Allardyce was on the verge of becoming Man City manager, deal fell through at the last second...

[oakiecokie]

Fucking hell the very thought of him walking into The Etihad ... we`d have been running out of fucking chips every home game.
Phew !!

 

[ScottSinclair]

Instead of Sven not sure, but I think he would have done very well for us. Im absolutely sure he would have done a lot better with money than Hughes who in hindsight did okay himself.

What people should never forget about Big Sam is how innovative he was back in the day in terms of sport science and how well he got both Bolton and West Ham playing when he had the players to play a bit more expansive stuff. Underrated in my opinion

 

[lancs blue]

U know what I would have taken him back then

I'd have taken Pearce's cuddly toy as manager at the time!

 

[TinFoilHat]

We couldn't afford his pie bonus IIRC?

 

[yatesy94.]

People knock him but he would've done a miles better job than Mark Hughes given the resources. Sven was the right choice at the time really enjoyed his stint managing the blues!

 

[warpig]

Deal signed over a pint of white wine no doubt.

 

[Lavinda Past]

We couldn't afford his pie bonus IIRC?

That's probably charge number 116 on the PL list.

 

[DenisHasDoneIt]

Half-time pints would’ve made the 2nd half of Sam-ball pass quickly

 

[M12Blue]

There would of been brown envelopes being passed around then, full of fivers rather than £50 notes

 

[Spurs quarter 69]

Probably wouldn’t have been any worse than Hughes

Hughes signed Vinny

 

[Pubteam Lomas]

Hughes signed Vinny

And Zaba

 

[silvathechihuahua]

Miles better than Pearce.

My chihuahua would be better than Pearce!

 

[Deleted member 77198]

He would have been alright at the time. He got Bolton into Europe and made good signings for them.

 

[Lavinda Past]

He would have been alright at the time. He got Bolton into Europe and made good signings for them.

Reading through this thread, I'm retrospectively disappointed that we never had Sam as boss to be honest.

 

[PPT]

I remember a few years ago at the Etihad fat Sam came with Bolton and gave us a lesson. They went 2-0 middle of the second half, he went 5 at the back and that was the end of that.

 

[The Lightbowne Cowboy]

This is almost Bay of pigs close to nuclear war biblical proportions this story. I've had to have a lie down.

 

[Corky]

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Newcastle United | Newcastle name Allardyce as boss

15 May 2007

https://www.mancity.com/news/club-n...uly/sven-goran-eriksson-apointed-city-manager
06 Jul 2007

Just bollocks for a book, not a last minute change

 

[KS55]

Probably wouldn’t have been any worse than Hughes

Hughes gets pelters on here, probably rightly but…..
He signed VK and Zabba, so not all bad.

 

[KS55]

We ended up with Sven who was OK at the time. Didn't Fat Sam end up at Newcastle not long after that, and not really pull up any trees?

The Geordies favourite chant for Sam was:
”You don’t know what you’re doing.”

 

[Blue Smarties]

Hughes signed Vinny

I was going to say he wouldn't have been worse than Hughes, but as you say, Vinny and Zaba might not have happened.