Phil Brown coming also?

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce wants Phil Brown as his assistant - reports

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Brown assisted Allardyce for six years at Bolton and the new Sunderland chief is keen on reigniting that working partnership

New Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce wants Phil Brown to be his number two at the Stadium of Light, according to reports.

The pair worked together at Bolton Wanderers, with Brown assisting Allardyce for six years with the Trotters.

Brown, the current manager of Southend United, threw his weight behind Allardyce before his appointment was confirmed on Friday.

“Sam is the man for the job,” said the former Hull manager, a lifelong Sunderland fan. “For me, he is the outstanding candidate.

“Sam has a wealth of experience with a really impressive CV and as an individual I am proud to have played a part given the amount of challenges we faced at Bolton Wanderers together with regards to survival campaigns.

“He inherited a yo-yo club by definition in the 1990s and turned that yo-yo club into an established Premier League club," declared Brown.

“And not only that, a Premier League club which was in Europe when he left.

“For me, without a shadow of a doubt, Sam is the best candidate for the job and, as a Sunderland supporter, I would be absolutely delighted if he was given the job."

Earlier this year Brown talked up Allardyce's credentials, claiming he is a better manager than Arsene Wenger.

"Sam is no coach – he’s more sophisticated than that," Brown said in February. "He’s a statistical genius. As good as Arsene Wenger, if not better."



Chuffed if this happens

 

Will tight arse short pay the compo?

 

Hope so mate

 

But will he leave a job as manager to be assistant?

 

The next Sunderland manager

 

Hhmm not liking your train of thought.

 

Bloody good questions them. Not confident of a `yes` to either of them tbh.

Got to be better than Bracewell though. Can`t see what his contribution`s been. He might even be part of the `rotten`.

 

Will Phil Brown come....as the pantomime season is nearly here I'll start with 'oh no he won't'.

 

He.s behind you

 

We've had a couple of managers recently who turned up without their number two! And that didn't turn out too well for us did it.

If Sam wants him then ES needs to make it happen. Everything has to be in place when he starts.

 

Sounds like Sam wants an assistant. Would be good even if it just gives an extra pair of eyes and ears to watch over the troublemakers

 

Who was his No. 2 at West Ham?

 

Some mag i believe

 

Definitely! He would be their very own Joe Kinnear

 

I have heard rumours that he wants Peter Reid as his No 2.

 

Strewth. There`d be fireworks in the dressing room with those two.

 

Peter Reid was also mentioned to be big sams assistant manager. I would be happy with that as well.

 

Yes, they said that on radio 5 today.

 

What's Reidy been up to recently?

Hasn't he been out of the game for a while now?

 

He was manager of thailand for a short spell. Like managing a pub team.