by sussexpob » Thu May 12, 2016 3:25 pm
Personally I think the ironic thing is that Allerdyce gets widely accepted as this anti-relegation guru, but he knows exactly when to leave a club. Newcastle before Allerdyce came had maintained about 5 years where they challenged (and qualified) for either the Champions League, or failing that, qualified for the UEFA Cup. The only exception was the year that Bobby (legend) Robson left and Souness had a massive hole to fill.
Sam was given money at Newcastle and spunked it on rubbish. Bringing in a 5 stone overweight Viduka on 80 grand a week, the bloke couldnt run anymore..... or bringing in Alan Smith on a (for then) huge wage and paying 7 million for him, despite him having his leg smashed at United and not really being able to move anymore. He was that slow they had to play him in midfield instead of up top. Allerdyce spent the money and essentially destroyed a team that had managed to maintain a degree of success for a long period.
He got sacked, but he had sowed the seeds of the following year relegation by leaving a terrible team with several old crappy players on mega money...... didnt he also pay through the nose for Joey Barton, a player well known going through personal issues, who was on 80k a week as well?
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