The contract gives him every right to jack it in if he feels like it.

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Interesting that so many think Allardyce will get his bonus. Are we to assume then that he had a different contract from Pulis, that allowed him to walk at anytime post-season, bonus intacta? Both Allardyce and Pulis did the same job; kept us up when we looked certain to drop through the trapdoor. Notwithstanding the nice warm fuzzy reasons Allardyce has given for wanting to leave, he's done exactly the same as Pulis and left early, albeit a lot earlier.

I'm surprised, if true, that having already had a manager chuck the towel in early, and a clause requiring him the be at the club until a pre-determined date to receive his bonus, we didn't have the same requirement in Allardyce's contract, or maybe we did. I wonder how we'll respond if Allardyce does eventually fetch up in another football job? I can't think of another club where there's a history of managers, having enjoyed a degree of success, suddenly upping and leaving, and we've had two do that in less than three years.

If the same thing happens again then it's going to start looking like more than a coincidence.

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

Apologies if this has already been voiced but I just think this is strange. You don't just make a snap decision that you are going to retire. He must have been thinking about this for a while yet after the Utd game he was still talking about bringing players in. Yesterday's talks must have triggered this in some way even if to just to confirm that the idea of retirement was better than staying on?

He must have doubted he would keep us up on several occasions and wrestled with the idea of staying with us in the Championship.

After the year he'd had with Sunderland and England it's not hard to imagine his thought process after the dust settled from the Hull game.

The picture of him sitting alone in Greenwich Nandos also leaves you wondering what would drive a man of his age and experience to keep doing it while his family are 200 miles away.

See ya.

Well well well.