekend they'd have been in 8th position. He took them into the top half last season with no resources too.

Crazy decision, but the new owners know all about football (:rolleyes:) so I'm sure they've got someone lined up.

Silly season has well and truely begun.

NeoKubrick

I'm sure it was Big Sam who said in a post-match interview yesterday that the team is a "work in progress"; Big Sam two years into the job. It smacked as a rehearsal of Owen Coyle's notes on Bolton's progress.

aodea

Think this is just a case of new owners wanting to put a stamp on things, it happens a lot with new owners/boards. Big sam was doing a decent job with Blackburn in his own manner the style of football was never great but 10th last year was very impressive. Would imagine the new manager will be forgien and slightly bigger name. Would be suprised if it was not pre arranged. Always had a soft spot for Blackburn.

ctrl-alt-delete

Well as a Blackburn fan I'm delighted this has happened,

I have never been happy with him in charge, I don't like his style of football, and it was even more frustrating considering he had players who could play the game.

Hughes had a better career at Blackburn (ok he had Bentley and Santa Cruz) and he had Blackburn playing attractive football.

I had an inkling the new owners would want to make an appointment of their own, especially when they came out saying things like Blackburn fans deserved to see good football being played.

Looking forward to moving on with the new owners now and hopefully they make an appointment with attractive football in mind, and give him some money to spend in January.

mike65

Ambitious owners eh?

orourkeda

I dont get this "attractive football" lark.

Surely it's about playing football that gets results within the laws of the game. Arsene Wenger plays attractive football and he gets criticised that his teams get bullied.

The teams who get results against arsenal by bullying them complain that they don;t see attractive football

cson

Pauleta wrote: »

For Real? :eek: They are having a decent enough season as well. The new owners will be entertaining

I'm as surprised as you are that Big Sam is being drafted in for José. That loss to Barcelona aside they are having a good season. Then again didn't Big Sam say that if he got the reins at a big club he'd be hosing trophies all over the gaff.