Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce has controversially blamed his team's poor form on a lack of fixtures during the holiday period.
At a time when several foreign managers have complained about the busy Christmas fixture schedule in England and the impact it has on their squads, the veteran manager has taken the opposite view.
Allardyce claims his players respond best to the pressure of constant football, which he sees as an integral part of the English game:
"I don't see why we have to wait an entire 48 hours to entertain our fans who are desperate to escape their boring in-laws around Christmas, just because some caviar-nibbling bureaucrats in Geneva or wherever think we play too much. My lads are itching to get out there and perform; by the time the next matchday comes along they've lost their mojo, to be honest. In my day we used play round the clock. I think for the money these boys earn, they can afford to miss out on a turkey dinner for a couple of days."
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