Quotes from Sam Allardyce
The type of football I played at Everton, the fans said it wasn't good enough and I would say the same - I knew it wasn't good enough for Everton - but I knew I had to get them in the position where they were safe.
— Sam Allardyce
It's always a good time to play against a team when they come back from Europe, whether it's the Europa League or Champions League.
— Sam Allardyce
What is entertainment? Entertainment is the master of defence in Europe - Simeone.
— Sam Allardyce
I have always said that managers stay in a job when they win football matches.
— Sam Allardyce
Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.
— Sam Allardyce
Any football club that is any good is down to the manager more than anything else.
— Sam Allardyce
It's great having the best league in the world, no doubt about that, but the downside of that is the national team will suffer.
— Sam Allardyce
Expectation builds the one thing you must have when you get to a new stadium when it's built, which is a winning team.
— Sam Allardyce
There are scientists who will tell you that spirit, because it can't be measured, doesn't exist. Bollocks. It does exist.
— Sam Allardyce
I have to remind Arsene about his team, which used to win the league, that was the dirtiest team in the league. If you cast your mind back to when they were winning the league, they had more seedings-off and bookings than anyone else.
— Sam Allardyce
Football is a worldwide business consortium and to satisfy that best you need to find the best players.
— Sam Allardyce
Finishing in the top four for Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United was easier before, but now it's getting much more difficult with the emergence of teams like Manchester City.
— Sam Allardyce