Allardyce given the boot at Blackburn
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December 15, 2010, Wednesday
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SAM Allardyce was sacked because his football vision did not fit in with that of Blackburn Rovers' new Indian owners who believe the club should be fourth or fifth in the Premier League.
Allardyce said he was "shocked and disappointed" after being axed on Monday despite the club winning four of its last seven league games and being five points off the top six.
The decision was labelled "absolutely ridiculous" by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson but processed chicken giant Venky's, which bought the Lancashire club for 23 million pounds (US$36.50 million) last month, has moved to justify Allardyce's dismissal after two years in the job.
"We do not mean anything bad for Sam Allardyce but we feel that we need to take the club up in the league and grow," Venky's chairman Anuradha Desai told yesterday's Lancashire Telegraph newspaper.
"We want Blackburn Rovers to be fourth or fifth in the league or even better. It is nothing against Sam but we have a different vision looking forward and we want the club to grow.
"We had been talking to Sam in the past few weeks but he did not fit in with our vision for the club's future.
"We wanted good football, wanted the games to be interesting and of course wanted to win and to have good players."
Desai said they would ideally find a British replacement.
Ferguson, a close friend of Allardyce, said the decision "confounds common sense."
"I've never heard of such a stupid decision in all my life, it's absolutely ridiculous," said Ferguson. "I don't know what they're doing up there, but deary me."
Allardyce said he was "shocked and disappointed" after being axed on Monday despite the club winning four of its last seven league games and being five points off the top six.
The decision was labelled "absolutely ridiculous" by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson but processed chicken giant Venky's, which bought the Lancashire club for 23 million pounds (US$36.50 million) last month, has moved to justify Allardyce's dismissal after two years in the job.
"We do not mean anything bad for Sam Allardyce but we feel that we need to take the club up in the league and grow," Venky's chairman Anuradha Desai told yesterday's Lancashire Telegraph newspaper.
"We want Blackburn Rovers to be fourth or fifth in the league or even better. It is nothing against Sam but we have a different vision looking forward and we want the club to grow.
"We had been talking to Sam in the past few weeks but he did not fit in with our vision for the club's future.
"We wanted good football, wanted the games to be interesting and of course wanted to win and to have good players."
Desai said they would ideally find a British replacement.
Ferguson, a close friend of Allardyce, said the decision "confounds common sense."
"I've never heard of such a stupid decision in all my life, it's absolutely ridiculous," said Ferguson. "I don't know what they're doing up there, but deary me."
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