Lake Palmer aka Monk wrote:
I tell you what I do think is a load of shit is accredting this team spirit to him. Pulling together a fractious squad... what does that mean ? That is the managers job end of. Allardyce is very quick to tell us that he shipped out X and brought in Y, another 3 in Jan. He has had a massive say in that squad. .
That's why Allardyce bought him. I don't think you can separate the two things...