Allardyce breaks his silence on Bilic’s Irons
He reckons that the team are very poor at the back – an area of the team which recived his special attention when he was in charge.
And in doing so he has probably created divisions in the fan base where he was loved and hated in almost equal parts.
Allardyce took to the wavelengths of TalkSPORT to give his view on the Irons and reckons his former club are being punished for trying to play too expansively although perhaps he’s not been watching the same West Ham as me!
“The team has a great flair about it going forward,” he said. “But they don’t have defensive solidarity.
“They play an extremely open game and the defence on its own doesn’t seem to be able to keep the opposition out.
“I watched the Brighton game and I was stunned by the lack of defensive quality in the team.”