Big Sams not out of the woods yet but he's gonna do it again by the looks of things. If ever I wanted him to fail it's with Palace, but lady luck had certainly erected a glass screen over their goal yesterday. Pity she didn't choose to take it to Brighton instead.
Just as an aside and given Sam's career developments following his sacking by the anderson / venky partnership I wonder how many BRFC fans are still of the opinion that he wasn't good enough for us? I can never forgive nor forget the vitriol that poured down on Allardyce when we were 3-0 up against our relegation rivals Wolves in the dying minutes of the match and after he'd obviously instructed the players to play keep ball and wind the clock down. Tactics used by most teams in that position I suggest and tactics we should have employed against Norwich and Preston in the last 4 weeks which would have seen us with 4 more precious points on the board. Not good enough for a number of the Ewood faithful though was/is it?
I must admit that whilst I forget stuff for fun these days I have a memory like an elephant for other things. I do still encounter some Allardyce haters in our local Sat tea time who I love to still stick the knife in and who when I mention him revert instantly to the appearance of a bulldog licking piss off a nettle! It's as if someone has substituted their beer for lemon juice!
I'm a right barsteward cos I'll never let it drop and they know it. They couldn't understand his value to a club like ours and there is still this misplaced defiance and an unwillingness to accept that they were totally wrong about him and especially when every passing season see's him driving their opinions further down their throats.