Source: Team_Talk
Big Sam calls for fans' patience
Allardyce appreciates supporters have high hopes for Nikola Kalinic, Michel Salgado, Steven Nzonzi and Elrio van Heerden, but insists they will need time - some more than others - to bed themselves in given their prior lack of Premier League experience.
Citing "the perfect example" of Andriy Shevchenko, Allardyce told the Lancashire Telegraph: "This wasn't a young man, this was an old experienced player.
"Because Chelsea put him in too quickly, and because he wasn't ready he became a complete flop.
"It was far too quick for him, far too physical and the lad's confidence just drained away. He never, ever got to it.
"So when I say adapting, I talk about three, six, nine and 12 months. Not two and three games like you lot (the media) talk and the fans talk about."
