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Steven Chicken

'You've got half an hour, if you're playing bad I'm taking you off and telling the press why' - Sam Allardyce's brilliant Bolton Wanderers man-management tactic

Sam Allardyce was manager of Bolton from 1999 to 2007.

Dealing with players who have gone out for a night on the town the evening before a game is the kind of thing that Premier League managers don't expect to have to deal with.

Even 20 or 30 years ago, being seen out in public on the eve of a game was a big no-no.

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