Allardyce is ‘bigger’ than Newcastle
Big Sam attempts to ruffle the Magpies’ feathers
King Kev’s palms are sweating a little more than usual, but he needn’t worry: according to Sam Allardyce, Newcastle aren’t a particularly big club and they haven’t realised their own ambitions. Oh, and the dismal form and potential relegation battle they face has nothing to do with him:
“I think you can accept it a lot more if you can come to terms with the fact that a good percentage of it was your fault – but that doesn’t apply to me at Newcastle.
“The usual rubbish that goes when someone like me is sacked from a club like Newcastle is that that job was too big for me. That’s just not true.
“If I’m honest the reverse is probably true. Newcastle probably wasn’t big enough for me - it didn’t live up to my ambitions in the short time that I was there. And because it didn’t do that the club missed a chance to realise its own ambitions.
“The more I analyse it, the more I come to the conclusion that it was never about me or results. It was about things they wanted to put in place.”
Feeling a little bitter, Sam? Some of what you say rings true, but it’s probably fair to say that it was all about you and the results. Plus, you signed Joey Barton, and any man who deems that cretin worthy of a job should be instantly stripped of any authority.
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