Irons fans react to Allardyce book outbursts

Former manager Sam Allardyce has managed to divert attention from West Ham’s new season by looking back at his own Boleyn years in a new book title ‘Big Sam.’

West Ham’s response to his various outbursts in a newspaper serialisation this morning was to say: “He has a book to sell  West Ham United has moved on.”

But what do the Hammers fans think?

Here’s a selection of comments on the Sunderland manager’s remarks from the ClaretandHugh Facebook forum @ https://www.facebook.com/groups/363174467150521/715296511938313/?notif_t=group_comment:

Niall McDonald Great stuff from Big Sam – only needs throw out a mention of the West Ham Way and off we go again!!

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Colin Archer Hippohead says too much, end of, nothing more to see or hear – move on

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Rob Childs He had someone write his book for him assuming we’d be relegation fodder without him. Oh I can’t wait for Sunderland to be relegated and ruin his precious record. That his only achievement in football is not being relegated tells you everything about his level of ambition.

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Carl Roberts The really sad thing is if the owners ad said pay rise & a new 2 yr deal last xmas ! fatty would av signed it BFS more like BFBS ( bitter )

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Niall McDonald what IS the West Ham Way though?…

Warren Arend Think someone has a chip on their shoulders

Rob Childs It’s a philosophy. It’s style, graft and a sense of fair play as prescribed by Mr Greenwood. It’s not about winning or losing. Allardyces Hoofball is as far removed from it as you can get. The Daves needed Sam to ensure we were in the Premier league ready for the OS move. This season they had enough money to ensure Slaven could equip a squad that could finish top ten, hopefully our yoyo days are behind us.

Russ Avery It must wind him up seeing Slav doing a great job!! We must really turn up the volume singing “super Slav”when we play them just to let him know we are really happy without him!
Also saw he is calling Wenger arrogant today, pot calling kettle comes to mind….

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Stephen Smith I have a very balanced view of Sam … I have a chip on both shoulders!

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Niall McDonald Telegraph use a quote from the book saying “I felt the West Ham way was about wearing your heart on your sleeve and showing passion for the club and winning” – is that way off the mark?

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Stephen Smith Ask Alex Ferguson … oh, he doesn’t know either, does he?

Niall McDonald not many been reading it – #853 in the Amazon book charts!

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Russ Avery Yes Niall McDonald really off the mark as it also doesn’t mention the style of football being played, what Sam can never get into his thick head is we know we aren’t going to win the League so we want football that excites, I want to applaud a great pa…See More

Stephen Smith It’s not selling, because retailers have put it in the ‘fiction’ section!

Stephen Smith Wait until it hits the ‘bargain bucket’!

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Russ Avery Or Sam hits the Bargain bucket in KFC because we aren’t relegated!

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William Field It just demonstrates how far removed Allardyce was from the supporters. For me the reason I supported West Ham back in the late 70s was because we played the way football should be played. Ok we don’t always win and sometimes it drives you mad that we …See More

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Stephen Smith Rumour has it his book was ghost-written by Barbara Cartland!

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