Allardyce on CrouchFrom The Times: "I heard someone say on Saturday that Peter Crouch had failed to show that he can be an buttet for England, but I disagree strongly with...
If that is the case then Pool need to be even fitter. But the fact is that Chelsea, like Pool, fielded much the same team as they did 3 days before and seemed to outstay Pool?
Yes, it could be that SG also had little confidence in the board not only in Raffa
Not quite what the results show but it is irrelevant. Most sides get themselves up to play against the league Champions and nobody would be surprised if some little team dumped them out of the FA Cup later this year. But their money is a very convienient excuse isn't it? They have paid top price for many of their players, stupid prices in some cases, but are they, man for man ,so much better than their rivals? Seems you think not as you claim that we have competed with them in football terms? So where does their mbuttive edge over the other sides come from? More pundits and managers seem, at last, to be putting it down to team spirit, fitness, strength. In short, the manger and his training team. This does not require cash.
Anyway, I never did expect Pool to compete with Chelsea, or to have any chance of winning the Prem. My comments about Benitez concern, amongst others, his failure to fill the gaps before the season started (why no plan 'b' 'c' 'd; and 'e' )
We all know what happens in the commercial field when a firm is not performing well enough. " I know what the company needs but, because of bad luck, I have been unable to find it" would result in the boss being dumped while the board found someone who could.
Yes, very likely. But both are probably not quite what they were? Almost certainly be closer to Chelsea too. But will Pool get a top 4 place? That would be a fair criteria to judge Raffa by.
LC
