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Beyond the pale - Fat Sam is a muppet. Why doesn't he ring Trappatoni instead of venting in the press. Hold on maybe the conversation might get lost in translation due to Traps struggle with the English language - just like Traps comments did.
Classic case of attention seeking from this muppet. Thank god he never got the Irish job.
Allardyce certainly didn't pull any punches there!!Quote:
Originally Posted by an_ceannaire
Were Trapp's comments "lost in translation" or was there a more calculated reason for the remarks?
Following his impressive performances in the beginning of the group, surely Reid has nothing to prove to Trapp bar evidence that he is recovered from injury?
Are you saying trap tried to wrangle him out of inclusion for the squad wolfie?
I have to say allardyce has a point, trap should never have come out with comments like that when reid is trying to bounce back and get game time. They were very very silly comments to make.
allardyce is such a tosser. "maybe i don't have the same dignity as steven" - too right, as in, he has loads, and you have zero, as you've been on the take for the entirety of your managerial career!!!
trap to apologise for expressing his view?? having seen so many players struggle to come back from injury??? - hardly think so Sam, seeing as you've not apologised for your part in the agent's fees scandal.
what a clown.
( it's not like Reid hasn't been praised by Trap before, he's called him extremely important to the team etc.)
What next Fergie backing him up:D
Big Sam is a typical slugger, while Traps is a more wirey nimble customer. I fancy this to go the distance. Traps on points by split decision for me.
Maybe Trap wanted to rule him out so he could spring a surprise on the French when he does start him.
I must admit that I was surprised by Trapp's comments about Reid. He seemed to write the guy off a little bit and I felt there would be some reaction from the player at least. Reid is obviously keen to prove he can play again, for numerous reasons.
It's easy to see why Allardyce would be so ****ed off by Trapp's musings on Reid. What does it say about him as a manager or Blackburn as a club to be investing so much time and money in a player whose international manager believes is basically a crock? Big Sam would obviously go to the press to quell any complaints from the Blackburn community.
The reason Big Sam's words have that vitriolic tone is because maybe what Trapp said actually cuts a little too close to the bone. From Wiki:
"He went on to make 19 appearances through the 2003–04 season, though a hamstring injury would rule him out of action for three months during this time."
"Reid missed the majority of the 2006–07 season through injury. A back injury limited him to three appearances before he sustained cruciate ligament injury in January , which kept him out for the rest of the season."
"It appeared that Steven's injury problems were behind him after a full pre-season and solid start to Blackburn's 2008–09 season, however his injury woes would return, with another knee injury ruling him out of the entire 2008–09 season."
And so on. I hope Reidy gets back, but at this stage you have to wonder.
Maybe Trapp was mixing up his Reids ;)
The most approriate quote here is ''Perhaps I haven't got the same dignity as Steven."
Too right you don't and is there any chance you could crawl out of Fergie's backside anytime soon you utter tosser.
trap was more likely talking in general about this type of injury. i doubt he meant it in regards steven specifically the way the papers have presented it. all a story about nothing if u ask me.
It was probably Andrews shyte-stirring when he got back to Blackburn so that he can get a game ahead of Reid in the playoffs. I'd probably do the same thing myself to play for Ireland :-)Quote:
Originally Posted by Duggie
Lads, didnt Trap already clairfy this issue a couple of days ago through Brady or Tardelli or someone? He was talking about Knee injuries in general, end of story. Big Sam is a moron.
Sam's just a mouth. Trapattoni is connected... big Sam could get 'whacked'!
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Originally Posted by Predator
Apparently the Italian Media were more than a little offended by the Irish mafia references with relation to Trap ie Setanta ads, newspaper ad's etc.....didnt take the joke atall!! The again if we went over to Italy and saw ourselves caricatured as Spuds everywhere we mightnt like it either!!!!
sure even by reids admission trapp included him in squads knowing he wasnt fully fit. thats how important trapp rates him. fat sam tried to claim that trapp was trying to undermine reid.... what a load of rubbish. fat sam and his type (hull manager etc) cant get into the news by achieving anything so grab onto nonsense like this to get their word in
allardyce has proved he is a good manager down through the years with teh limited resources he has to work with.
there are two types though those that can work on limited resources and still do well, but fail at a big club for whatever reason - there are a few.
Those that cant do it with limited resources but do well at big clubs.
There are exceptions to that and i think redknapp might be one.
First off, I think this was a case of Trap's limited English getting him in trouble again.
I think he was making a general point about player's with these injuries, that from his experience it's a long hard road to recovery.
Alderdyce seems to have misread what he said. He's gone way over the top on this one. Expect Trap's critics, Pat Dolan, etc, to latch on to this now and blow it out of all proportion.
Alderdyce is probably still miffed he didn't get the Irish job.
Remember Sam complaining that he'd have more chance of getting the England job if he was called Sam Allardice (pronounce: All-ar-dee-chay)?
He clearly has something against Italians. Tellingly, there's not a single one at Blackburn either....;)