Unless the jolly old fat man’s delivered a Christmas miracle, we can probably put West Brom down for a ‘nil’ at Anfield (4.30pm). Whatever was supposed to happen when the Baggies hired Sam Allardyce clearly hadn’t happened in time for Aston Villa’s visit last weekend.
West Brom created nothing, apart from the strong impression that Big Sam won’t need to worry about how he’s going to spend his £1million survival bonus.
Still, short of turning up and finding where to plug in his sandwich toaster, Allardyce had little time to work his magic. Remember, it only took 67 days for him to turn England into front-page news again.
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