#PLStories- #SamAllardyce on #ConorGallagher and his impact on West Brom #WBAFC

Sam Allardyce said: “There comes a time when you’re dealing in the January market where new players give the players who are already here an impetus and a boost. ‘I don’t want this guy taking my position, so I must play better.’ Those guys have arrived because we haven’t achieved what we wanted to achieve, and that’s been more positive results and points on the board. You as a manager, when you have a short window, you have to try and rectify that by bringing in players to challenge the players already here to play better – and for them to show how good they are as players to try and achieve more results. Competition for places, yes, but it’s been competition for places the whole way along. If you consistently play well, you keep your position. If that doesn’t happen, as a manager you can’t give that player a lot of time to good. They have to instantly, or within two matches, show they can give a consistent performance. What’s happened with Conor is that, for a young man, I think his performances have been pretty consistent. I hope that grows and gets better and better. What I’ve liked to see from him, in terms of the pressure of defeats that have been happening, is that it doesn’t seem to be affecting him much and he still tries to play as best he possibly can. Obviously there is room for everybody to improve, and him, but maybe with the help of the new players he can get even better. All of the players, certainly, at the moment have to improve their performances on a more consistent basis but hopefully the new players will help.”