That is Martin Allen though, a man who's made a managerial career out of hoofing his way around the bottom division of the Football League and the Conference. Any team who makes more than four passes without belting it into touch must conjure up visions of the Dutch side of the 1970s in his eyes.
This- apparently from that game- rather suggests that a significant quantity of their nice neat passing is between their centre halves and goalkeeper.
Very Poyet-esque.