How Long Before Big Sam Gets his P45 ?

[Harry H]

Big Sam has a semi-final this week.
Win that and he's fine.

 

[Ernest]

It's OK, Allardyce has unveiled his masterplan. He has signed Roger Johnson on loan from Wolves for the rest of the season. Shows how little budget he has left after blowing it all on Andy Carroll that he's had to resort to signing a player on loan from a team in League One who has barely played all season and who a good many Wolves fans would gladly drive to Upton Park themselves.

Be signing Jamie o'Hara next

 

[joeinbrighton]

Big Sam has a semi-final this week.
Win that and he's fine.

Away to a team that hasn't lost a match at home domestically all season. Not a high likelihood of that happening.

 

[Harry H]

Away to a team that hasn't lost a match at home domestically all season. Not a high likelihood of that happening.

They won't sack him before it though.

 

[joeinbrighton]

They won't sack him before it though.

Their biggest match this week is away to Cardiff on Saturday. Lose that and lose to City and the pressure will quickly mount on Allardyce. West Ham's other consideration is that in 2 years' time, they are moving into a 60,000 capacity stadium. They will have a job filling that anyway, but they will especially struggle if Allardyce is there for the long haul.

 

[portlock seagull]

Big Sam has a semi-final this week.
Win that and he's fine.

Yeah right. Because cup winning managers are always kept on when relegated from Premier League...

 

[saafend_seagull]

If they sack him after Cardiff and man city game, half the transfer window would have gone by, new manager won't change much.

 

[Guy Fawkes]

I caught a bit of the Forest game and they mentioned that they only had 14 fit first team players left to pick from and with bigger matches coming up, they chose to rest players and bring in several under 21s.

How long and how severe has this crisis been, how long until they get players back and is this what is saving Allardyce from the sack? (would any other manager do better with nearly half the squad out injured?)

 

[portlock seagull]

I caught a bit of the Forest game and they mentioned that they only had 14 fit first team players left to pick from and with bigger matches coming up, they chose to rest players and bring in several under 21s.

How long and how sever has this crisis been, how long until they get players back and is this what is saving Allardyce from the sack? (would any other manager do better with nearly half the squad out injured?)

No - but since when was football rationale?!

 

[Willy Dangle]

WH fan I know wants him gone and wants DiCanio with Julian Dicks as no2.

 

[joeinbrighton]

WH fan I know wants him gone and wants DiCanio with Julian Dicks as no2.

Let me guess on the rationale. 'We need someone with passion who bleeds claret and blue'. The fact that neither of them is cut out to be a Premier League manager of any repute is neither here nor there.