Doesn't get the respect he deserves, never heard a player talk bad about him, most teams went backwards after he left, what he did at Bolton being able to attract players like Djorkaeff, Okacha, Campo, Anelka, etc to a Bolton and get them into Europe was simply astonishing

Ancient stuff in the UK...Hadrian's Wall, Stonehenge, Sam Allardyce's football style.

I think the way Holland played in the 1970's was one of the best styles of football I have seen, but they had some brilliant players.

The problem for “Big Sam” is that “tippy-tappy” football when executed well *DOES* beat his “long ball” game that he espouses. “Long ball” works to get results against mediocre PL teams but against the best he just gets routinely beaten.

I agree with him to some degree.I love fast on the deck football but tippy tappy is something else.Its usually safety based,slow and boring to watch Its like watching a possession based training session.

Proper old school manager Sam, did well with Bolton back in the day. The problem is that football moved on but he didn't. I used to love how the game was 15-20 years ago, it felt so much more real, the players were more relatable, it wasnt played by soft lads like it is today..... However the technical ability of the players these days and the tactics are levels above.

Evertonian here, I always liked Big Sam, Never understood the negative press. He got us up to 8th with a pretty awful side. No issues from Me that we played the way we did, He couldn't of got a pretty tune out of THAT side....I would love another top 8 finish !!!

Fat Sam , the man who played 6 defenders in a must win game

Really enjoy & respect Simon and his points of view, but as an interviewer he needs to remember it's the guest we are interested in.

I make him right watching every team play the same way is boring You play with the tools you have He’s a success full manager Or you can be like Frank lampard and Stevie Try and play and get ur p45

I saw Bolton vs Portsmouth back in the day, Bolton scored early (Kevin Nolan I think). After that it was 11 men behind the ball & constant time wasting. That was the most boring game of football I've ever seen in my life. Give me Pep and his version of football anyday.

I was literally saying this to someone yesterday. Playing out from the back and robotic players (and var) has ruined the game.

“Tippy Tappy” football requires top players - but done right it just wins. I remember Barcelona playing Ferguson’s aggressive Man Utd team twice in the European final. Utd couldn’t get the ball - they got comprehensively DISMANTLED.

Anyone over 40knows how dull modern football is, 10passes to edge of box 10passes back to the half way line repeat, repeat. Give me Marsh best Charlton anyday

Ten Hag's tactics is give the ball to Fernandes and play a long diagonal ball to Rashford.

There used to be a plurality of different ways to play football. All leagues and the managers in those leagues had their own way of playing. Sadly that Barcelona team that Pep managed changed everything. Suddenly all managers and media decieded that the correct way to play was the Barcelona and and the cost was innovation in the way of tactics. Pretty much all teams at all levels, even in my small Northern European countries try to play "Tippy tappy".

The best way to describe Sam is he reminds me of a poor mans Mourinho.

Allardyce calling other people's type of football boring, priceless

I dont personally think anyone can play tip tap football like old barca can. The style suited them well. They wouldnt change their style even if they were losing. Their players were very fit but also quite short. Theres a lot of catalysts as to what made their type of football successful. But realistically it cant be emulated. Even top possession based clubs like city cant match that style of play now. The better clubs now play a mixed variation of possession and physical based football and have plan B's and can change tactics quickly. City and madrid are prime examples.

He's always on the scene, Fireman Sam. And his engine's bright and clean, Fireman Sam. You cannot ignore, Sam is the hero next door. Driving down the busy streets, Greeting people that he meets. Someone could be in a jam So hurry, hurry, Fireman Sam. He's always on the scene, Fireman Sam. And his engine's bright and clean, Fireman Sam. You cannot ignore, Sam is the hero next door.

This guy man… I don’t wanna call him a clown but when you say clown shit it’s hard not to.

When Holland were 2 nil down against Argentina in the recent World Cup,football purist Louie Van Ghall threw on a hammer thrower up front and spent the last twenty minutes lumping long balls into the box. So Big Sam's in good company if Holland have to go that way.

A good example of how boring tippy tappy (possession based) football can be is England against Malta and North Macedonia. Only managed 2-0 against Malta and 1-1 with North Macedonia...was awful.

He's right... give me Brazil 70 82 or Holland 74 88 over spain 2008-12 anyday... effective but boring as hell to watch

If you think about it premier league football is very fashion following. The only team that seemed to win with a style that was their own in the premier league were the arsenal invincibles - i dont remember any other team trying to play like them - then ranieri's 433 wirh chelsea and later mourinho became the norm...lone strikers...man utd competed with wing play counter attack and then man city could not be copied as the amount of money ploughed in such a short space of time under different managers could not be replicated...once pep came and joe hart was forced out of the club the english game changed...spread centre backs and goalkeepers had to be good on the ball...allardyce isnt great at selling himself to the press but he is exactly the same type of manager as ferguson...he is not looking to coach players but is an excellent tactician and man manager - and given the opportunity i think he wouldve built a reputation at the top level.

I think it’s lazy to say Allardyce is a dinosaur, a fossil who’s been left behind, as many on here have. He’s actually very forward thinking, and pioneered a lot of sports science stuff 20 years ago. The difference is, Allardyce isn’t wedded to a particular football ideology, and because he labels a lot of modern styles as “tippy tappy” he gets called a fossil.

Great episode 👏

When you have one team like city with 70 80% possesion and the other team sitting deep only looking to counter then yes it can be dull. But when its the top teams against each other they are usually good games, same when its lower teams who have a more direct style

Blackburn fan. Love big Sam. If direct football was so bad why do teams do that when they need a goal with 5 mins left. If i was a manager I would Hoof it from Minute 1

Man city vs. Chelsea the other night. That was great to watch

Once FIFA change the offside rule and implement Wenger Daylights offside rule, long balls will become a major factor in world football again because the strikers are going to make more forward runs and the midfielders are going to string a lot more passes in the air and on the ground. This new offside rule is going to change football and will negatively affect tippy tippy football.

The dull game is caused by that 2010 Barca team, only they could pull it off with an entertainment factor.

Loved Sam's style of football when he was Sunderland manager.

Listening to Big Sam talking about getting the best out of a ream by playing the kind of game that suits their talents is so practical. I look at Man U with 10haag trying to force players to play HIS way, I wish Sam was at Old Trafford, truly. He would make a team out of the United players.

Sam needs to be the next Republic of Ireland manager, if there’s ever a manager out there that could get the most of our lot its Sam, get it done!

When he took over at Ewood the football was awful as it was all out defence. However, once he’d sorted out the defence the football was attacking and good to watch.

Man Utd had over 700 passes and didn’t score against Palace. Boring boring football.

His football style as modern as the River Thames

I was just thinking before he was brought up how underrated or unsung Ivan Campo is as A PL Player

I agree with him on the idea that teams in the bottom end need to play effective football rather pretty football but to suggest that playing football on the floor has made the premier league boring to watch it utter crap.

And yet our national team is better for it these days

“Tippy Tappy” football also requires a lot of Tactical Fouling where, when the team does actually lose possession they immediately foul the opposition player with the ball so as to stop all counter attacks and get time to reset into a defensive set up. Also they only concede a free kick far away from their own goal. They will ‘rotate’ on a prearranged basis who commits the foul so as not to have a player sent off from acquiring 2 yellow cards. Guardiola did that with all of his teams- Barcelona, Bayern, Man City. It was pure cynical win-at-all-costs cheating and it was f**king infuriating to watch at the time but the referees let it happen.

Sam is absolutely correct, football in the Premier League is largely slow and boring. Passing across the 18 yard box again and again and again. Boring.

Wenger executed it in an entertaining way. It's Pep that's boring

A much respected gentleman. Wished his time at Sunderland had been longer but no blame for taking the England job. A blot on his copy book when he was forced to move on.

An old-timer trying to stick too his guns! City’s football is probably the best we’ve seen in the premier league, but it’s not for everyone! You have to have to proper squad for that!

Teams making 20 passes and barely getting inside the opposition half is beyond boring to watch. He's right. Football is inherently conformist, everyone just tries to copy what the best are doing even though they don't have the ability to.

Sam is very much under rated, that said, he did play the 'long ball' game, but that depends on the players he's got. But these two complement each other, Sam plays the long game and Simon asks the longest bloody question.

Simon would be a good host if he could let the other person do some of the talking. Overtalking Sam Allardyce is some achievement

Most teams play long ball if they're losing with only 2 minutes to go. Funny that.

Football is of such a high standard now.

50 passes and the ball is still in the attackers own half ..that says boring football to me.thats why the championship has more exciting matches with less talent

Sam had Youri Djorkaeff and a number of skilful players. Not my cup of tea - but unfair to say he just played long ball

'Just fookin hoof it' (Allardyce, Sam)

Isn't playing a style of football that suits the players you've got the whole point of football management?

Totally agree with Big Sam. City, to actually watch doesn't excite me, I prefer the Klopp, Ange ball and Eddie howe type of football.

Sounds like he won the league with Bolton!

Im a man city fan , and have been for 50 yrs . When City play well the posession based football is exciting. But when theyre not flowing , i do find it boring to watch .

You play the tactics to beat the team you are up against,

I would love to see big sam taking over the rep of ireland, I think he knows how to get the best out of the players we have and has bags of experience in how to beat bigger and better teams

Allardyce, a manager who has won no trophies is in no position to criticise the standard of modern football. The guy is a fossil.

Sam. Can you come over and manage Ireland please. A match made in heaven. Big Sam and the Boys in Green

Play to ur strengths never a truer word spoke take note gareth

sick to death of backwards passing and bare minimum football by millionaires. Players back then were always looking to go forward and take responsibility. This football is becoming like society - no character, robotic and everyone doing the same. And this generation will lap it up because they don't know any better

Totally agree

Best football I have ever seen was the Barcelona team with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi etc.

Is he joking!?! The standard and style of football now is sublime! The best it’s ever been. Slating it just sounds bitter.

Rooney said he was decent at Everton.

Pint of wine for the manager without a clue.......

He's right, I find Man City such a boring... methodical team to watch.

I think it’s actually Managers like Sam Allerdyce has ruined football. How this man has continued to get employment over the last 15 years is staggering. Even when he has done ok his teams have still played like shit

I miss the days of a good cross and header. A good flick on and run through on goal. Plenty of ways to skin a cat. I just want to see good goals. I don’t need the 50 passes before. Sam wasn’t just a long ball coach. The players he had knew how to pass. He just told the ones that couldn’t, to get it forward so they didn’t lose it in the danger zone. Could do with seeing a bit more of that. Still waiting for onana to set up all these attacking plays and goals with his feet he was brought in to do for Utd. Give me a break 😂

No team has ever won anything of note playing long ball. They all play decent football.

Long balls is a part of football. Period. And yes tipi tapi football is extremely boring.

Football is cyclic, there will be a successful team who batters this till happy type of football then it will be the new style

Yep Sam. The long ball stuff is much better!

I like Sam and he doesn’t get the credit he deserves but todays football, tippy tippy as he calls it is better. English players are getting better and more technical, cole palmer and Foden for example. England is doing well in tournaments and English club teams are putting up a better showing in Europe. The football is better to watch, long may it continue and hopefully we never go back to the long ball days.

The fact Allardyce brandishes a whole swathe of possession based tactics as "tippy tappy" says it all. The structures of English football, from grassroots kids football up, has been devoted to creating players who are more technical and better with the ball than ever before. We're seeing the fruits of this now with the young attacking talents England have at their disposal. For Allardyce to dismiss a whole footballing technical and tactical paradigm as "tippy tappy" and "boring" is an insult! I support Spurs and we're playing a possession dominant style of football again now, finally. Would SA call this "tippy tappy"? Because it's some of the most exhilarating football I've ever watched. It's high risk, it's technical, it's slow at times but then it's incredibly fast and incisive. I love it and hope to see more technical players and more managers promoting exciting, open, risk taking football! And Big Sam can remain what he is - a footballing dinosaur who's been left behind by the modern development of the game.

I wish Jordan would shut his mouth, no matter how clever he thinks he is! Let Sam talk?

Big Sam let’s be honest no one in the top 4 would bet give him a job .. another who talks the talk but cannot walk the walk looks like Fred flintstone and plays footie like Fred would.

Affected his career...he was promoted to England manager!

That tippy tappy has won 4 trebles So sam, I don't get you You've not won enough to say otherwise

I agree with Sam, boring football, predictable and most teams aren't capable. bring back the good OLD man u style = swashbuckling

Sam Allardyce at a club like Aberdeen, Hibs, Hearts, Dundee United would be interesting. Hope to see him manage in Scotland. Not sure if he's been asked about any jobs in Scotland bar the Rangers job.

I've said it for years tika taka has seen the end of great goals. We don't have goal of the month anymore because they're all tap ins. Pep has destroyed the excitement of our game

Don’t give him 200m to spend

I think Sam's right it's more important to be pragmatic than to play tippy tappy.

And that's the reason Big Sam won everything with his style as a manager.....NOT

Old man shouts at the clouds... The only person who thinks Fat Sam is a great manager is Fat Sam... He is a relic

“If God had wanted us to play football in the clouds, he'd have put grass up there.” Brian Clough

tippy tappy haha can't get over tippy tappy, it's brilliant.

Sam's football is very similar to pub league football. Fair play to anyone that likes that but I'd rather watch teams that can string 3 passes together.

Very few teams in prem play tippy tappy Football as he describes it . Arsenal can be tippy tappy but can play long balls and score a lot of set pieces, man city tippy tappy Football made them best team in the world so who is he talking about

As opposed to 7 defenders and a lump up front to hoof it into, ok Sam….

A meeting of minds between two footballing failures.

Sam allardyce was successful at Bolton FC 15 or 20 years ago and kept them roughly 5th to 12 place for several years football has moved on from that style of play.England had to scrap their way of playing to stay in touch on what's new,Sam allardyce it's sad to see you've called a style of football boring that literally getting results your sounding weak sir.

Has made a lot of money from almost zero football tactical management. His perspective of flowing football goes back to junior school tactics. Big boot and charge up field. Terrible football. He is not alone either. Steve Bruce will probably pip him on eating kebabs.

Yep, why play technical football when you can just lump it up to Kevin Davies.

Absolute brexit take on football, no respect to even call it by its true name

Is this a repeat