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lvhammer 10:25 Mon Jan 5
Sams Management skills
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Picking a team, tactics, and substitutions are just part of the managers job, behind the scenes man management is a large part of management and this is where I believe Sam falls short. I fully understand certain players frustration at being on the bench or left out completely, as Sam picks his favorite son. We don't know the complete story regarding Zarate but when he plays he makes things happen and we look a much more threatening team,,and to see Nolan picked ahead of him must be a bitter pill for him to swallow. Nolan and Cole are past it and not for the future yet they continually feature. Many players have ben ignored so Nolan can play,besides Zarate there was Diame to an extent Morrison and Poyet. I don't believe our lofty position in the Premier is down to Sam but largely due to Sullivan, our midfield in past seasons have been the slowest in the division, but with Sullivan bringing in Sheringham and insisting to Sam to forget hoofball and providing funds to bring in top players has made the difference. Sam wont change he is a stubborn and arrogant man, some fans like him I don't, I hope he leaves in the summer and we bring in new blood someone like Eddie Howe
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The White Horse
7:43 Tue Jan 6
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But in hindsight it's a good thread.........even though there are many that want to wallow in mid table mediocrity watching hoofball now it's back again..
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The White Horse
7:41 Tue Jan 6
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I opened this thinking it was going to be an empty thread ----- ........we're actually debating whether he has management skills? That's like asking whhether a monkey can fly a 747.
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jack flash
11:40 Mon Jan 5
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I would be starting every game with Sakho & Valencia & if either tired substitute with Zarate.
If we were facing a side weak in the air defensively, or we needed a human battering ram with 15 mins left on the clock then substitute with Carroll
Cole shouldn't even be anywhere near the bench
Nolan might have a little mileage left in him to bolster the midfield in the last 15 mins or so, using his professional tricks to run the clock down, if we're hanging on
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inconsistant fc
11:34 Mon Jan 5
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Broadly agree but could this not go on one of the other Allardyce threads?
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crapnotshit
11:31 Mon Jan 5
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In that case jack, I read your post in who!e
Quite agree, but I feel we could slot in Zarate as a full striker somehow. Better than cole and Nolan, and even Carroll on days he don't want to play (as tomorrow being so close to his birthday, fucking shambles...)
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jack flash
11:24 Mon Jan 5
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Crapnot ~ Ooops! You're dead right I typed "Valencia" I meant "Zarate"
I deserved that! ~ The rest of what I wrote should now make sense (well it does to me)
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Texas Iron
11:24 Mon Jan 5
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O X Y M O R O N...
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crapnotshit
11:21 Mon Jan 5
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Of course it true but its been said 1m times
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Dapablo
11:17 Mon Jan 5
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I think that's a load of old twaddle myself, but then I would.
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ATBOG
11:14 Mon Jan 5
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I think the thread title is a contradictory term.
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theaxeman
11:08 Mon Jan 5
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Agree with the OP
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crapnotshit
11:06 Mon Jan 5
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However, Valencia is not an alternative to any of those 3 players. He does not work hard
Stopped reading at that point 😵
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jack flash
11:02 Mon Jan 5
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I agree that the likes of Nolan, Cole or possibly even Carroll should not be starting games for us
I also would say that the team selection & substitutions in the last 3 games has been woeful
However, Valencia is not an alternative to any of those 3 players. He does not work hard or track back.
He is being kept out of the team by Sakho, Valencia & Downing, all of whom have been doing a superb job
All 3 should be automatic starters, in which case there is simply nowhere to fit Zarate in
That isn't the case regarding the departed Diame, Morrison or certainly, Poyet, all of whom have the ability to track back, tackle & work hard
Ironically, now that Sakho is off to Africa, he appears to have missed his opportunity to impress, by taking the sulks
I don't think you can hold that against BFS, but because of him stubbornly going back to Nolan & Carroll, when other (better in my opinion) options have been available I would like to see a change at the end of the season for a proven manager, not Eddie Howe
Eddie Howe has done really well, but not at the level we're hoping to attain
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crapnotshit
10:31 Mon Jan 5
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Has your keyboard not got an Enter key?
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whu
10:29 Mon Jan 5
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big old post but have to agree with most of that, including howe
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m11
10:26 Mon Jan 5
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Ever heard of paragraphs?
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stirlinghammer
10:25 Mon Jan 5
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Mate we're watching the beast
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Son of Anarchy
10:25 Mon Jan 5
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can't remember where we are in the league?
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