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Blackburn Rovers boss explains Samba decision
09:07 PM 11 April, 2009
Sam Allardyce has explained why Christopher Samba played as a striker for Blackburn Rovers at Anfield.

The central defender was employed up front for the trip to Liverpool, but it proved to be ultimately unsuccessful as the Reds breezed to an easy 4-0 win over the Ewood Park club.

"I had watched how Didier Drogba (Chelsea) had caused them so much trouble and decided to use Christopher Samba in that role,” said Allardyce. "Obviously he is not that quality of player, but it was the same idea.

“The problem was that we did not support him at all and allowed Liverpool to pick up possession. We did not compete enough and they were deserved winners. Samba did OK but he had no help.”
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keegan wrote 04:43 PM 12 Apr, 2009
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SAm allaadyce ur bull shit..i nvr seen a worse blackburn line up than the one yesterdae against liverpool..wads SAMBA doing alone up dere..theres simply no support all nite long, so wad if he gets all the headers..wad on earth are u thinking..i support the idea of samba upfront but he needs to play off another striker...even if Benny is injured u need to put someone along samba, anyone!!!!! yes carlos villaneuva is too small and light weight but cant u see we attack better with 2 forward and tt he can rely create something out of nothing.we need to take risk, and ur risk is by playing treacy and doran 2 freaking youngsters who have not played much and quality is limited..at least carlos have shown wad he can do in the reserves..DORan and treacy jus falls over the ball , U CAN COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THY FALL OVER YEST..we are fighting relegation and dere u are coming out with unspectacular lineups and rediculous substitutons..Y is even Moekena doing in the first 11..he has done NOTHING..NOT EVEN deserve to be on the BENCH..cant tackle cant pass for god sake..DID U LOOK AT THE FREEKICK and he jus gave it away ..oh come on im really disgusted..even if im nt a pro manager or even to sae qualified..i can nvr tink of the lineup u had yesterdae..its really SHOCKING..SAMBA is nt a natural striker, wad can he do alone upfront..u tink deres miracle every match..ur bringing us closer to relegation come on..all the bullshit comes frm HUghes, den ince, den you, BRITISH managers are killing us..omg..Hughes left for a equally lousy crap team, ince destroyed us and u are coming out with tinks for the press every week poking fun at others and making us suscepticle to bad news..cant u keep ur mouth shut and focus on better lineups and quality in the team? is dere a need to publicly tok abt other managers on the eve of the match. that wont fire up their managers? do you feel shit in ur face now Mr allardyce? by saying benitez loves to moan and end up getting hit by 4 GOALS which ar
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