I didn't want him, thought he brought too much baggage.

It looked at first like I was right as he seemed detached during matches and not the animated Allardyce we all know.

He has done a great job so far, I am concerned about Sakho but Allardyce has proved to be very good at getting players in so even if he goes I feel he will have a decent replacement lined up.

Now he is here, I hope he his here for some time, I want the club to grow, build a PL quality infrastructure and flirt with qualifying for Europe in stead of relegation.

This will all take time, there is no reason why Allardyce can't be the man to do it.