However, perhaps his more immediate concern will be to quell the unrest in a dressing room which has become increasingly unruly in recent weeks.
Martins’ disappearance, coupled with French midfielder Charles N’Zogbia’s anger at being named only among the substitutes at Watford provided further evidence of unrest, and senior professionals Shay Given and Nicky Butt both later questioned the desire of some of their team-mates.
However, Allardyce insists he will have no qualms about restoring discipline.
He said: ‘I can do that. I have got no problems. If there is any unrest in the dressing room, it will be my job to find out and resolve those problems.
‘The only way the club will get success is by having a team spirit where everybody fights for each other and everybody looks after each other.
‘If we do not get that, it does not matter how good your players are, you will get those factions and you will get those Chinese whispers that can cause a distraction from what the ultimate goal is.
‘Everybody here at Newcastle wants success, so we should all pull the same way to get that.’
- Allardyce keen to keep Owen, ESPNFC.com, May 15, 2007.
2. Recordings of male humpback whales have shown that their haunting songs spread through the ocean to other whales.
Researchers in Australia listened to hundreds of hours of recordings gathered over more than a decade.
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