Thursday, 12 May 2016

Sam Allardyce, the Plumpie Wonder

via telegraph.co.uk
October 9th, 2015, a chubby man who spent most of his managerial career with Bolton Wanderers have officially signed two years contract with Sunderland.

He inherited Dick Advocaat's team squads who grabbed just three points from their first eight games in the Premier League 2015/2016. Fall in 19th position. And it was predicted will be relegated along with Aston Villa for next season.

On May 11th, 2016, 61 years old men origin Dudley miraculously saved Sunderland, a mediocre club which for four consecutive years fought at relegation zone until last weekend, with a convincing 3-0 victory over Everton.

A crucial victory secures Sunderland to fourth time consecutively also survived from relegation. After 237 days inhabit the red zone, Sunderland secured three important points that make it four points clear of the relegation zone while one match remaining.

At the same time give the bitter ticket to Championship for Newcastle United and Norwich City to accompany the Aston Villa next season.

The early narrative above may seem ordinary if we compare with the achievement of surrealist Leicester City this season. Also visible is not special when it turned achievement of Slaven Bilic in the inaugural season with the West Ham United successful perched in the euro zone and are still likely to finish above Manchester United end of the season.

But, survived the relegation ought to be observed in the same way as Claudio Ranieri and his team celebrate the Premier League title. Survive from relegation is a privilege that never felt by great managers in big teams.

The privilege being a manager in a small team is being able to feel the euphoria of the title on one side when they have a season full of a fairy tale, as well as the pleasure when it survived the threat of relegation on the other.

It would be hard felt by great Manager in the big team of the modern era of football at this time. When Leicester call Andrea Bocelli to sing Nessun Dorma in celebration of champions, I think, in the same point to celebrate safe from relegation, Sunderland need invited Adele to sing a single Hello at the Stadium of Light.

Big Sam is a miracle!

Ranieri was great because he was giving something that will be relived history as the greatest and most surreal anomalies in the Premier League. But far from the glamorous life at the top is occupied by Jamie Vardy and friends, Big Sam-Sam Allardyce's nickname-is celebrating something as powerful as the achievements of Leicester City this season.

He was one of the coaches with British style. Big Sam is managers who understand very well the roots and the primary culture of English Football. Kick and rush.

Jose Mourinho, the successful jerk Machiavellian, one time, in 2014, ever frustrated when Chelsea fosterage against West Ham, who handled by Allardyce. After the game, Jose mentions football played by Big Sam comes from the 19th century. Funny.

Because if Jose had a good insight, he would be aware that in 19th century football much more attack and open than what he played at Chelsea, Internazionale, and even Real Madrid. This is one of the best achievements of Big Sam who escaped from the radar. Make unemployment man from Setubal it looked like a foolish man who ahistorical.

Born in Dudley, 61 years ago, it is natural that a big-bellied man then has a good work ethic. Dudley is a city worker in the United Kingdom who contributed a milestone in initiating the Industrial Revolution in the land of Britain.

One time, in an interview with Lee Clark, one of the former foster children in Newcastle, football ala Big Sam described with two words. Organization and stability.

He put forward a reasonable statistical record, the fair when he later makes Jermain Defoe as the main spearhead in Sunderland rather than Dame N'Doye. Quite simple,  Defoe had a good ratio of shots on goal. And the passable average scoring per minute.

The effects of it, Fabio Borini and Ola Toivonen frequently he played as a winger and midfielder. Only Big Sam's got this wild imagination. The same wild imaginations as Louis van Gaal, who routinely play the Banyan tree of Belgium worth 25 million pounds compared to Morgan Schneiderlin.

Slaven Bilic, as cited in his commentary of the Skysports, also thanked Big Sam due to inherit competent squads when leaving West Ham United.

Bilic emphasized words are well-organized over the legacy of the squads of Big Sam for West Ham. He who brings Cheikhou Kouyate, Andy Carroll, Diafra Sakho, Enner Valencia to Aaron Cresswell, who this season some of them become the backbone of Bilic.

And here's another strength of Big Sam, he had the ability of a good man-management in his team. One thing that is also appreciated by Kevin Davies, former foster children during in Bolton.

I remember Plumpie of Dudley in a way that is a bit annoying. He, along with Tony Pulis and Alan Pardew, I categorized as a coach who often leave the thorns for Arsene Wenger. English football that the three of them play, often making the Arsenal exhaustion.

The imagination of ball displacement that slick inter-space, ball control was good and efficient, beautiful Wengerball scheme, instantly shattered and chaotic when meeting a team that played with a very British. The spartan physical approach, chasing a ball down there, and the revivalist spirit of kick and rush style actually they keep in his philosophy.

Big Sam, often makes the headaches of excess when during in Bolton, he often complicates Arsene Wenger. He also played a major role makes Bolton were able to bring in the big names in the world of football, such as Jay-Jay Okocha up to the Live legend of Real Madrid, Fernando Hierro.

The success of Sam Allardyce this season securing Sunderland from the threat of relegation is a story of heroism which deserves to be appreciated. The team scored three goals more than Manchester United since January 2016.

He also made a good purchase in January to bring Lamina Kone, Jan. Kirchoff, and Wahbi Khazri, which three of them played crucial roles in the best escapism Sunderland in the last four seasons.

Big Sam also makes Jermain Defoe back sharply and scored 15 goals in the league this season. The number of goals that are far more numerous than Olivier Giroud and Alexis Sanchez. Great? Clear. Wonderful? Yes.

Because Defoe was stamped finished when leaving Tottenham, but along with Big Sam and his surrealist performance this season, he was rumored to be leaving the Euro this year to fill the position left by the injured Danny Welbeck until early next year.

On the heroic achievements of Big Sam, we deserve to understand one thing. In football, a celebration not only for a title.

On the one hand, fighting relegation fight is on par with a trophy. There's prestige at stake. There is the value of broadcasting rights and all the commercial needs of an endangered missing when relegation to the lower division.

At one point, the survival of Sunderland from relegation is the same miracle with the champion Leicester City this season. Two of the miracle that occurred on two different sides, at the top and bottom sides of the standings.

One more example of the beauty of football, which is not only rated about playing a short pass from foot to foot to dominant ball mastery.

With the same narrative that experienced by Leicester last season and now, isn't it wonderful when next season Sunderland and Big Sam compete for the title along with other top-tier teams?  Que sera sera ...

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