David Sullivan speaking to BBC Football Focus gave his full backing to Sam Allardyce before yesterday’s no score draw.
He was asked whether Sam Allardyce will still be the manager in January?
DS “Absolutely!”
BBC “Does it matter about results?”
DS “It does matter about results but really we review a manager at the end of a season.If you asked me what kind of season Sam has had up to now, I would say ‘disappointing’. But let’s judge him at the end of the season. I think the Newcastle manager would have been sacked by most fans after a month of the season but now he is flavour of the month.”
DS “I am deeply concerned. Anybody who looks at where we are in the table and is not concerned are kidding themselves.”
“I really believe Sam is the man for the job. If he wasn’t our manager he is exactly the type of manager you would be bringing in to be the manager. Where do you get someone better than Sam to do the job that is now necessary?”
Earlier this week David Gold at the Season Ticket Holders forum said “We have to rely on Sam and the players. We have to stick together.”
However, Big Sam accepts it will be “impossible” not to sack him if results at West Ham do not improve quickly. Sam said "They cannot be patient forever if I continue to lose football matches. It’s impossible for them to ride the pressure that will come upon them, impossible not to succumb to that pressure like many other owners have done.
“When you look at their history, they have always shown a level of patience to overcome difficult situations and I hope that will be the same. But I know that in the end it is about getting results.
“Everybody will speculate about my future now because I am in the same position as all the other clubs who have got rid of their managers. It is perceived that I am the next one in the line. But it is just about picking up a few points.”
“The owners are going to stick with me or they are not. It is entirely up to them and how they see me in the job and how they see the situation at the moment”
David Sullivan on BBC Football Focus