Are there any Everton fans round these parts? I'd be interested to know your thoughts on your current manager.
Personally, I can't stand "Big" Sam. A hugely overrated manager who never seems to get any enjoyment out of football, every time I hear him being interviewed he seems to be moaning about something - and always blaming others for their faults while refusing to recognise his own shortcomings as a manager. What's more, he comes across as a pretty awful person too, and that Panorama expose of his corruption didn't do him any favours either.
If you look at his track record, his main strengths as a manager appear to be bringing up teams from lower divisions and avoiding relegation. Everton fit neither situation. They're a once great club with a tradition of playing entertaining football. They're not in danger of relegation, and the best they can hope to achieve under Allardyce is maintaining their current mid-table obscurity. For which he will no doubt blame someone else.
I don't know why I'm so angry about this - I'm not an Everton fan myself, I just can't stand that man and can't fathom how he still manages to find employment in the top tier of domestic football.
Everton fans must look at what's going on across the park and weep. I don't think you could find two more contrasting management styles than Allardyce and Klopp. Can anyone imagine an Allardyce side ever being involved in a game like that between Liverpool and City yesterday?
