22 Mar 2015 15:00:43
I usually keep my opinion to myself, but I have had enough with all the tv pundits going on about how well Big Sam has done.
Lets look back at when we were playing well this season it was at a time when he was forced to make changes due to injury to Carroll and Nolan. Same has a certain style of play which suits the Championship and players like Carroll / Nolan / O'Brian / Jarvis / Cole and I am sure he will take them when he leaves. The reason his previous teams have not done well after he has left is I believe because he builds his teams around a style of football and when he leaves and takes players the team is not able to adapt to the new managers way of playing style.
Lets not forget we did not win promotion from the Championship in style, we crept through the back door and was very lucky to win the playoffs.
From what I have seen of Big Sam in tv interviews he has a very unique style which is to talk as much as you can so that the interviewer is unable to ask all of their questions in the allotted time. He also lights up when the team have kept a clean sheet, which don't get me wrong its always good to keep a clean sheet, but not at the expense of not scoring yourself, he would be happy with 38 draws in a season.
Since the injury to Carroll, it seems like he is trying to not show Sakho and Valencia in the best form by playing them out of position.
In recent matches I think some of his decision s have caused us results i.e. taking off Noble.
If we take a look at the Sunderland match
1. Why only one Striker - We are at home and they have a shaky defence
2. Why play Song? He is always caught with the ball, always out of position and does not seem that bothered
3. Why play Jarvis? he has not done anything in recent games he has played
4. Why not play a kid as centre half and have Kouyate play in his favoured position - Is this just another reason so Nolan can play.
Another thing to note is why give Amalfitano a new contract and bring in Nene on loan if you are not going to select them from the start, or is this just showing the attitude of Sam, that I did not bring them in and I did not give them new contracts so therefore I will not pick them.
I fully understand why the board have not sacked him, what's the point of paying out a compensation when his contract runs out end of the season. If we do want to progress as a club then we need to bring in a manager who can play a style which suits the players he has, and a manager who can attract exciting European and World players, this currently seems to handled by the board, who I must say are doing a fantastic job with the club. They have a vision for the future of the club and I prey that Big Sam is not part of that, but I wish him all the best with whatever Championship club or yearly relegation battle club he decides to join
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West Ham Banter Archive March 22 2015
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22 Mar 2015 14:58:56
Hi Mike
Dreadful performance by both teams yesterday and like you I'd had enough before Sakho scored and had already left. We just about deserved the win but I just wonder what my schoolboy hero Bobby moore would have thought of it (cringe worthy)
You can't blame the players but I feel their is a lack of confidence and not the same urgency and pace going foward that we had. Not sure why we started with one lone striker against a Sunderland defence that is quite obviously struggling.
I'm not going to jump on the "GET RID OF ALLARDYCE" band wagon but, why did we not start with Carlton Cole and Sakho (me thinks its let's not lose rather than let's go and win this game)
If there is a better manager with a more positive attitude and one who believes attack is the best form of defence then give him a shot (I hear Eddie Howe is high on the list but would they try a manager with no premier league experience??)
I remember Kevin Keegan's Newcastle. What a team they were to watch AND they finished runners up only to a very very good Manchester United side and that only shows that players perform to the standard required by the manager and Sam doesn;t care about standards
22 Mar 2015 09:21:01
You've heard it all before but I'd like to voice my opinion on Sam Allardyce, at the moment I'm sitting on the fence "is he the right choice for West Ham"?There's are percentage of fans who generally dislike the way he goes about his business, as soon as there's a drop of form they come out all guns blazing, people forget we are a mid table side (at present) we definitely out performed our expectations in the early part of the season, now were in a slow period, largely due to injury and not bringing in any reinforcements. When you look at the season in whole it's been a good one based on form, there's only a handful of games were we can say we didn't compete. I'm hearing a lot of complaining about team selection. why don't we play nene? amalfitano? why did we loan out zarate? etc the truth is most fans voicing there opinions don't know a great deal! Besides reading up on the hammers, going to the game every week, what else do you see? I'm sure most don't head to the training ground everyday and view ever session. It sounds a little stupid when people say they know better when all there going off is a 90min game or a 10/15min cameo. I'm not saying fans shouldn't have an opinion but look at it from outside the box. Don't base your opinion on a patch of form base it on the full period of Sam's west ham career, I'd say he's in the green.
What I dislike about Sam from a fans view he seems to be the type "my way or the highway" I believe a group of heads are better then one, he needs to welcome new ideas and opinions cause he's not always right. One thing that makes me laugh when people say replacing sam is a bad move, I'm sure there are dozens of managers out there that can match and do a greater job, but changing manager at a crucial time is a big risk? It can be for the best or the worst its unknown. I'd give Allardyce a one year deal with an option of another year.
22 Mar 2015 12:05:33
Sorry Hammer689 but I really think things need moving forward without BFS at the helm. Injuries apart I still think his limitations are there for all to see. I just feel that if, as the owners continually tell us, we are aiming to be a "top" premiership club, we need a manger with a little more imagination. Nothing against Sam personally and he has done a good job for us in terms of promotion and stabilising the team. However that for me is the issue. We seem to be stagnating at the moment. Really dissapointed we started 4-5-1 yesterday against Sunderland (probably the dullest game of the season until the last 2 mins!). I have to ask what benefit would there be in giving Sam another year?
22 Mar 2015 13:24:12
to be a top 4/6 side we need a better manager I agree, but unless we can get one there's no point moving on sam for someone who'll get a similar result. There's pros and cons for every situation I'm just lucky it's not me making the decision.