Last night wasn’t a good night for Big Sam.
The Daily Telegraph performed a sting operation on the England manager, in which he was filmed talking about potential ways to circumnavigate FA rules surrounding third party ownership of players.
Big Sam covered his back by constantly saying “I’ll have to check with the FA” when talking about the subject, but when you’re caught talking in this manner about rules put in place by your own employer, you could be in trouble.
Twitter has, predictably, reacted with glee and mirth, and with very, very little sympathy towards the England boss.
Here’s some of the best reaction from Twitter.
The Telegraph broke the story with their investigation…
Sam Allardyce agreed £400k speaking deal and then advised agents how to get around FA transfer rules #football4sale pic.twitter.com/M6kNXrq2b2
— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) September 26, 2016
And people were quick to get the gags in…
Sam Allardyce when he see's The Telegraph in the morning… #shockhorrorbtw pic.twitter.com/dIgiiGtWMU
— Steve Mundy (@steveymundy) September 26, 2016
The question was soon raised: Can Big Sam keep his job?
Sam Allardyce after reading the papers tonight https://t.co/7KAyWFZROW
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) September 26, 2016
If he is to be sacked, he’ll leave with an unprecedented record…
If duly sacked, Sam #Allardyce's will have the legacy of being they only England manager with a 100% record.https://t.co/JDgvbNVQwJ
— The 4th Official (@Official_T4O) September 27, 2016
He should probably celebrate that…
.@OfficialBigSam pub?
— mike (@mikejhemsley) September 27, 2016
Some people weren’t surprised by the allegations…
#SamAllardyce sacking Sam is like the BBC sacking Clarkson. His comments were controversial but nothing new to those in the game.
— Coffeebreak (@jenks1468) September 27, 2016
Perhaps after sleeping on it, it’d all have blown over? Nope…
https://twitter.com/TeamFA/status/780685542778343424
Definitely not…
Big Sam has broken his silence. pic.twitter.com/FWnDw1jWkh
— JOE (@JOE_co_uk) September 27, 2016
Here were plenty of gags using one image in particular…
The man is sat in a Chinese restaurant, drinking a pint of wine. We should be giving him a pay rise and a statue pic.twitter.com/zWsMoM5xoD
— GeorgeWeahsCousin (@WeahsCousin) September 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/2NarMe/status/780525950484287490
https://twitter.com/kidd_kong78/status/780523285285068800
https://twitter.com/gillesoffthenet/status/780518211846627328
Allardyce probably isn’t feeling great this morning, this was his dream job…
Morning. https://t.co/faebbiOlFa
— Kristian (@vonstrenginho) September 27, 2016
His fax machines are probably working overtime…
Sam Allardyce's fax machines are smoking from the FA this morning pic.twitter.com/NbprbMproo
— Adam Hickman (@AdamHotspur82) September 27, 2016
At the time of writing. The FA have requested a full transcript of the footage from the Telegraph, and it remains unclear whether Allardyce can keep his job…
https://twitter.com/AccaTrackerTM/status/780695113106325504
