Allardyce to raid Bolton's coaching staff

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Sam Allardyce’s appointment at Newcastle United will be confirmed at a specially convened board meeting today, but as well as hiring a new manager, the club are eager to bring structure to a traditionally febrile organisation. Allardyce is set to return to Bolton Wanderers, his former employers, in an attempt to bring key members of his erstwhile coaching set-up to Tyneside.

 

Bolton have acted to secure the future of Mike Forde by offering their innovative performance director an improved contract and the newly created position of general manager, but Allardyce is determine to move for the man he took to the Reebok Stadium eight years ago. During that time, Forde has kept Bolton at the forefront of technological developments by studying the working methods of other sports.

 

Visits to NBA and NFL franchises in the United States and talks with experts in tennis and rugby – as well as exchanging ideas with Saatchi and Saatchi, the leading advertising agency, in New York – were regarded as pivotal to Bolton’s ability to punch above their weight in the Barclays Premiership. In total, Allardyce worked with 21 members of staff at Bolton, of whom he also wishes to sign Mark Taylor, the head of sports science and medicine. Nigel Pearson, Lee Clark and Terry McDermott, Newcastle’s present coaching team, are likely to remain in their posts for the time being.

 

“Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing,” Allardyce said yesterday of his spell at Bolton. “It has taught me that, wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them the responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players in order to make them better and enjoy playing football more than they have anywhere else.”

 

It is a quality Newcastle – with their history of figurehead managers and high-profile players – have lacked; stability, as well as success, is craved. It was something Glenn Roeder, the former manager, always recognised, but it can be argued that he did not possess the charisma to enthuse his underachieving squad.

 

Allardyce should not suffer the same disadvantage, although some Newcastle supporters may view his hopes of signing the trouble-prone Joey Barton from Manchester City with dismay. Indiscipline has long been an issue on Tyneside and Barton’s reputation precedes him.

 

Whatever else, Allardyce’s four-year contract, worth about £3 million a season, will come with high expectations and, according to reports, a £20 million transfer kitty. “The first job for the new manager is to get Newcastle back into the top six in the Premiership and to make sure that the club is playing regularly in Europe,” Freddy Shepherd, the chairman, said.

 

“Where we are in the Premier League this season [13th] simply isn’t acceptable to either me or the fans. This managerial change is about re-establishing Newcastle United as a formidable power both in the Premiership and Europe. Sam Allardyce knows that a club with Newcastle’s support, resources and wage bill must be challenging at the top end of the table.”

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Sam Allardyce’s appointment at Newcastle United will be confirmed at a specially convened board meeting today, but as well as hiring a new manager, the club are eager to bring structure to a traditionally febrile organisation. Allardyce is set to return to Bolton Wanderers, his former employers, in an attempt to bring key members of his erstwhile coaching set-up to Tyneside.

 

Bolton have acted to secure the future of Mike Forde by offering their innovative performance director an improved contract and the newly created position of general manager, but Allardyce is determine to move for the man he took to the Reebok Stadium eight years ago. During that time, Forde has kept Bolton at the forefront of technological developments by studying the working methods of other sports.

 

Visits to NBA and NFL franchises in the United States and talks with experts in tennis and rugby – as well as exchanging ideas with Saatchi and Saatchi, the leading advertising agency, in New York – were regarded as pivotal to Bolton’s ability to punch above their weight in the Barclays Premiership. In total, Allardyce worked with 21 members of staff at Bolton, of whom he also wishes to sign Mark Taylor, the head of sports science and medicine. Nigel Pearson, Lee Clark and Terry McDermott, Newcastle’s present coaching team, are likely to remain in their posts for the time being.

 

“Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing,” Allardyce said yesterday of his spell at Bolton. “It has taught me that, wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them the responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players in order to make them better and enjoy playing football more than they have anywhere else.”

 

It is a quality Newcastle – with their history of figurehead managers and high-profile players – have lacked; stability, as well as success, is craved. It was something Glenn Roeder, the former manager, always recognised, but it can be argued that he did not possess the charisma to enthuse his underachieving squad.

 

Allardyce should not suffer the same disadvantage, although some Newcastle supporters may view his hopes of signing the trouble-prone Joey Barton from Manchester City with dismay. Indiscipline has long been an issue on Tyneside and Barton’s reputation precedes him.

 

Whatever else, Allardyce’s four-year contract, worth about £3 million a season, will come with high expectations and, according to reports, a £20 million transfer kitty. “The first job for the new manager is to get Newcastle back into the top six in the Premiership and to make sure that the club is playing regularly in Europe,” Freddy Shepherd, the chairman, said.

 

“Where we are in the Premier League this season [13th] simply isn’t acceptable to either me or the fans. This managerial change is about re-establishing Newcastle United as a formidable power both in the Premiership and Europe. Sam Allardyce knows that a club with Newcastle’s support, resources and wage bill must be challenging at the top end of the table.”

 

Hang fire, Jimbo.

[khay 10]

Shearer said it looks like Big Sam middle of next week on match of the day.

[Jimbo 175]

Nigel Pearson, Lee Clark and Terry McDermott, Newcastle’s present coaching team, are likely to remain in their posts for the time being.

 

Hopefully "time being" is about 3 days.

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One of Sam Allardyce's first tasks as manager of Newcastle United will be to return to Bolton Wanderers to recruit key members of the backroom staff assembled there during his eight years as manager. Another of them is to sign Joey Barton from Manchester City, a move that will be deemed controversial, though Newcastle did sign Lee Bowyer under Sir Bobby Robson.

 

Mark Taylor, Bolton's head of sports science, and Mike Forde, performance director, are the two most significant individuals Allardyce is to request join him at St James' Park and the early signs are that despite Bolton's attempts to persuade the two men to stay, they wish to leave Lancashire for Tyneside.

 

Allardyce, who is to sign a £3m per annum four-year contract, and who is to be unveiled tomorrow or Wednesday, will infuriate Bolton with his pursuit of Taylor and Forde as well as other members of the 21-man backroom staff he built gradually at the club.

 

Bolton, who have offered Forde a new position under Sammy Lee, can be expected to fight Newcastle, but it is an apparent sign of Allardyce's strength on arrival at St James' that he has convinced the Newcastle board of the value and importance of his Bolton blueprint.

 

Newcastle have no track record of investment in such infrastructure and if that is doubled with an effective transfer kitty, then Allardyce will have a scope of authority beyond several of his predecessors under the current owners. However, some of the goodwill towards Allardyce will be skewed by the signing of Barton.

 

"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

However, if Newcastle support this investment, then patience will not be great. Chairman Freddy Shepherd indicated as much yesterday when he said: "The first job of the new manager is to get Newcastle back into the top six and make sure the club is playing regularly in Europe. That is the minimum we expect.

 

"Where we are in the league simply isn't acceptable to me or our fans. The managerial change is about re-establishing Newcastle United as a formidable power in both the Premiership and Europe. Sam Allardyce knows that a club with Newcastle's support, resources and wage bill must be challenging at the top end of the table. You only have to look at what he achieved in transforming Bolton to know that his credentials match the job description."

 

A sense of momentum thus marks Newcastle's end of season but there is serious doubt as to Michael Owen's future with the club. Owen is said to be less than impressed with Shepherd's public rebuke over "loyalty" last week.

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"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

This is exactly the sort of stuff we've been missing for years. Really positive to hear the new bloke talking about this sort of thing as a priority.

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"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

This is exactly the sort of stuff we've been missing for years. Really positive to hear the new bloke talking about this sort of thing as a priority.

 

Yes. Hopefully Allardyce can get the people he needs.

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Just seeing the highlights from the Watford game, the current "coaching" staff all looked pretty worried, kinda like people that have seen the gallows.

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Just seeing the highlights from the Watford game, the current "coaching" staff all looked pretty worried, kinda like people that have seen the gallows.

Fucking wasters.

[David Kelly 1292]

One of Sam Allardyce's first tasks as manager of Newcastle United will be to return to Bolton Wanderers to recruit key members of the backroom staff assembled there during his eight years as manager. Another of them is to sign Joey Barton from Manchester City, a move that will be deemed controversial, though Newcastle did sign Lee Bowyer under Sir Bobby Robson.

 

Mark Taylor, Bolton's head of sports science, and Mike Forde, performance director, are the two most significant individuals Allardyce is to request join him at St James' Park and the early signs are that despite Bolton's attempts to persuade the two men to stay, they wish to leave Lancashire for Tyneside.

 

Allardyce, who is to sign a £3m per annum four-year contract, and who is to be unveiled tomorrow or Wednesday, will infuriate Bolton with his pursuit of Taylor and Forde as well as other members of the 21-man backroom staff he built gradually at the club.

 

Bolton, who have offered Forde a new position under Sammy Lee, can be expected to fight Newcastle, but it is an apparent sign of Allardyce's strength on arrival at St James' that he has convinced the Newcastle board of the value and importance of his Bolton blueprint.

 

Newcastle have no track record of investment in such infrastructure and if that is doubled with an effective transfer kitty, then Allardyce will have a scope of authority beyond several of his predecessors under the current owners. However, some of the goodwill towards Allardyce will be skewed by the signing of Barton.

 

"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

However, if Newcastle support this investment, then patience will not be great. Chairman Freddy Shepherd indicated as much yesterday when he said: "The first job of the new manager is to get Newcastle back into the top six and make sure the club is playing regularly in Europe. That is the minimum we expect.

 

"Where we are in the league simply isn't acceptable to me or our fans. The managerial change is about re-establishing Newcastle United as a formidable power in both the Premiership and Europe. Sam Allardyce knows that a club with Newcastle's support, resources and wage bill must be challenging at the top end of the table. You only have to look at what he achieved in transforming Bolton to know that his credentials match the job description."

 

A sense of momentum thus marks Newcastle's end of season but there is serious doubt as to Michael Owen's future with the club. Owen is said to be less than impressed with Shepherd's public rebuke over "loyalty" last week.

There's a shock to us all!

[Ally 0]

Allardyce will sort us out top to bottom I reckon, exactly what we need. What we don't need is Terry Mac, just fuck off and take your cones with you.

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Allardyce will sort us out top to bottom I reckon, exactly what we need. What we don't need is Terry Mac, just fuck off and take your cones with you.

 

Must be the luckiest bloke involved in professional football. Cannot be arsed to come onto the pitch pre-match and watch the warm ups. I remember the game at Villa this season and as all the staff/subs are walking to the dugouts, he's on his mobile probably putting the bets on.

 

Can you imagine him wired up with a headset?

 

"Er one four for a copy Big Sam?"

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Allardyce will sort us out top to bottom I reckon, exactly what we need. What we don't need is Terry Mac, just fuck off and take your cones with you.

 

Must be the luckiest bloke involved in professional football. Cannot be arsed to come onto the pitch pre-match and watch the warm ups. I remember the game at Villa this season and as all the staff/subs are walking to the dugouts, he's on his mobile probably putting the bets on.

 

Can you imagine him wired up with a headset?

 

"Er one four for a copy Big Sam?"

 

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"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

This is exactly the sort of stuff we've been missing for years. Really positive to hear the new bloke talking about this sort of thing as a priority.

 

I concur. I was slightly skeptical about Allardyce but when he talks like this i'm actually looking forward to him joining.

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"Building the infrastructure was always the most important thing," Allardyce said yesterday of his backroom staff at Bolton. He was speaking for the first time since it became clear that he would become the next manager at Newcastle.

 

"It has taught me that wherever I go, it becomes the essential thing to do, to organise a group who are qualified in what they do, give them responsibility to do it with me overseeing it, then delivering it to the players to make them better and enjoy playing football more than ever.

 

"Building the staff meant [at Bolton] we had no money for players. Fortunately I knew the system, I knew that outside this country good-quality players were being released from clubs who wanted you to take them on loan and pay some of their wages. It enabled me to bring in high-class players like Ivan Campo, Bruno N'Gotty, Youri Djorkaeff and Fernando Hierro.

 

"Pulling that superb international group together was a short-term policy that made you realise this club was going to survive in the Premiership. Then it was a case of how you handled the players and that was when the backroom staff came in. They had to find out cultural and religious differences, find players the right place to live and so on."

 

Allardyce went on to mention "psychological profiling" and "welfare", not concepts often aired at Newcastle, who are about to witness a cultural revolution should Allardyce succeed in his recruitment aims.

 

This is exactly the sort of stuff we've been missing for years. Really positive to hear the new bloke talking about this sort of thing as a priority.

 

I concur. I was slightly skeptical about Allardyce but when he talks like this i'm actually looking forward to him joining.

 

manilla envelopes under the table again?

 

still on a more serious note, this sort of talk does have me proper excited like

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He knew the system? He knew you could get good old players on loan if you pay half their wages? Genius

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He knew the system? He knew you could get good old players on loan if you pay half their wages? Genius

It's as straightforward as that. That's why everybody does it. Oh, wait a minute....

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to be fair I think who comes in needs a good few years to sort us out, certainly it wont happen in one season so fingers crossed the fat one doesnt sack him when we come 11th this season

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We need a big overhaul like, and we've been cryuing out for someone to come in and totally restructure us. Big Sam sounds like he'll do this, and more importantly, he'll have all summer to do it. Positive stuff imo.