Change of style
After last season’s farcical approach to football tactics, Allardyce has no embraced the demands placed upon him by the owners.
And that inevitably has a huge impact on the inured Andy Carroll who, a we all know, is most effective when played a target man.
With Diafra Sakho banging the goals in and Enner Valencia looking increasingly impressive alongside him up top, everyone’s struggling to work out where Carroll will fit in once he’s finally fit.
