ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
His West Ham team in our first season at the Amex was the best-organised I reckon I've ever seen (in the games against us, that is).
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Sam Allardyce to be interviewed for the Wolves job
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His West Ham team in our first season at the Amex was the best-organised I reckon I've ever seen (in the games against us, that is).
BensGrandad
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Should the need arise he would be a far better option than many mentioned on here prior to CH appointment.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
I can hear his dulcet tones uttering the immortal words "sleeping giant" as I type.
Peter Grummit
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He is a local lad, from Dudley. That is one reason.
Not sure the bunch of flair players they bought in the summer would fit Sam's approach, mind. They showed at the Amex they have some ability but are yet to gel as a team. Maybe Sam is the man to make that happen?
PG
BensGrandad
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Does returning to near his place of birth overcome the erratic behaviour and ways of the owner. I would think not.
Whoislloydy
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As reported by The Mirror, The Sun, Express and HITC
Hardly credible sources.
Hardly credible sources.
GT49er
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Hope he checks that the 'interviewers' aren't reporters trying to set up another 'scandal'.
GT49er
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Oh, he can't be as good as Tim Sherwood, shirley?
BensGrandad
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I did say many not all I did however read somewhere that they want Paul Ince as the next manager, I would think they are welcome to him.
The job I do is largely irrelevant to other parts of my business. If I were to undermine those other parts of the business then it would be an act of misconduct - gross even, if it were about breaking standards and rules. There's nothing disingenuous about it. His employer was the FA. He undermined them. End of story. It was very wrong. A breach of contract.
GT49er
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Does that mean you actually think Tim Sherwood would be a better choice? I was being sarcastic suggesting he wasn't as good, you know!
Psychobilly freakout
HellBilly
Perfect mushroom match up if he moves up that way.... (you know big head lives in shit)
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
Its nothing that couldn't have been resolved by a grovelling apology, it was nothing THAT serious. All he did was allude to the fact that there are ways of circumventing the rules on 3rd party ownership, and that it goes on - facts which in isolation are hardly back page headlines, everybody knew that already. He was stupid getting caught running his mouth off about it, and yes its embarrassing for all parties. But the FA have thrown the baby out with the bathwater over all this, it would've been tomorrows fish and chip paper within a week.
And now we've got Southgate.
Yay.
ATFC Seagull
Aberystwyth Town FC
I don't disagree with that - and his employers clearly felt it was beyond resolution.
I just think it's important to distinguish what he did from the sort of "white-collar crime" that was implied, in that:
1. He wasn't using using any insider knowledge or role that he played in drafting the rules to help undermine them
2. His line of work is in managing football clubs, where I'd imagine all managers have various issues with FA regulations and dare I say ways to manipulate them. He just happens to be on a short secondment (and let's face it, that's all England managers ever are) to manage the one side that is directly overseen by them. Yes he was employed by the FA, but not a long-term member of their organisation or policy-making.
BensGrandad
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I am unsure and have mixed feelings about his ability I am not sure that he is as good as he says he is and it is a matter of time and trys as to whether he will be.
GT49er
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Yes, a grovelling apology and a hefty fine would have been my preferred outcome - with him continuing as England manager.
I guess I'm just setting my business ethics bar a little too high then [MENTION=2654]ATFC Seagull[/MENTION] and [MENTION=70]Easy 10[/MENTION]
In other jobs, in the position in which he occupied, he'd have run the same risk of being shown the door. He was shown the door. The lesson? Behave ethically. His answer in that situation was simple - these rules are there to ensure fair competition and prevent unscrupulous individuals capitalising upon individuals and clubs. He should have told those in question that they sounded unscrupulous and left the room.
In other jobs, in the position in which he occupied, he'd have run the same risk of being shown the door. He was shown the door. The lesson? Behave ethically. His answer in that situation was simple - these rules are there to ensure fair competition and prevent unscrupulous individuals capitalising upon individuals and clubs. He should have told those in question that they sounded unscrupulous and left the room.
middletoenail
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I'd be surprised if he doesn't end up in China, the CSL are throwing money at football at the moment, and he clearly likes the pound notes.
I think it's pretty clear Bloom doesn't favour long-ball football so you can sleep assured the likes of Sam Alladyce will never be employed by Brighton.