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Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« on: September 18, 2010, 12:33:07 PM »
From telegraph.co.uk

 
Sam Allardyce insists that he has the capabilities to take on the challenge of managing one of Europe's top teams.

Sam Allardyce’s managerial career may have been marked as much by an unshakeable self-confidence as it has been by his penchant for baiting Arsène Wenger and his enthusiasm for functional football, but even by his standards his claim on Friday that he would feel more at home at the Bernabeu than Blackburn is an unlikely one.

Given the former Bolton manager’s well-documented belief that his attempt to turn Newcastle into a genuine force was ended prematurely, and his permanent happiness to link himself with the England job, it is tempting to take such an assertion at face value.



“I am not suited to Bolton or Blackburn,” he said, in apparent seriousness. “I would be more suited to Inter Milan or Real Madrid.”

Such a move, he believes, would bring both him and the club involved unparalleled success. “It would not be a problem to me to go and manage those clubs because I would win the double or the league every time.”

That qualification — “or the league” — is important.

Allardyce would not want anyone thinking he was getting carried away. Particularly as his next statement was designed to highlight his suitability to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United or Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea.

“Give me Manchester United or Chelsea and I would do the same, it would not be a problem. [This] is not where I am suited to, it is just where I have been for most of the time.

“It is not a problem to take me into the higher reaches of the Champions League or Premier League. It would make my job a lot easier in winning it.”

Allardyce, it should be noted, has always been genuinely happy to express his solidarity with his counterparts, a kindness he extended Mark Hughes, his opponent as manager of Fulham on Saturday and another man who the Blackburn manager feels has not been given the chance his talents deserve.

“There is a perception other people can do better than you, but in reality that is not the case,” he said.

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2010, 12:41:43 PM »
There aren't many people in football I genuinely can't stand but he's one of them.

Offline Rip Van We Go Again

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2010, 12:48:22 PM »
I bet the Blackburn supporters are chuffed with his comments.

Offline JJ-AV

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2010, 12:51:43 PM »
I like him. Despite his horrific tactics in the League Cup semi a few years back with Bolton.

I think he's underrated, but his football really is awful.

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2010, 01:02:31 PM »
He's never won a light has he?
Hard to take him seriously until he does.

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #5 on: September 18, 2010, 01:04:41 PM »
Astonishing statement.

Offline ronshirt

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #6 on: September 18, 2010, 01:13:58 PM »
Saying that you could win the league with Real is a bit like saying you could make cheese on toast if you had some cheese and some toast.

Offline Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #7 on: September 18, 2010, 01:16:51 PM »
Any half decent manager, of which he is, could win the league with Inter or Real Madrid. Only managers like Kevin Keegan could squander a whole heap of money (it may have not been much compared to today, but it was hugely significant then) and not win anything.

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2010, 01:34:50 PM »
I don't know about managing Real, but he could certainly do with getting real.

Offline KRS

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2010, 01:38:11 PM »
Lay off the drugs Sam!

Offline KrisHacking

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #10 on: September 18, 2010, 01:38:35 PM »
He'll be sharing a Cell with Redknapp one day when all there underhand dodgey deals for all those mercenaries comes to light!!!! He can teach the Prison team the long ball then...

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #11 on: September 18, 2010, 01:52:35 PM »
He should stay at the level that he is now.

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2010, 02:00:10 PM »
He's funnier than the Big Sam on Twitter with comments like that!

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2010, 02:02:30 PM »
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The lights are dimmed, the scented candles are lit, I'm wearing a silk robe & 'I Swear' by All-4-One is on the stereo. I'm having me a wank.

Then again, maybe not!

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Re: 0% Villa - Allardyce 'I should be managing Real or Inter.'
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2010, 02:30:01 PM »
This really is embarassing.

 


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