The big man, the boss; Big Sam

[Brownie]

He's now our manager. I didn't want him but I will give him as much a chance as I gave RM and RK

[Brownie]

What happened to our expectations man?

People like myself need to stop being cry arses now and get behind him but let's have some standards.

Relegation and survival shouldn't even be getting discussed. Should all be about making a push for the top 8 and that's what he should be judged on.

Spot on. If SA is the great organiser that we are being told he should have no problem getting the best out of this squad especially with the likes of Coleman and Bolaisie to come back and signings in Jan.

[Brownie]

Some positive words in here:

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/2017/11/30/allardyce-what-they-said

I feel a little bit better reading that

[Brownie]

Love how he referred to Sammy Lee as "the wee man"  today.

Well he does drink his own piss apparently

[Brownie]

I can definitely see the advantage of going upstairs. Can see so much more of a shape of a team etc. I know a lot of teams record training sessions and matches from a birds eye view exactly for this.

As a rugby league fan too this is the norm. You never see a head coach on the dug out until maybe the last 10 minutes if a game.

I can see the disadvtange of your lack of presence on sideline for the team and how this can impact them. Swings and roundabouts but I'd be upstairs first half

Same in rugby union

[Brownie]

Interesting- we have scored the same amount of goals as after15 games last year (19) and are only 2 points worse off than at the same point last year

[Brownie]

We did go on a great run in the new year tho

Here's to a little bit of History repeating

[Brownie]

He's made up to be here.

That's all I want really. A manager who knows how big this job is and will do anything he can to make it work.

He's said all the right things and showed a lot of humility so I'm willing to let my preconceived ideas go and see what the next 18 months will bring.

Can't argue with that at all

[Brownie]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/03/sam-allardyce-plans-appoint-evertons-first-club-psychologist/

Read that before I'd seen you posted it. Excellent idea that has been used in other sports before.

[Brownie]

If he gets a win on Sunday, it's going to give him a lot of room to get things into order. It will set him up with the fans for weeks.

Even a draw

[Brownie]

.................they came from Cardiff . Brownie probably knows them .

Who do?

[Brownie]

Well on his way to Manager of the Month for December.

Not the kiss of death

[Brownie]

Just watched his interview for EvertonTV . Asked about how pleased is he with Mason Holgate and he says "Very pleased apart from the fact he's too good looking to be a centre half." I'm warming to him