No to Martin Allen

[Bushey Boy]

Put your reasons here and maybe just maybe the board might realise why we would hate it...

For me, he took a job at Franchise which means he has no morals.  The same goes for Ince, people who have played the game must understand how wrong that club is.

[Samdy Gray]

Plainly and simply, the man is an utter cunt.

[lebowski]

he has two first names, and i never trust anyone with two first names.

[janaage]

Quite simply he's achieved nothing.

[Batch]

Tank tops are gay. His Franchise affiliation has been covered.  He is a shit.

[yeo]

Id like him.

[Mexicano Rojo]

i would fucking love allen. blokes a cunt. cant beat a cunt. we would be fucking hated. ace

[donkey]

When he came to Leicester my mates asked me what I thought of him, based on my knowledge of the lower leagues (ie I'm a Town fan)...my response was

Neil Warnock without the charm.

I stand by that.

[Reg Smeeton]

He's the nephew of Les Allen.....our worst ever manager.

   Mind he's the brother of Paul....who wasn't too bad for us, and Clive, his cousin, went to school at Dorcan for a bit, and his kid scored for Barnet v STFC last season.....oh and his pere Denis played 331 games for Reading.

  I think we should get a Sodje.

[reeves4england]

He's the nephew of Les Allen.....our worst ever manager.

   Mind he's the brother of Paul....who wasn't too bad for us, and Clive, his cousin, went to school at Dorcan for a bit, and his kid scored for Barnet v STFC last season.....oh and his pere Denis played 331 games for Reading.

  I think we should get a Sodje.

As manager?

Any particular one?

[Arriba]

if we dont get cotterill then allen is my second choice.i dont get the hatred?
shall i start a yes to allen thread?
could do alot worse(and probably will)

[Reg Smeeton]

He's the nephew of Les Allen.....our worst ever manager.

   Mind he's the brother of Paul....who wasn't too bad for us, and Clive, his cousin, went to school at Dorcan for a bit, and his kid scored for Barnet v STFC last season.....oh and his pere Denis played 331 games for Reading.

  I think we should get a Sodje.

As manager?

Any particular one?

 Onome.

[glos_robin]

if we dont get cotterill then allen is my second choice.i dont get the hatred?
shall i start a yes to allen thread?
could do alot worse(and probably will)

Because the bloke is a cunt of the highest order. He has no respect for anyone else apart from himself and just slags everyone off and makes promises that he can't deliver. Add in his MK Mong association, lack of loyalty and hoof ball playing style I see no reason why we would want him here.

I would actually stop going to games whilst he was in charge as I couldn't bring myself to support a man that I despise as much as Allen! He's consistently slagged us off down the years and made a prat of himself on the sidelines in the process. Add in his twat of an assistant Adie Whitbread and you get the 2 biggest pricks in football. My thoughts go back to the away match at MK last season where he had their players trying to physically chuck our injured players off the pitch. You could honestly want that at this club?!

[Crozzer]

Martin James Allen (born August 18, 1965 in Reading, England) is a former footballer and manager. His most recent role in football was manager at Leicester City, who he left in August 2007.

Reading

Allen began his management career as an assistant manager at hometown club Reading, where he joined Alan Pardew when the Royals were in the relegation zone. The team produced championship form in their closing 20 fixtures, winning 12 and drawing 4 to secure a top 10 finish. Two years later they won promotion to Division One.

[edit] Barnet

Allen's first full manager role was at Conference side Barnet, from March 2003 to March 2004. He succeeded from Peter Shreeves, with whom he was assistant manager to from March 2002. Allen built a team from scratch in pre-season of the 2003–04 campaign. The team shot straight to the top end of the table, however Allen left for Brentford with a few weeks of the season remaining in a move that disappointed many Barnet fans. Under the guidance of new manager Paul Fairclough, the Bees made the play-offs but were beaten in the semi-finals by Shrewsbury Town.

[edit] Brentford

Allen had a good run at Brentford, saving the club from relegation from League One in his first season. In the 2004–05 and 2005–06 seasons he took Brentford to the play-offs, but they were eliminated by Sheffield Wednesday and Swansea City respectively. He also took Brentford to the fifth round of the FA Cup in two consecutive years, going out to Southampton in the 2004–05 season, losing 3–1 after a 2–2 draw at St Mary's, and to Charlton Athletic 3–1 in the 2005–06 season. He also was in charge of one of the major giant killings in the fourth round in the 2005–06 season, beating Sunderland 2–1.

At Brentford, he proved to be a very popular manager with the fans and an object of curiosity to opponents and media alike due to his unconventional managerial methods, which seem to have paid off due to the relative success Brentford had under him on a limited budget. For example, he participated in a 25 mile sponsored bike ride on November 2005 to raise funds for Brentford.[1] In May 2006, Allen announced his resignation as manager of Brentford, citing lack of Board commitment to investing in the team to take it to the next level.[2]

[edit] Franchise

Allen then dropped down a level to manage League Two team Franchise for the 2006–07 season, a club with heavy financial backing and ambitions from owner Pete Winkelman. Allen took his team to the play-offs, but lost in the semi-finals to Shrewsbury Town.

[edit] Leicester City

In May 2007, Allen became the new manager at Championship side Leicester City,[3] after Leicester and Franchise had negotiated a compensation package. Allen arrived to find that twelve players had been signed, or were about to be signed, in the 2007 close season. He left in August 2007 after just four games in charge. Allen's team had won convincingly at home against a powerful Watford side but this was not enough to save his job. [4] The reason for Allen's departure was never revealed, but many believe it was possibly due to his intervention in chairman Milan Mandarić's attempted signing of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Derek Riordan. Others feel that there were too many involved in the process of bringing players to the club and this caused tensions between him and the chairman.

[edit] Swindon Town

According to the TEF he is a "expletive" of the highest order, and ahead of the highly rumored departure of manager Paul Sturrock, is not seen as a popular choice.  He would only be appointed over hundreds of dead bodies.

[Fred Elliot]

i would fucking love allen. blokes a cunt. cant beat a cunt. we would be fucking hated. ace

Like someone said.................

yes, he's a cunt......................but he's OUR cunt !!!