13:26
Talk Sport Forums


Go Back   Talk Sport Forums > Football > Football

Sam and Dave living the dream

Reply
 
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old October 14th, 2014, 16:04
bennythedip2's Avatar
bennythedip2 bennythedip2 is offline  
Derby Winner
 
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bucks
Posts: 21,407
Send a message via Skype™ to bennythedip2
Smile Sam and Dave living the dream

Sullivan praise for Big Sam

West Ham chairman David Sullivan says manager Sam Allardyce is reintroducing 'the West Ham way' with his new-look squad.

The Londoners currently lie in seventh place in the Premier League table with new strikers Diafra Sakho and Enner Valencia making an immediate impact - but Sullivan believes it is the switch to a diamond formation that has brought about the upturn in form.

"There is a lot of optimism about the place now," Sullivan told the Evening Standard.

"I genuinely believe we have the best squad since we've been at the club. We've signed some high-energy, younger players and we have discovered the 'West Ham way'.

"He, Allardyce, changed the style after that to a diamond formation. Sam made that decision so he deserves the accolades because, had it not worked, he would have been castigated.

"We have a policy - and it's as much for Sam as us - that we sit down at the end of the season, maybe a bit earlier if we're safe, and judge things over an entire season.

"We've always done it that way. Last year I was being asked at various times if Sam would be going but my answer was always that we'd look at it at the end of the campaign. We're very loyal to our managers

"We always talk on a Monday or the day after a midweek match and if he has a problem he calls me. We all want the same thing and that is the best for this club.

"Sam wants to be successful and he's very flexible at looking at ways to achieve that. The change in formation was not my idea - he's the one who made that bold decision to change the strategy."
__________________
Sell crazy someplace else, we're all stocked up here.
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 13:26.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Page generated in 0.10532999 seconds with 14 queries