Big Sam linked with Benfica job

By Gordon Sharrock

 

SAM Allardyce could be on his way back into management with Portuguese giants Benfica.

 

Reports in Lisbon last night tipped the former Wanderers manager as a possible successor to Jose Antonio Camacho, who quit last month.

 

Manchester City manager, Sven Goran Eriksson, who has twice managed the Eagles and whose future at Eastlands has been thrown into doubt by owner Thaksin Shinawatra, has also been touted as a target, along with current Chelsea manager, Avram Grant, and the Sampdoria coach Walter Mazzarri also in the frame, according to the Portuguese media.

 

Fernando Chalana is currently in charge at the Stadium of Light but the Benfica hierarchy are keen to appoint a foreign head coach for next season.

 

Allardyce, who quit Wanderers a year ago after seven and a half years at the Reebok, has been out of management since leaving Newcastle in January

 

I will show my arse on the Town Hall steps

In Gordon's defence the story is nicked from the Daily Mail. Which means it must obviously be true

The Benfica job would be nowhere as big as the Newcastle one, they are currently shite (as are Sporting!), they got dicked 3-0 at home by Academia last week and they look like they'll limp into the UEFA Cup again as Porto are about 300 points ahead of them. Rui Costa and Nuno Gomez are coming to the end of their careers and a massive rebuilding job is necessary.

 

However, I doubt Sam is the man for the job, I know more about Portuguese football than him.

The Benfica job would be nowhere as big as the Newcastle one, they are currently shite (as are Sporting!), they got dicked 3-0 at home by Academia last week and they look like they'll limp into the UEFA Cup again as Porto are about 300 points ahead of them. Rui Costa and Nuno Gomez are coming to the end of their careers and a massive rebuilding job is necessary.

 

However, I doubt Sam is the man for the job, I know more about Portuguese football than him.

 

Take it you subscribe to Setanta my friend

Take it you subscribe to Setanta my friend

 

Fcuk that, one game every 3 weeks with a signal weaker than a CB radio. WillHill Live TV, 4 games a week

Fcuk that, one game every 3 weeks with a signal weaker than a CB radio. WillHill Live TV, 4 games a week

 

Ahh respect

The Benfica job would be nowhere as big as the Newcastle one, they are currently shite (as are Sporting!), they got dicked 3-0 at home by Academia last week and they look like they'll limp into the UEFA Cup again as Porto are about 300 points ahead of them. Rui Costa and Nuno Gomez are coming to the end of their careers and a massive rebuilding job is necessary.

 

However, I doubt Sam is the man for the job, I know more about Portuguese football than him.

 

I'm surprised you didn't mention our old friends Guimaraes Carlos

 

Second last time I looked !!

 

Do 3 teams in Portugal go through to the Champions League? The table has a cutoff line drawn under third...but I'm not certain what that means...

I'm surprised you didn't mention our old friends Guimaraes Carlos

 

Second last time I looked !!

 

Do 3 teams in Portugal go through to the Champions League? The table has a cutoff line drawn under third...but I'm not certain what that means...

 

They are second, but let in a last minute equaliser to struggling Pacos Ferreira and then drew with in-form Academia so are hanging on, their home game to Porto will be a massive one. I'll probably be at their last game, at home to Amadora.

 

For those who think we'd never have beaten Sporting anyway, they lost 4-1 this week to Uniao Leiria who are the Portuguese Derby County.

 

I think Portugal has 2 straight into the Champions League plus 1 qualifier, them 2 UEFA slots in the league and another in the cup. Not sure what happens when Porto inevitably win the cup but Guimaraes will be in Europe next season either way.

They are second, but let in a last minute equaliser to struggling Pacos Ferreira and then drew with in-form Academia so are hanging on, their home game to Porto will be a massive one. I'll probably be at their last game, at home to Amadora.

 

Didn't he play Huggy Bear in Starsky & Hutch?

It's his brother.

 

There are apparently shananigans at work at Porto, if they lose and Guimaraes stay in second, this has a considerable impact on their historic rivals of Benfica and Sporting. I'll be laying Porto on Betfair for this one.