Big Sam seems remarkably thin-skinned for someone who claimed to have "the skin of a rhino" when he joined the club. The Daily Mirror reports his comments: "You get opinions about our results like, 'James Tomkins shouldn't be playing in midfield because he is a centre-half.' You get that b***ocks that goes round. What happens is I look at the performance of every player and say to everyone who says that, 'You're talking b***ocks.' He played in that holding role for three games with ten men, so that is how short memories people have. That is how much b***ocks is talked about in football. I don't listen to that drivel because what bothers me is that James Tomkins plays well."
No-one disputes that Tomkins did well when we had ten men, but that was because he was often augmenting a back five. Against a really swift passing team such as Reading he looked out of position and not mobile enough in midfield: far better to have a specialist in there when you're chasing a game and not defending a lead. That's a fair footballing analysis and not bollocks. Patronising the fans is really not going to help anyone.
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The debate amongst a number of Wolves supporters is..."Should we go for Big Sam if WHU sack him?"
Split 60/40 I reckon...the majority anti.
Anyway, good luck for the run-in.
You're welcome to him. Sacked or otherwise. His bullish attitude is all very well if the results stack up. They dont. Playing Tomkins out of postion is not the reason we lost against Reading, but it is symptamatic of his ludicrous postering & 'my way or the highway' approach. I might be being a bit prudish, but one would like to think he had the intellect / vocabulary to get his point across without the need to have to swear & resort to matcho posturing.
Big sam can say what he wants but the home results don't lie , he is so so far too negative !!!
Reckon we'll see how things pan out tomorrow and Monday. Let's not judge him now, we'll see what he does in those games. Baldrock & Maynard upfront is a no-brainer - Cole can be super-sub! Faye coming back could kick-start our winning ways again...
Correction! Diop not Faye! }$
Tomkins wasn't the only reason we lost to Reading as Phill says, I'll give Allardyce a full season before passing judgement, but his "everyone else is talking rubbish" posture if you question his decisions or tactics is very worrying. Two winnable games coming up though..
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