Source: TheGuardian
Sam Allardyce has desired effect as Everton ease home against Huddersfield
If this showed why Everton hired Sam Allardyce, the reasons for his recruitment were confirmed at a stroke. The 63-year-old may be a one-man guarantee against relegation but his new team now reside in the top half of the table. Perhaps panic, rather than necessity, accounted for his arrival, but this debut win had the stamp of classic Allardyce.“The fans, players, staff and owners can breathe a little easier,” said the first man to manage seven Premier League clubs after offering a snapshot of why the previous six had deemed him eminently employable. There was Allardyce’s trademark clean sheet, already equalling the tallies his predecessors, Ronald Koeman and David Unsworth, managed in the league, even if Huddersfield’s drought on the road, which dates back to their opening-day win at Crystal Palace, helped account for it. Related: Record-breaking Sam Allardyce is off to a flying start at Everton Related: Alan Pardew frustrated as West Brom draw a blank against Crystal Palace Continue reading......read full article
