Dion Fanning: The big ego and low self-esteem of the English football man

Wherever he has been, Sam will always find a reason not to play out from the back and as he takes on Manchester City this weekend, it will not be the time for risks.

NEW MAN AT THE HELM: Sam Allardyce at Thorp Arch Training Ground, Wetherby. 

The way Sam Allardyce tells it, they are the dis-possessed. 

“It’s very difficult for us as British coaches to get a Premier League position, very, very difficult,” he remarked on his podcast No Tippy Tappy Football in February.