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Allardyce: Too much pressure

20 Mar 2010 - 12:53:04

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Blackburn Rovers boss Sam Allardyce doubts whether he would bother going into management if he was starting out in the current climate.

With short reigns ever more the case, Allardyce believes that the chances of making a success of things are growing less likely.

He told the Lancashire Telegraph: "The life of a Premier League manager is down to 1.3 years, which shows what a volatile world we live in.

"Whatever level of club you go to there is an expectation you have got to have a certain amount of success.

"But success cannot be bought overnight no matter how much money you have got. It has to be built relatively slowly.

"If you are going to go for short-termism all the time, you are going to get the yo-yo effect. One really good season and then the next is not as good as it should be.

"It is a scary business. I can remember Alex Ferguson saying many years ago he wouldn't like to be coming into management as a young manager now and that was when I was in my early 40s.

"I am in my 50s and almost thinking now if I was a young manager coming into it, would I fancy it? The answer to that is maybe not."