Sam Allardyce, Managers Reaction
Saturday’s fine win against Swansea was another example of that sort of resilience, which we also showed at Chelsea and at Cardiff
when we also went down to ten men but managed to turn a 1-0 advantage into a 2-0 win.
As disappointed as I was about Andy Carroll being sent-off, it was a magnificent effort by the players to continue on to the end of the game and not allow Swansea City to produce a single shot on target.
The fans will have gone home very happy and feeling slightly less tension after a 2-0 win.
Kevin Nolan and Andy Carroll combined for two goals, with Kevin’s quality finish coming to the fore. The header was behind Kevin and he had to get behind the ball and guide it down into the corner, when most players wouldn’t have been able to get it on target. He also popped up with a left-foot volley into the bottom corner.
It was great to have them back together and the big thing now is, can we keep them together after that unfortunate incident with Andy getting a red card? All I can say at this stage is that we will be appealing it.
January was a horrendous month for us, and that’s an understatement. In the end, we’ve achieved as much as we possibly could have achieved through damn hard work behind the scenes – particularly David Sullivan, Karren Brady and my head of recruitment Martyn Glover. They all did what they could with every deal trying to get a positive result. In the end, we did and hopefully those players will make a big difference as well.
I was pleased with the signing of Pablo Armero.
He is an all-action player who is at a very good age and obviously wants to come and try his hand in the Premier League. Hopefully he’ll be an exciting addition to us, especially after Joey’s injury, which could extend into an operation.
It’s now all about everybody knowing that they’ve got to work that little bit harder, they then have to focus collectively on one thing and that is not letting the opposition have too many chances and defend with your lives. That’s why we’ve got eleven clean sheets this year because our defending has been superb. We just need a few more goals and we’ll be out of trouble no problem.
Come on you Irons!
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