Quitting palace. Where next? Back to sun'lun?

Does that mean he over performs when he's there, or that he leaves them in a massive mess?

 

He's probably the best in the game at taking a struggling club and turning it around. Get Allardyce in and you're virtually a shoe-in to survive. He's just a very good manager and there aren't many round who can do it.

 

However, equally appointing him now is a short term measure that means as a club you're probably not focussed on longer term progression given you've appointed a perceived fire fighter. I mean he's better than that, but that's the situation he finds himself in now. 

 I mean he's better than that, but that's the situation he finds himself in now. 

 

I agree. He's never, ever going to get one of the big club jobs, Everton is about as big as he's ever going to get, so hopefully he makes a fist of it and wins a trophy - as that is sadly lacking from his CV at present

His managerial career is mirroring his playing career.

Enjoy a good spell with one club and then make money by a series of short-term contracts.

I agree. He's never, ever going to get one of the big club jobs, Everton is about as big as he's ever going to get, so hopefully he makes a fist of it and wins a trophy - as that is sadly lacking from his CV at present

Newcastle, Sunderland and West Ham all bigger than Everton.

Edited January 15, 20188 yr by Mounts Kipper

Even a devoted manc can surely accept Everton are a big club ?

Even a devoted manc can surely accept Everton are a big club ?

Mid size club not as big as the other 3 mentioned clubs.

Wow

Sunderland aren’t a bigger club than Everton

 

West Ham and Newcastle are on a par I would say

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Sunderland aren’t a bigger club than Everton

 

West Ham and Newcastle are on a par I would say

West ham possibly were on par but new stadium makes them bigger Newcastle are much bigger club than Everton, Sunderland despite zero success have bigger support than Everton when in the top league and for me bigger club, all 3 haven’t had the success of Everton and had many more downs, disappointments and relegations than Everton and that makes their support all the more impressive and just to highlight Sunderland when they got relegated with a paltry 24 points they still had bigger crowds than Everton who qualified for Europe that season.

Edited January 16, 20188 yr by Mounts Kipper

West ham possibly were on par but new stadium makes them bigger Newcastle are much bigger club than Everton, Sunderland despite zero success have bigger support than Everton when in the top league and for me bigger club, all 3 haven’t had the success of Everton and had many more downs, disappointments and relegations than Everton and that makes their support all the more impressive and just to highlight Sunderland when they got relegated with a paltry 24 points they still had bigger crowds than Everton who qualified for Europe that season.

Size of a stadium restricts support but a big stadium

Doesn’t make a big team.

 

But it’s all opinion when it comes to what’s a big club etc

we shared a train home with some decent burnley fans on saturday

 

it only took them an hour to get around to how big they are

 

they didnt know where to go when i accepted they were bigger than us

we shared a train home with some decent burnley fans on saturday

 

it only took them an hour to get around to how big they are

 

they didnt know where to go when i accepted they were bigger than us

 

 

They did know you were tongue in cheek didn't they?

Ain’t much between us

Ain’t much between us

Aye chuck some fancy floodlights on their ground and there fook all between us.

 

They're having their day in the sun just like we did.

they are bigger than us

 

currently

 

in fact, they're massively bigger than us

 

not for them looking down the back of the settee for some coppers

 

anybody claiming any club outside the prem is bigger than any in it is going to work very hard to persuade me

Strange town and odd folk

 

But you have a walk around burnley bet you don’t see loads of United,city and Liverpool tops

 

Very close knit in every sense

Fair enough that.

Does depend upon how you choose to define it I suppose, but living on past glories can only last so long.

They have bigger crowds, so are bigger....they are also bigger then Monaco.

Edited January 16, 20188 yr by Pablo

they are bigger than us

 

currently

 

in fact, they're massively bigger than us

 

not for them looking down the back of the settee for some coppers

 

anybody claiming any club outside the prem is bigger than any in it is going to work very hard to persuade me

 

Does history, ground, support count for nothing then?

 

Are Bournemouth bigger than Leeds?

 

No they aren't

Strange town and odd folk

But you have a walk around burnley bet you don’t see loads of United,city and Liverpool tops

Very close knit in every sense

Utd, city and Liverpool only have two arm holes though.

Does history, ground, support count for nothing then?

 

Are Bournemouth bigger than Leeds?

 

No they aren't

 

 

suppose thats its why its a stupid debate

 

theres more chance of leeds going bust before may

Burnley claim to be a passionate one club town, we spotted a few Chelsea shirts etc in and around town last game of the season, but the vast majority were clarets. Their training facilities dwarf ours, but the ground itself is a bit of dump...

 

This period is crucial for their future- they have been steady, and well managed. As long as they cut their cloth accordingly, they will be the biggest Lancashire club for some time to come; the gulf between them and Blackburn is there to see...

 

Is there a hard fast way to determine which club is 'biggest'? Fans, trophies, wealth, history all become transient eventually. To me, its their time to shine, but the cyclical nature of football shows nothing lasts forever...

Suppose you could argue there isn’t a lot in the history

 

We won more cups and had longer in top flight

 

But they won the top league twice having spent 20odd years less in it