Winter 2015 silly season

a few selected quotes i thought were interesting...."We let them off the hook and I’m not looking for excuses with our injuries" followed by "With our injuries, we’re not in the best of shape"


On Cole and Matty: "Carlton came to see me on Wednesday and said: “I’m going to have to get on with it.”


Depends on tone of voice, but that doesn't sound all that motivated to me (for all the understandable reasons mention din the article"


I loved the way he described matty's performances to date: "He will get another chance this season and he has to try and take it better than the others he has had so far this season."- very honest of Sam but pretty much saying matty has been a bit wank all season. 

He's been pretty wank since we shelled out £10m for him. (the price not being his fault of course)

Don't really get the sympathy for C C, its a facet of the game and he (And I mean all in his situation) are handsomely rewarded for their uncertainty. These things happen and to be honest, a drop in his performances is hardly going to notice. But in his favour, I can't see him doing that.

"Allardyce also said the club cannot sign former Real Madrid midfielder Lassana Diarra as a free agent because of "Fifa regulations".
Allardyce added: "We have negotiated for weeks to get the right deal and, now we've got it, we find we can't get the right paperwork and the right clearance, so we have wasted his time and our time."

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do we not have someone at the club whose job it is to understand the rules we play by and make sure we follow them?

there just seems too many incidents...

Sam will soon have him at left back.

JulianDicksLeftKnee wrote:Sam will soon have him at left back.

I doubt he will play much at all. Remember Wellington Paulista? Another player signed by Sullivan. Got on the bench ONCE I believe. Zarate and Sakho also Sullivan signings. Sakho got a game because AC was injured (again) then he had to keep playing as he kept scoring. Allardyce didn't want to sign him permanently. Zarate hardly got a chance and has been loaned out to QPR

Although he is an expert at free kicks Nene won't get a chance to take one because either a) Noble will chip it to the keeper b) Valencia will hit the wall or blast it over the bar or c) Downing will blast it over the bar

Tony P wrote:

JulianDicksLeftKnee wrote:Sam will soon have him at left back.

I doubt he will play much at all. Remember Wellington Paulista? Another player signed by Sullivan. Got on the bench ONCE I believe. Zarate and Sakho also Sullivan signings. Sakho got a game because AC was injured (again) then he had to keep playing as he kept scoring. Allardyce didn't want to sign him permanently. Zarate hardly got a chance and has been loaned out to QPR

Although he is an expert at free kicks Nene won't get a chance to take one because either a) Noble will chip it to the keeper b) Valencia will hit the wall or blast it over the bar or c) Downing will blast it over the bar

I said that elsewhere. A cameo appearance just at the end of the game to appease DS. So unless he instantly sets the place alight (a la Sakho) he won't get much of a look in which is fair enough if players in his positions (wing or up 2front) are playing okay. It won't stop Sam's strange substitutions though, he'll come on but not for like-fo-like or an obvious tactical advantage!

Very underwhelming, but then I suppose all it is about is to pad out our subs bench to see out the season (I don't think we'll see carroll again this season now). Shame really thta a youngster won't get that spare place on the sub bench.