Great to have a new series. Thanks for getting Big Sam on my first manager as a football fan. ‘96 Blackpool great great year. Am just going to say though, quiet worrying watch Sam here, looked like he couldn’t stop with small shakes and seemed to be generally going at a slower pace than the last few years. Hope I’m wrong something seems wrong with him.
Met Big Sam outside Villa Park after England drew 0-0 with the Netherlands in a really boring game. This has been my favourite guest on UTC, I very well made interview. Great job boys.
Hes spot on about all teams “playing out from the back” being seen as the only way to play. Every weekend you see countless example’s of teams gifting the type goals away that youd expect to see in a kids under 9s match🙄
Yep, high intensity football is entertaining. Whatever the style. Personally I miss having the likes of Wimbledon around, who certainly had a different approach to the game
The problem is that defences are getting so sophisticated and disciplined that going long or playing a big pass from the centre half results in giving the ball back to the other team 9/10 times and you're going to be defending for the next 10'. It might be safer in the short term but long term you need to be able to string together 4-5 passes to create space for a long diag or open up the midfield.
If you call it "possession" football rather than "playing out from the back" it makes more sense. It takes skillful, well drilled and fit players to do it. The passing forward means that the entire team takes part in attacks which is the intention of this style of play. English football and coaching is light years behind and it's one of the reasons the England team disappoints.
Just got me a chippy tea with a pint of gravy and a pint of wine. Gonna listen to some Big Sam pearls of wisdom while dipping me battered sausage and chips in me wine💪
I'd love to see Sam back in the Prem, hes without doubt the most under appreciated manager of the prem era, younger fans dont realise the massive role Sam played in building the prem, attracting some of the biggest stars to his club and then playing some of the best football ever seen in the prem, i absolutely love Sam, im a united fan who's been around since the early 80's and Sam's Bolton was a must watch match when televised, the feared no one and could beat everyone on their day, Not only was Sam a great manager but he is a fantastic character to have managing at the highest level, something that is sorely missed in todays game, Ten hag is as such a boring manager and I certainly believe Sam could do a superior job but it's not popular to have an older manager despite the wealth of knowledge, over a 1000 games managed, youve got to respect that, i really hope Sam gets a chance again and that he would take it if it comes, we would of won something with England had he not been stitched up, Southgate couldn't hold a stick to him!
No I don't see him working with nothing clubs like Brentford or Bournemouth he needs to get a championship team with prem potential eg a Boro, QPR etc or bigger clubs with more cash in the Championship
I remember Sam as our Captain Marvel at Preston North End in our 1986/87 Division 4 promotion season. He was a rock in our defence & such a wonderful pitch leader. I'd so love him to become North End manager one day & 'possibly' lead us to the Premier League. Great video lad's & Thank You for the new season ❤
Absolutely mental to think that when this was filmed he was only 40 days off turning 70! He looks very well for a man of his age!!! Hope to see him back in football again soon! One last swansong at somewhere like Bolton would be brilliant! Obviously it’d never happen but I’d love to have him join us at Bradford for a season or two! Then again, weirder things have happened, we had Mark Hughes managing us this time last year! So you can NEVER be certain these things!
We were down well before Sam arrived.. with what was in place at the club, but I'm just glad to see that despite having your most successful spell for decades you're focusing on the mighty Albion of the championship 😘
@@TheWbapricey Albion & mighty don’t belong in the same sentence! Villa in the champions league, Albion in the championship, & Blues in league one 😂 what a time to be alive
He came in and did his job, securing our safety with a few games to spare. However, he showed little indication of having a long-term plan, and it seemed like he knew himself that he wouldn't be staying beyond the end of the season.
Sam is class, he gets shunned by the modern football community. Anyone with the career he has had deserve nothing but respect. And a great character clearly
Glory years of the prem when sam was at bolton, perfect mix in the league of british,foreign,new kids on the scene and the back end of the old school generation playing. Never to be replicated just glad was able too see it when football was still kinda football working mans game none of this shite served up nowadays.
Great podcast even if not the biggest fan of Sam or his views on the game, but respect for what he's done and him standing by his football beliefs. This isn’t meant cruelly, but seems to have the tremors of parkinsons, hope hes alright 👍
Absolute legend of a boss..speaks so much "common sense" and ive been sick to death thinking im the only one saying this about modern day playing out from the back.
What a guest. This is going to be one of my favs i already know it. Sam should be in management right now. No one can tell me Sam couldn't get more out of United than Ten Hag is.
@@adamalexander5181dinosaur? He was one of the most progressive, ahead of his time managers in the history of the Premier League. Theres more to being modern than passing it about the back. And you're doing more than playing aimless long balls when you've got Hierro, Campo, Okocha, Stelios, Speed and Djorkaeff in your team.
@kb5509 he was modern in terms of off the field stuff like sports science but his style of play belongs in the dark ages along with Moyes, Warnock, Dyche etc
He definitely isn’t in control of everything. The reason Paul Cook clashed with Ashton was Cook was old school and wanted full control. Ashton wanted a head coach who was focussed on controlling the first team but also happy with not having full control in all areas. Is clearly covered in Ashton interviews.
@ is the modern way of running a club. Senior officials have vetos. When it comes to transfers, will be a committee and McKenna along with Ashton and head of scouting will all be able to veto players if they don’t suit the model.
Should never have been sacked or whatever happened at Everton. He would have brought stability at the very least. He had less time than Carlo but still finished 8th to Carlos 10th in the Premier League. Everton have struggled ever since and this could be THE season.
Sam deserves respect but every story suits his angle. Great Jan at Palace, at his next job he spent £50m on Walcott and Tosun (left for nothing) and wages on Mangala
Interesting episode this. Definitely some good insights from Sam, but not sure I’d agree with him. The performances at Newcastle were awful. As soon as results stopped it was hard to justify him staying on. Interesting to learn about the change in budgets, but he did buy some shite too.
Says more about him that he won’t address his behaviour and the England fall out, but he reels these same shitey after dinner chats every year, year in year out, as they grow and get more elongated. Loves the sound of his own voice.
One actually about football, next week will be ruel fox shitting in a pillowcase. can't wait 👍🏻. Will we be getting more on patreon as well? I've exhausted all the episodes on their now. Glad you're back boys love the kits, would get one but the shipping would be astronomical to Vietnam and there's about a 10% chance I'd actually get it
The board absolutely shat the bed when they didn't back Sam for a final push for Champions League qualification. That team for who they had to go up against, was phenomenal
It’s a bit disingenuous when people say he was a long ball merchant. Not the case at Sunderland whatsoever he bought some of the best ball players I’ve seen like Kirchhoff and Khazri for example
@@Rodders0223 Bollocks. He made money for the club. Post-Allardyce, Phil Gartside (first with Sammy Lee then Gary Megson) spent massive amounts on players to keep them in the league. McCann, Steinsson, Taylor, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Lee, Elmander, Muamba, Ricketts - something like £35 million. Most left for nothing (or next to nothing). The only one they sold for more was Cahill - which was necessary to cover the 40% sell on clause (and just about break even on him). The club made a profit on the players he signed for money (Anelka, signed for £8.5m, sold for £15m) and - as he explains in this video - they made money from extra TV appearances (when they were chasing European places) that frustratingly disappeared. He was slandered by Phil Gartside when they were revealed to have overstretched, as he was trying to cover his own ass. Had they backed him in January ‘07 (when he could’ve had Evra and Vidic for a steal) Bolton would’ve been in a better position come March ‘08. It wasn’t Allardyce that mortgaged the parachute payments after they got relegated, it was Phil Gartside.
As a Liverpool fan I've allways been a fan of Sam and he never got the accolades he deserves and he's right it is BS I wached him with Bolton after getting a result at Anfeild and play really well but the reading the paper it looked like we won ,he got treated terrible at Everton and he done really well I bet they wish they had him now and I think he would have done well at England, for me he was a really good manager and the players loved him but it's all about opinions
Not wrong with the passing out from the back. It’s great if you got the players for it but most teams don’t and give away cheap goals every week, but it’s seen as the ‘right’ way to play
How do u play long ball with the most talented footballer with a ball at his feet . U don't sign someone like that then completely bypass him . Learn the game please
@@Dean-p6b I have made lots of mistakes yet that was bad,,, There is doping in football.. dig deep If you take the PEDs you dont play with many managers. use to be the injections cortisone ... All evil for health
@Dean-p6b taking the piss out of your employers isn't a smart idea when word gets out about it, and when you're in a high profile and well paid job the media will always be after you. Sam's a streetwise chap and should've been more guarded. Sven Goran Eriksson got stung by the News of the World over fake financial offers etc.
So happy to have you back
Missed you guys
Great to have a new series. Thanks for getting Big Sam on my first manager as a football fan. ‘96 Blackpool great great year.
Am just going to say though, quiet worrying watch Sam here, looked like he couldn’t stop with small shakes and seemed to be generally going at a slower pace than the last few years. Hope I’m wrong something seems wrong with him.
I thought it was my eyes, he was definitely shaking, particularly his head.
Welcome back lads. Can’t wait to swoosh those curtains open, sit back, play this.
Great kits btw, right up there with Hummell’s this year. 👊🏼💥
Met Big Sam outside Villa Park after England drew 0-0 with the Netherlands in a really boring game. This has been my favourite guest on UTC, I very well made interview. Great job boys.
A dying breed the likes of big sam, love him or hate him hes a character, something thats missing from todays 'product'
Hate him. Dinosaur.
Hes spot on about all teams “playing out from the back” being seen as the only way to play. Every weekend you see countless example’s of teams gifting the type goals away that youd expect to see in a kids under 9s match🙄
Yep, high intensity football is entertaining. Whatever the style.
Personally I miss having the likes of Wimbledon around, who certainly had a different approach to the game
Everton flicks your switch
It’s rife in the championship now and it hate it
The problem is that defences are getting so sophisticated and disciplined that going long or playing a big pass from the centre half results in giving the ball back to the other team 9/10 times and you're going to be defending for the next 10'. It might be safer in the short term but long term you need to be able to string together 4-5 passes to create space for a long diag or open up the midfield.
If you call it "possession" football rather than "playing out from the back" it makes more sense. It takes skillful, well drilled and fit players to do it. The passing forward means that the entire team takes part in attacks which is the intention of this style of play. English football and coaching is light years behind and it's one of the reasons the England team disappoints.
I would have liked more around his time at Sunderland and how he kept them up - but another amazing episode nonetheless
Just got me a chippy tea with a pint of gravy and a pint of wine.
Gonna listen to some Big Sam pearls of wisdom while dipping me battered sausage and chips in me wine💪
Like ya mean like
I'd love to see Sam back in the Prem, hes without doubt the most under appreciated manager of the prem era, younger fans dont realise the massive role Sam played in building the prem, attracting some of the biggest stars to his club and then playing some of the best football ever seen in the prem, i absolutely love Sam, im a united fan who's been around since the early 80's and Sam's Bolton was a must watch match when televised, the feared no one and could beat everyone on their day, Not only was Sam a great manager but he is a fantastic character to have managing at the highest level, something that is sorely missed in todays game, Ten hag is as such a boring manager and I certainly believe Sam could do a superior job but it's not popular to have an older manager despite the wealth of knowledge, over a 1000 games managed, youve got to respect that, i really hope Sam gets a chance again and that he would take it if it comes, we would of won something with England had he not been stitched up, Southgate couldn't hold a stick to him!
Behave man 😆.
@@Ironsmiler no. You behave tosspot.
No I don't see him working with nothing clubs like Brentford or Bournemouth he needs to get a championship team with prem potential eg a Boro, QPR etc or bigger clubs with more cash in the Championship
Lol calm down
Criminal you guys didn’t talk about the chico Flores incident! Class pod as always fellas and loving the shirts ❤️
Legendary
Absolutely loved this. But not as much as I love that man. Top work lads 👏🏼
I remember Sam as our Captain Marvel at Preston North End in our 1986/87 Division 4 promotion season. He was a rock in our defence & such a wonderful pitch leader. I'd so love him to become North End manager one day & 'possibly' lead us to the Premier League. Great video lad's & Thank You for the new season ❤
Welcome back and what a start!!!! Cheers guys ⚽️👍❤️
Absolutely mental to think that when this was filmed he was only 40 days off turning 70! He looks very well for a man of his age!!! Hope to see him back in football again soon! One last swansong at somewhere like Bolton would be brilliant! Obviously it’d never happen but I’d love to have him join us at Bradford for a season or two! Then again, weirder things have happened, we had Mark Hughes managing us this time last year! So you can NEVER be certain these things!
Saving this episode for tomorrow while I’m at work on site, always liked Big Sam, absolutely buzzing he took The Albion down 😂😂😂
We were down well before Sam arrived.. with what was in place at the club, but I'm just glad to see that despite having your most successful spell for decades you're focusing on the mighty Albion of the championship 😘
@@TheWbapricey Albion & mighty don’t belong in the same sentence!
Villa in the champions league, Albion in the championship, & Blues in league one 😂 what a time to be alive
Yeh same bro, airpods at work job done😂
Poor man job
@@alexbelotti1603 *idiot!*
As an evertonian big Sam was treated terrible at Everton out of all the managers he's done the best job since moshiri took over
All the managers were treated shite by the supporters. Look at Graeme Sharp as well.
He came in and did his job, securing our safety with a few games to spare. However, he showed little indication of having a long-term plan, and it seemed like he knew himself that he wouldn't be staying beyond the end of the season.
Good luck in the championship next year Gaz
Big Sam, the legend. The players he brought to the premiership,, turned Kevin Nolan into the King 👑 of the secondary ball.
😂😂😂😂
Sam is class, he gets shunned by the modern football community. Anyone with the career he has had deserve nothing but respect. And a great character clearly
Glory years of the prem when sam was at bolton, perfect mix in the league of british,foreign,new kids on the scene and the back end of the old school generation playing. Never to be replicated just glad was able too see it when football was still kinda football working mans game none of this shite served up nowadays.
Absolutely spot on with the way football has gone
Leeds fan here you are spot on about my team wish you came in sooner probably would have kept use in league hats off to you
Grew up watching Sam's Bolton side, some fabulous football that he never gets the credit for. His tactical view is spot on.
One of the best sit downs you've ever had on here. Still think he'd have done well with England if he'd stayed on
Great podcast even if not the biggest fan of Sam or his views on the game, but respect for what he's done and him standing by his football beliefs.
This isn’t meant cruelly, but seems to have the tremors of parkinsons, hope hes alright 👍
What a legend, fantastic career and a top class bloke.
Boss to see yous back fellas 🙌 lovely stuff!! 💙💯
Big start to the season
Great guests lads 🔥
Only watched 5 mins of these lads and I can already tell I’m going to be a fan😭
Get on the back catalogue, some of the best football episodes out there!
Absolute legend of a boss..speaks so much "common sense" and ive been sick to death thinking im the only one saying this about modern day playing out from the back.
Good one, lads. Well done 🎉
What a guest. This is going to be one of my favs i already know it. Sam should be in management right now. No one can tell me Sam couldn't get more out of United than Ten Hag is.
Maybe he could if you like longball dinosaur football
@@adamalexander5181 That's why you're stupid.
@@adamalexander5181dinosaur? He was one of the most progressive, ahead of his time managers in the history of the Premier League. Theres more to being modern than passing it about the back.
And you're doing more than playing aimless long balls when you've got Hierro, Campo, Okocha, Stelios, Speed and Djorkaeff in your team.
@@kb5509That was 20 years ago mate.
@kb5509 he was modern in terms of off the field stuff like sports science but his style of play belongs in the dark ages along with Moyes, Warnock, Dyche etc
Kieran Mckenna at Ipswich Town is in total control of everything. Like the good old days.
He definitely isn’t in control of everything. The reason Paul Cook clashed with Ashton was Cook was old school and wanted full control.
Ashton wanted a head coach who was focussed on controlling the first team but also happy with not having full control in all areas.
Is clearly covered in Ashton interviews.
@SuperKinlo Nothing happens without the OK from Keiran though.
@ is the modern way of running a club. Senior officials have vetos.
When it comes to transfers, will be a committee and McKenna along with Ashton and head of scouting will all be able to veto players if they don’t suit the model.
Should never have been sacked or whatever happened at Everton. He would have brought stability at the very least. He had less time than Carlo but still finished 8th to Carlos 10th in the Premier League. Everton have struggled ever since and this could be THE season.
Sam deserves respect but every story suits his angle. Great Jan at Palace, at his next job he spent £50m on Walcott and Tosun (left for nothing) and wages on Mangala
Brilliant again lads . love big Sam 👌
Like ya mean
Interesting episode this. Definitely some good insights from Sam, but not sure I’d agree with him. The performances at Newcastle were awful. As soon as results stopped it was hard to justify him staying on. Interesting to learn about the change in budgets, but he did buy some shite too.
Awesome chat lads!!! Controversial comment but would of liked to have seen Sam manage at Spurs
Big Sam getting that much ahead of the curve with staffing and sports science was a surprise like ya mean
Barbados getting a mention 4 days before I fly there for 26 days 👍😁
Says more about him that he won’t address his behaviour and the England fall out, but he reels these same shitey after dinner chats every year, year in year out, as they grow and get more elongated. Loves the sound of his own voice.
Big Sam my hero being a Bolton fan class episode lads
He's a nice fella, can tell how much that England thing hurts him, would of been great to of seen how that went
One actually about football, next week will be ruel fox shitting in a pillowcase. can't wait 👍🏻. Will we be getting more on patreon as well? I've exhausted all the episodes on their now. Glad you're back boys love the kits, would get one but the shipping would be astronomical to Vietnam and there's about a 10% chance I'd actually get it
I couldn't give a monkeys chuff about Vietnam shipping fees and reliability
Where in Vietnam you live?
@@joehall3545 I couldn't give a monkeys chuff where he lives
Never realised how ahead of his time Sam was at Bolton and how new ideas helped shape Bolton's success.
The board absolutely shat the bed when they didn't back Sam for a final push for Champions League qualification. That team for who they had to go up against, was phenomenal
It’s a bit disingenuous when people say he was a long ball merchant. Not the case at Sunderland whatsoever he bought some of the best ball players I’ve seen like Kirchhoff and Khazri for example
@@jackmiller-johnston8689 Back him? Not long after he left they were 200m in debt. Big Sam spent huge sums for Bolton.
Incorrect, megson spent 55 million after sam left. Then coyle wasted millions. @@Rodders0223
@@Rodders0223
Bollocks. He made money for the club.
Post-Allardyce, Phil Gartside (first with Sammy Lee then Gary Megson) spent massive amounts on players to keep them in the league. McCann, Steinsson, Taylor, Cahill, Knight, Samuel, Lee, Elmander, Muamba, Ricketts - something like £35 million. Most left for nothing (or next to nothing). The only one they sold for more was Cahill - which was necessary to cover the 40% sell on clause (and just about break even on him).
The club made a profit on the players he signed for money (Anelka, signed for £8.5m, sold for £15m) and - as he explains in this video - they made money from extra TV appearances (when they were chasing European places) that frustratingly disappeared.
He was slandered by Phil Gartside when they were revealed to have overstretched, as he was trying to cover his own ass. Had they backed him in January ‘07 (when he could’ve had Evra and Vidic for a steal) Bolton would’ve been in a better position come March ‘08.
It wasn’t Allardyce that mortgaged the parachute payments after they got relegated, it was Phil Gartside.
That Bolton side was epic. What a career big Sam has had.
Sam take the Irish team over. GOD knows we need direction. GREAT POD LADS. AS ALWAYS.
He’d be good for them.
Best podcast going been watching since ep 20 👌
We know we’re bias as you’ve sponsored our shirts! But brilliant podcast!
Brilliant Video as always. £200 On something with no manual is not good.Hopefully you find a different Big Hitter soon.
Fantastic shirts, but not available in Ireland (Ironically Irish shirt maker). Any chance of changing that??
Love Big Sam. Always a tough match.. should be the England manager.
As a Liverpool fan I've allways been a fan of Sam and he never got the accolades he deserves and he's right it is BS I wached him with Bolton after getting a result at Anfeild and play really well but the reading the paper it looked like we won ,he got treated terrible at Everton and he done really well I bet they wish they had him now and I think he would have done well at England, for me he was a really good manager and the players loved him but it's all about opinions
Always thought he might end up back at Millwall one day as manager, especially with all the relegation battles we’ve had
Anybody else see Big Sam was shaking a lot during the interview?
Hope it’s serious
@@jobbyomoron8478scumbag
@@jobbyomoron8478weirdo
His speech seems off too
@@blackdynamite6413 yeah something not quite right there.
Lovely man, pint of white wine is insane
I have bloody missed these ba$tids!!!!!!!! :D :D :D Best football podcast going!!!!!!
consistent uploads please gents 👍🏻
1:24:17 talks about his time at the hammers ⚒
Wish diouf stayed longer at Sunderland, but it’s the biggest what if for Sam staying at Sunderland lone and pva may of stayed and done even better
Thanks Sam for interviewing the small Chris!!😢😢Shhhhhhhssssshhhh
Under the cosh is back!
Brilliant first one back.i won’t spoil it .but wait for the dog story.
Shame he didn’t speak more on what happened with England. Probably the one thing we’d want to know most about
Massively disappointed he didn't want to have his say on the bung saga 👎🏻
Never seen the episode of The Last of The Summer Wine👏👏👏
Not wrong with the passing out from the back. It’s great if you got the players for it but most teams don’t and give away cheap goals every week, but it’s seen as the ‘right’ way to play
Man I remember that Pompey game clearly .. sure we were 4 - 0 down in a half an hour 😬
Legend. Love Big Sam
Sam doesn't seeklm himself. Hope.wll is OK big man ❤
That accent must be fucking knackered running up and down the M6 all the time!!
Need you back at bolton
“Does Yogurts as well” 😂😂😂
surprised he didn't say that they put him on corners
Scott Parker was class, I always liked him. You know you're in trouble when he's sold and you bring that prat Barton in.
Thank fuck. Been waiting ages. Missed you boys
Hello John, just wanted to know as I live in Stroud how much did Dale pay you at Rover’s?
When does Sam talk about Newcastle? I didn't hear anything
Then he obviously never talked about it
@@niallglennon83 there's a 15 minute part where he does, I must have missed it when vomiting at your mother's tinder profile
@@l0dgeyyou’re on grindr stop lying
I Love Big Sam 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️
Why wasn’t anything mentioned about Blackburn and the chicken farmers?
He's still spitting feathers about it.
Probably still under a NDA.
Fooking yes boys!❤ finally.... was watching luke steele part one till this dropped .. utc is the dogs ballbag
Little Chris trying his best to kill the atmosphere and camaraderie dead in the first 3 minutes.
Absolute melt
Have you ever noticed chris rubs his head constantly when there's a chirpy character on he's really insecure
Nah, Chris is a massive part of Undr the Cosh.
A bit uncalled for I think.
@@LarryAmos92mmmmmm, cheese and bacon
What did Mike Ashley do to buy Newcastle United like that
Have to get peter Reid or Keano on a wish he said more on Sunderland but a guess he wasn’t theee long enough
Roy Keane wouldn’t have a bar out of these muppets
Sans Bolton were mesmerizing - long ball😆😅🤣😂
How do u play long ball with the most talented footballer with a ball at his feet . U don't sign someone like that then completely bypass him . Learn the game please
Well if you weren’t greedy you would probably still have the England managers job
If big sam was allowed to keep his england job ,i honestly believe we would have been double champions,
Always liked big sam
Loved his Bolton team
1:16:00 and we will never know 🏴
Can we get some live shows in the northwest on a Friday/saturday
Proud to be an "Under The Cosh Punter"
Come back to Bolton
Love undr the cosh but can't stick this fella
very sad broken man over england
Embarrassed he got caught and his true colours exposed
We all make mistakes. Deserved a chance. I'm sure you were grateful of second chances. 🤗
@@Dean-p6b I have made lots of mistakes yet that was bad,,, There is doping in football.. dig deep If you take the PEDs you dont play with many managers. use to be the injections cortisone ... All evil for health
@Dean-p6b taking the piss out of your employers isn't a smart idea when word gets out about it, and when you're in a high profile and well paid job the media will always be after you. Sam's a streetwise chap and should've been more guarded. Sven Goran Eriksson got stung by the News of the World over fake financial offers etc.
Sam never had a chance at Newcastle. Cheers for that one too Mike...
What minute does he talk about us?
@@l0dgey Weird, i replied like 3 days ago. ANyway, About 53 mins in mate.
Watched a lot of big Sam last few months with his podcast
He doesn’t look or sound right here hope he’s ok
Long live big Sam
Genuinely think big Sam would have won something with england
Have a shot every time Baldy chirps in and interrupts with a comment that goes ignored. You'll be smashed after about 20 mins.
They should start doing the head tapping like in the Benny Hill show when he keeps doing that, hopefully it would make him stop doing it.
Wat a Man.. Big Sam