Allardyce's Premier League Survival Blueprint

[@sij748]

Sam Allardyce always seems the kind of guy who'd stand uncomfortably close to you at a pub urinal, then fart and say "better out than in."

[@user-pb1ko8il3w]

why does this make sense?

[@brendanearley4005]

And then he'd call you a boring poof if you didn't laugh at his jokes

[@tomralph8540]

Jay's dad from The Inbetweeners then?

[@malavshah5230]

Ikr

[@sij748]

@@user-pb1ko8il3w Allardyce comes across as a two pints of lager and a packet of crisps kind of guy🍻

[@JakePetrolhead]

Must say, the artist doing the thumbnails is absolutely smashing it out of the park recently - genuinely made me laugh this one!

[@jamunabose1543]

Same🤣🤣🤣

[@ruycosio6765]

Joe's sister/wife

[@nooftaheri3502]

@@ruycosio6765 Doesn't Phillip do it?

[@charliecooper3781]

@@ruycosio6765 please tell me they're not the same person...

[@rolandcooke]

@@ruycosio6765 - The Devines are clearly Mormons... :D

[@McSwirley]

100% record with england. one of the best in the history of international management

[@haydencrook1945]

*the best

[@charliekay9080]

Never conceded a goal under his reign too!

[@harrybdub]

@@charliekay9080 fuckin legend

[@ankurjyoti1]

Yeah England coach legend 😂

[@BestBoyPatrick]

I really hope he decides to resign one game before West Brom’s relegation is confirmed. That bullshittery would be hilarious

[@evonne_o]

He will

[@jordan4547]

Anyone who thinks he cares about this survival record is an idiot. There’s not a chance the greediest, most corrupt man in the premier league is going to walk away. He’s waiting to get sacked for his payout

[@sjeskey8361]

or maybe he'll go down with West Brom then dominate the Championship the next season

[@i_know_youre_right_but]

I’m a West Brom fan and even I would laugh if that happened, only he would have the cheek to do such a thing ahahaha

[@michaeldwayno3695]

@@jordan4547 They all do what he did he just got caught it's well known all the manager's and clubs are at it

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

Big Sam would love a fire engine where the hose shoots out gravy

[@saintroddy]

"Concede a goal, and you'll need at least two to win." Ah, yes, the football insight that I'm subscribed for.

[@ashishantony5995]

It was said in the context of team who is not scoring often and using low block for defence. Scoring 2 goals is a monumental task then.

[@jacintofernandes2907]

Pick anything out of context and you can strawman it

[@hiitdon8630]

His Bolton teams are not spoken about enough!

[@TMZahida226]

Okocha, Nolan, and Jussi Jaaskelainen are all underrated AF for real.

[@danieltaylor4728]

Don’t forget Djorkaeff

[@hiitdon8630]

@@danieltaylor4728 and jay jay 🇳🇬

[@hlalefikgasago8856]

I also liked watching his Crystal Palace team. Built defensively, but going forward they had Wilf Zaha and Yannick Bolasie on the wings, with Yohan Cabaye playing 10 and Milivojevic at 6. That was a fun team to watch.

[@hildaenjoyer8862]

It’s because he won nothing.

[@notBryGoat]

Now Big Sam's streak of never being relegated is gonna end soon

[@junaidshah6122]

He's gonna get sacked before then 😂

[@kiotaye]

@@junaidshah6122 My thoughts exactly.

[@alexgreenwood404]

@@junaidshah6122 indeed, he gets a payout if hes sacked

[@flyboy970]

He’s been relegated before. I do not understand why you people don’t know this.

[@junaidshah6122]

@@flyboy970 when was this?

[@clementivanov3464]

Big Sam, the most beloved brits bus driver.

[@Michael-yo3vu]

Once upon a time, this joke had originally featured in the Athletic

[@kushgoel4302]

Big Sam always comes to rescue. Gonna be near impossible this time

[@jasneshbhullar2858]

Last time I was this early, Big Sam was still England manager.

[@user-pb1ko8il3w]

video starts at 1:36.

[@zircoben]

Thank you, I was so confused

[@wizardaka]

Nice to see him get a bit of credit, he gets lumped in with the journeyman British managers (Pardew, Bruce, Hughes etc) but he's obviously a more sophisticated manager that them.

[@ML-ir5vo]

He also fails to adapt when he was something good. Changing a successful 4-4-2 to put Andy Carroll up front alone and start a streak of like 15 games without a win with West Ham was unforgivable.

[@jmckendry84]

No idea how you can label Scott Parker a "journeyman manager" when he's only ever managed one team!

[@uk145]

Parker?

[@wizardaka]

@@jmckendry84 corrected to Pardew!

[@clifbar6424]

Steve Bruce slander will not be tolerated

[@amiprop2815]

Big Sam is one of the top Premier League Managers. Too bad Bolton Management did not want to spend more money on players towards getting them pushing for top 4 UCL

[@eyedeasneverdie3348]

His Bolton and Blackburn teams were quality. Okocha was always fun to watch and as a United fan I was always nervous when playing his Blackburn team, they were a tough side and Morten Gamst Pedersen always scored against us.

[@triggr5295]

I am absolutely nabbing those corner tactics for my FM save. Go on Big Sam.

[@TMZahida226]

Ngl I thought the same 😂

[@termitered]

Ah the regular relevance of this video has once again come up

[@robindhondt8655]

West Brom just won against Brighton. With 12 games left, they still need about 18-21 points to avoid relegation. So they would need to win 1/2 of the remaining games.

[@beukenphom3680]

Other Coaches is known to win trophies but this man is known how to escape relegation zone.

[@fabiyaanmir546]

RIP ENGLISH

[@thomassawford1102]

A depressed Leeds fan here that’s just seem Big Sam put as new favourite for the job

[@bkc6873]

Sam Allardyce reminds me of Jay Cartwrights dad

[@joelkoganti4585]

The quality of your videos just keeps getting better , amazing work !

[@BigSmokeMUFC]

Anyone here after he was appointed the new Leeds boss?

[@nickgovindan5948]

Anyone remember Big Sam’s Bolton team? Those were the days...

[@kendo5862]

With the throw-in longer and more effective than a corner!

[@Hieroglyphics_egypt]

Jay-Jay Okocha. That guy was proper good.

[@jayson.o]

@stevie mondo wait he took charge of Bolton 😹😹 he goes for club to club

[@ajmalaj4381]

Big Sam's Bolton, Tony Pulis Stoke and Alan Pardew's West Ham, The holy trinity of English football

[@user-ju4ew6hn1i]

@@ajmalaj4381 don’t forget pardew Newcastle the French Revolution

[@donukb]

I can believe that big sam uses betamaxes to watch match recordings

[@justme-hh4vp]

with VHS tapes?, sounds about right!

[@Ese96Agboaye]

The way you’ve depicted Sam Allardyce reminds me of one of those British “lad” films.

[@cameronselkirk255]

After this video ‘a brief history’ piece on Big Sam would be great, I believe he was one of the first managers in England to use Video Analysis!

[@the_one_the_only4651]

Tifo, can you do a video about liquidated clubs and which clubs you predict to dissolve (mainly those currently participating in the EFL) in the next few years. Would make an interesting video. Like so Tifo can take notice; I've asked like 10 times already.

[@Tifo]

Thanks for your suggestion Karim! We've made note of it. Quite a big topic - football finance - but hopefully we can tackle it soon

[@the_one_the_only4651]

@@Tifo Thanks so much, covering clubs like Scarborough, Wigan, Bury, Bolton, Chester and Macclesfied to name a few would be an amazing topic. The fact of the matter is, I believe that only a select few clubs in the top flight will survive in the next gen of the football game - those breaking away to form a European Super League. The end of competitive football.

[@eastlondon4417]

@@the_one_the_only4651 the super league will never be a thing

[@the_one_the_only4651]

@@eastlondon4417 It, will - trust me. And in the next century, I predict that all clubs in Europe not participating in the Super league will close down and only the best of the best will survive.

[@Yom_Bristol]

@@the_one_the_only4651 Thats a whole lot of assumptions based on what exactly?

[@irishmaverick3540]

I feel so educated after watching these videos

[@caiovita]

Love your whole content. The graphic art is always amazing!

[@TobaAdesanya]

Did you know big sam has been relegated. It happened from the. Championship to league one. They came back up with a record number of points the next season

[@ayrtonpietrobelli6972]

Never relegated from prem but

[@240saptaknag9]

love how this video popped up on my feed today

[@thomasdodd2548]

Well this has just been made relevant again. The return of the King at Leeds!

[@miz5138]

Big Sam and Harry Redknapp are two of most underrated premier league managers of all time.

[@tweedmouthtrains]

This might be his first drop! We always say this though 😂 he always seems to find a way.

[@squeaker3087]

west brom winning 7 of their last games confirmed

[@tweedmouthtrains]

@@squeaker3087 so typical 😂

[@paulio_decartis]

this time it won't happen I think.

[@evonne_o]

@@squeaker3087 Nope. They will be trashed by Arsenal and other sides yet again

[@unnamedshadow1866]

Who knows. Newcastle is doing everything on their power to get relegated. So Allardyce may have a chance of actually keep his record. Personally i rather have his Caveman Football philosophy to end up where it deserves. In the Championship.

[@jmmypaddy]

His time at Sunderland showed an ability to transform a team with just a couple of signings. At centre back we were floundering with John O'Shea and Wes Brown being older than time and moving just as fast. There was also Younes Kaboul who lacked proper coaching and would make regular mistakes. Lamine Kone was brought in for £5m where he added strength, a fair ability to read the play and most importantly, pace. His pace meant we could have our defence go 5 yards up the pitch without fear of opposition counter attacks. He was paired up with Kaboul who both seeemed to work best together. With a more reliable and fast defensive partnr in Kone, Kaboul's role was more restricted and basic. He could focus on that role and that role alone. Already having Yann V'Villa on loan was great but with the midfield we had he was restricted in his abilities to move around the midfield and press better. Jan Kirchoff was brought in originally as a centre back but wasn't fast enough, Allardyce astutely realised quickly Kirchoff could be used a sitting holding defensive mid, that could free up M'Villa. Whabi Khazri was brought in who added pace to attacks, set piece abilities, crossing and general attacking purpose. He could defend quite well, dribble past plays and provide attacks. Allardyce changed this team from a bunch of no hopers in attack to a real threat to teams, while creating a confident defence. I often wonder what would have happened at Sunderland if England hadn't came calling and Allardyce had stayed.

[@kanserholicgaming4068]

That team is really fun to watch to be honest

[@reissemiller104]

Today's date: 27/02/21 West Brom to stay up! I will check back here on 23/05/21.

[@benhaney9629]

It isn’t looking good...

[@limavady1234]

?

[@reissemiller104]

Yep West Brom down and Allardyce out! No more predictions from me! :)

[@limavady1234]

@@reissemiller104 the positivity was appreciated😂

[@pack2500]

This guy reminds me of Vítor Oliveira, a portuguese coach whose specialty was taking teams up the tiers, he was even under contracts that paid him small amounts every month but he would get a huge bonus if the team went up a tier, which happened most of the time

[@Nathan-ke3dn]

Stereo officially first appeared on the Athletic

[@joehull291]

I remember that palace game so well, was watching with so much hope, then Ranocchia missed the ball 😓 still gives me nightmares

[@Jay-in6dl]

This is brilliant stuff. One of the best so far.

[@JonClarke]

This video has probably your best ever thumbnail. Amazing 😆

[@Bart_Allen_YT]

In an alternate universe, the england side under Allardyce, go all the way to the world cup final in russia with an unimpressive, dogged but effective style of play with Harry Maguire, the side's second most efficient attacking outlet behind Kane, and with a galvanized Townsend and Walcott crossing into the box. Following this, Allardyce is heralded as the new "special one", knighted and is in line to replace Allegri at Juventus.... 🤔

[@bianconerocatracho909]

Amazing video! His tactics are extremely practical.

[@Edwin-x3z]

Thank God for channels like this.

[@jackhunter3484]

Greatest international manager of all time 100 PERCENT record unreal!!

[@Crouchy232323]

Allardyce's Bolton side were a joy to behold

[@vitti3300]

As a Juventus fan I startled after hearing 9:30 : "You could only get 3 or 4 chances". That would be amazing.

[@LordSeth-hf8ew]

honestly what i got from this was remembering yohan cabaye, what a baller he was super underrated

[@mrah2423]

Hahaha that thumbnail is brilliant

[@Tifo]

👨‍🚒

[@_master_will]

I'm here following the Leeds appointment announcement

[@TheAdamsteve1984]

'Betamax - the future of video' cracked me up... 'You are obsolete!'

[@burtlangoustine1]

Leeds Impossible: No target man over 12 stone. No defenders in either full back position, just failed strikers with zero defensive recovery. No grit in central midfield so no defensive CM's, not with Tyler injured. Opposition don't make mistakes, they just sleepwalk to victory on the back of ours. What a season. Like being married to gambler (Orta).

[@Shundi12]

The British Managers Club is obviously a bit low on cash at the moment, so Allardyce is carrying out an early Destroy & Exit at WBA...

[@rustoo3823]

9:51 Big Sam could easily win the quadruple with Chelsea with this :D

[@BillyDrakePianoMan]

This might be the best thumbnail in the history of Tifo Football 😂. I’m dying of laughter

[@nigelhoudini6284]

Sam Alladyce and Tony Pulis, survival kings.

[@thekeegster6278]

Being a West Brom fan sucks right now. We know what he’s capable of, we know the same song and dance, but it’s insanely frustrating to see the team not living up to their potential. I

[@arsenalfanatic09]

Do you regret getting rid of bilic? Like how much of the situation is his fault vs the owners in your opinion? I thought he'd have more time after getting promotion but was it just an expected promotion so he didn't really exceed expectation?

[@OleeHem]

@@arsenalfanatic09 Most baggies fan look somewhat romantically at our time with Bilic, but our record under him in 2020 was awful, we barely scraped promotion, and got thrashed in the PL. Unfortunately the problems with Albion atm are more to do with the owernship and the board than the manager.

[@virtuelegamer19]

I love the vids tifo keep it up 😁👍👍

[@jackkin7]

Video popped up today. Remember when Stereo was everywhere lol they just fell off the face of the earth

[@eloso5670]

Respect due Large Samuel

[@emerymz]

He’s back

[@justme-hh4vp]

It's interesting he seems to be so good at firefighting relegation but struggles to develop teams further. He should be called Fireman Sam!

[@SadSimba]

I tell you what, if Big Sam can keep West Brom up, he can do it with anybody. I bet he could've even kept my dad up during that wildebeest stampede in the gorge.

[@wrigh2uk]

sam allardyce: i’ve never been relegated from the premier league. west brom: i’m about to ruin this man’s whole career

[@CarlosDeSanta]

Literally 😂

[@homosapien5156]

On of my favourite managers.

[@VinceGallop]

I’d like tifo explain why people (or playing style) like Allardyce only works for survival battle teams, not for top 6...

[@paulleach3612]

That style got Bolton into Europe twice. Bolton! His tactics would be fine at any size club, but due to other managers at big clubs (Arsenal, coff coff) getting salty about losing to Bolton they derided his style of football and fans chose to believe the "long ball" nonsense.

[@TheSm1thers]

Why couldn't they work for the top 6? Bolton got to Europe as the above commenter points out, and look how well Simeone has done implementing similar tactics in Spain which have been effective against the "big 6" of English football too.

[@mrlajel]

With that seven principles consistently being held, Sam is actually a very good managers.

[@TheThemillions]

Tifo, great video as always but a non football related question from me - what is the song you used for this video please? Thank you for another great insight video 😁

[@plipogamez3173]

I am pleasantly surprised, the paid promotion was done well. A teaser which was not annoying, and made sense- after seeing the second part of the advert at the end of the video. If the construction of the advert was the work of the producers of this video - you guys could make millions advising companies how to create relevant, engaging and unobtrusive adverts.

[@moffattron9000]

Big Sam's record of never going down is about to end The Big-6: Hold my Super League.

[@aaronhewitt6312]

The 7 steps basically just add up to “play good football”

[@joeberesford5015]

No. Big Sam was using statistical analysis before anyone else in the Premier League. I know he's an obviously working class Northerner and it may piss you off no end, but he's a hugely innovative coach.

[@aaronhewitt6312]

@@joeberesford5015 the fact that’s he’s a working class Northerner means nothing to us Australians mate 😂

[@EMETRL]

it's only good enough to avoid relegation from the big leagues and nothing more. The key points here won't win titles

[@dandominare]

@@joeberesford5015 He may have been working class before, but he's invested his earnings as a manager into several diverse businesses and his net worth is around £10 million, so he definitely isn't now!

[@paulleach3612]

@@EMETRL He got Bolton, on a shoestring budget, into Europe twice. Some may say that feat is even more impressive...

[@barrymchugh667]

Big Sam what a man. Must pour a pint of white wine in his honour.

[@chrislj2005]

Great work

[@regacc3594]

wow ... pressive i admire the man (hope he succeeds this time, too)

[@jayson.o]

Westbrom r so far down no way of going up ...shudnt have come to Westbrom now his record will end💔🤧🤧

[@jamunabose1543]

Lol the thumbnail 🤣🤣🤣!

[@joshuacoombs1955]

steve bruces 7 points 1. dnt ever try to score !! 2. lets play not to lose 3. lets try not win either 4. who needs a striker !!! 5. play 7 defenders 6. after conceding, allow opposition to score many more !!! 7. bore the fans to death !!

[@nate796]

So you’re telling me we won’t get relegated, niceeee

[@Ldoggmillionaire]

Bar this current west brom side and the initial Bolton team when very initially promoted hes never had a side youd expect to be relegated. And he had plenty of funds to improve Bolton fairly quickly

[@ryanrvs4329]

Please do an analysis of how Moyes got West Ham into a CL qualification battle

[@shahidwillie2289]

Great video

[@Bart_Allen_YT]

In an alternate universe, the england side under Allardyce, go all the way to the world cup final in russia with an unimpressive, dogged, predominantly route one but effective style of play with Harry Maguire, the side's second most efficient attacking outlet behind Kane, and with a galvanized Townsend and Walcott crossing into the box. Following this, Allardyce is heralded as the new "special one", knighted and is in line to replace Allegri at Juventus.... 🤔

[@bens4602]

I honestly feel West Brom will survive. I'm convinced of it now. It won't be Newcastle or Fulham who take their place, though - that 18th spot is between those two - but Brighton, because Brighton do everything but score, and it'll be the death of their PL stay. Allardyce will get West Brom out of this.

[@rockstarsouth3405]

Allardyce was the original football hipster

[@crayz1978]

I thought he got west brom relegated?

[@corndogger69]

This was made while he was manager and before they had gone down I believe

[@goteambob517]

That thumbnail 😂😂

[@evonne_o]

Well Big Sam has relegated another team in Leeds thr morning after the end of the 2022/23 season. 2:21 . Maybe it is time for him to retire.

[@Sir_Goofinator]

In fairness the Leeds situation was pretty unsalvageable

[@RussellLynch24]

If we got Sam if we sacked Jessie earlier he would have kept us up

[@lordJUDE10]

Klopp needs to adopt that blueprint right now!!!😎

[@joeyeleven8997]

Have a good Christmas basically thats where the maximum points are

[@Samoji0t9]

If hed been given Bournemouth and Leicester then I'd be more optimistic.

[@basesketch]

I would love wba to stay up and Brighton to go down. Tifo would go into melt down, but but what about the xg?!!!

[@roballison798]

Can we have some links to the fantastic artwork

[@Claudiosrevengee]

can you do a video about the crisis of Schalke 04? Will be so sad to se them in 2.Bundesliga :(

[@iamjimb]

The whole big Sam England scandal thing only built his character in my opinion

[@davidmichaels8934]

If ever the Baggies get out of this mess, people will say that "this was the GREATEST ESCAPE" of all time!

[@robwright1286]

*He's 'outtactided' us all lol*

[@HaiLeQuang]

After a draw with ManUtd, a win vs Brighton, I'd have to say this man is incredible even though West Brom football is still horrible to watch.

[@kayodebradnock8954]

amazing manager