Sam Allardyce

Looked like they were going to play their way back into the game and maybe get a chance, but then the unfortunate goal knocked the stuffing out of them.

Those players have to take responsibility when they're out of possession.

So an Antovic, are you... When you're out of possession, the whole team has to take responsibility for saying, I am now... Are they capable of that?

Well, I think he's got to drill it into them and say, you know, if we want to continue to be a flair-siding possession... Do I stand where you mean?

Yeah, the West Ham ball.

We've got to get back in and we've got to be compact and we've got to win that ball back like you mean.

And so there is a responsibility for protection to the back players.

As we all know, every good team has it.

Every good team plays.

defensively solid as a team they have the best defensive record when you win the league normally and that's because they all work hard out of possession as well as they do in possession and a lot of people forget about how hard the top teams actually work out of possession to win the ball back and go on and win the game with the quality that they've got I think those sort of the front three tonight I thought they were excellent the two players I've mentioned one's a big money sign and one's one of the better players I think you can only play three of them out of the five

It's also, as you well know, Jamie, keeping them happy when they're all fit.

Yeah.

You know, the...

He's £20 million plus and an out-of-pitch £20 million plus, you know what I mean?

And Andes and Antonio, Andy Carroll, that's a lot of forwards.

That's as good a forward selection as a group in the Premier League.

Well, not when you've got those type of players.

I mean, you've got those coming lads stepping in.

But the thing is, if they're all fit...

it's a difficult job keeping them all happy because they'll all want to play.