" Sam Allardyce says he's as good as Guardiola "

New Leeds United manager Sam Allardyce has said he is "up there" with any manager in the Premier League including Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola and Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp. 

Allardyce, who replaced Javi Gracia, said he may look "antiquated" but is the equal of any manager in the league.

"I'm 68 but there's nobody ahead of me in football terms. Not Pep, not Klopp, not [Mikel] Arteta," he said.

"It's all there with me. They do what they do, I do what I do. In terms of knowledge and depth of knowledge, I'm up there with them. I'm not saying I'm better than them, but certainly as good as they are."

What has he actually achieved apart from missing relegation a few times ?

I'll have a pint of whatever Allardyce is drinking.

What planet is he on he wasn’t on the same level has sir Alex Ferguson

Your forgetting he was England manager
for 67 days!

He's deluded of course but I wonder if Pep took over now at Leeds or any other club in their current situation would he be able to keep them up?

If you had to choose one of them for a relegation battle with a poor quality squad which would you choose?

Top manager in my view,how much money has he been given compared to other managers,would guardiola be a success at a lesser club?,easy to be successful when you have unlimited funds

At the moment I think Chelsea fans would disagree with you!!

Guardiola responded in his press conference today. Said he agreed with Big Sam. Also gave praise to Warnock and Hodgson:


“He is right, I want to be honest. Now look what happened with, for example, Neil Warnock in Huddersfield.

“Now there’s a tendency for these incredible managers, they have done this Premier League or this competition in better position.

“It looks like now the young managers are there with the tactics or whatever… so they are really good, they help us to be what we are.

“Look at the managers, Roy Hodgson for Crystal Palace, what they have done.

“They are really good, they have incredible experience, they know the game perfectly and if he feels that it is because of this.

“It will be tough because he has the charisma, he will put out the pressure to the players and he knows exactly what to do in this kind of situation in a relegation battle.

“It looks like this type of old managers… I’m honest, so what they have done for the club (is dismissed as) ‘they are old, whatever’.

“Now the people who are 35, 40, 45, we invent football or we create football.

“No, football is already created and these guys belong to that league and helped us to do it and that’s why.

“So, Neil Warnock, Huddersfield was in the last (spot) and now already out of the dangerous positions.

“I could not experience what Harry Redknapp has done in this country.

“There are many, many English managers that have done really, really well.

“You don’t have to be young to be a good manager. As much experience you have, you are good.”

Man City beat Leeds 2-1 today in the battle between the world's two best managers.

Man City beat Leeds 2-1 today in the battle between the world's two best managers.

Leeds did well to keep the goal difference down to just 1 .

Man City beat Leeds 2-1 today in the battle between the world's two best managers.

Leeds did well to keep the goal difference down to just 1 .

Saw a bit of the second half and they looked very defensive at 2-0 down.

They'll need more than that if he's going to keep them up.

But you can never write off Allardyce, he has a lot of self confidence and will often get the job done.