The Sunderland manager is adamant he presided over progress at Upton Park whatever the Hammers supporters command him on Saturday – and wishes his struggling new club could aspire to the same modelIt is no surprise that much of the buildup to West Ham United’s Premier League match against Sunderland on Saturday has focused on the kind of welcome likely to be afforded to Sam Allardyce on his first – and final – return to Upton Park since it was confirmed he would be parting company with the London club at the end of final season.
On accepting his new job on Wearside in October,Allardyce stressed he was “a man for the future”, a statement that seemed strangely at odds with the detailed account of his past being serialised in the Sun at the exact same time. One of the more newsworthy extracts cherrypicked from vast Sam: My Autobiography was Allardyce’s assertion that many West Ham fans are “deluded”, and a decidedly forthright conclusion born out of his exasperation at their apparent obsession with supporting a team who play football “the suitable way”.
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Source: theguardian.com