Poor old Allardyce - you really should feel sorry for the Walrus-headed **** shouldn't you? Don't think so? Me neither. Most managers who've just been hit for six look for excuses in order to justify their jobs and Fat Sam is no exception. Never mind about Arsenal p*ssing all over his team from a great height it was according to the book of Sam all because his team didn't get a penalty when 3-2 down.

So what? Arsenal didn't get two penalties: Fabregas in the first half and Gallas in the second half. Not only didn't his side get a penalty but when they attempted to intimidate Arsenal in the normal Allardyce style they found that Arsenal were quite happy to get their retaliation in first. When Arsenal were kicked, pulled, pushed, shoved, hacked, blocked or whatever we gave them back as good as we got and then some, while Walton (the man in the middle with the white stick) failed to see any of it either way.

Walton is quite possibly the most inept referee in the Premiership, which takes quite some doing. He missed about 20 potential free kicks and maybe five bookings in a game where Rovers were seriously lucky to not concede double figures. Not only were Blackburn fortunate to keep our scoreline down, they were also somewhat remiss in squandering a lead they held on two occasions.

Allardyce's limp excuses are known as deflection interviewing. Never mind what actually happened, like Blackburn being slaughtered in front of both their away fans, dream up something to deflect the fact that the team you manage and coach got royally stuffed. Totally stuffed. Embarrassingly stuffed. You were Wengered good and proper and your hangdog face and pathetic excuses cannot hide the fact that but for a lardy ex-Tott waddling around his goal making save after save you could have conceded ten or more. Make no mistake Robinson may well be a has-been, but on Sunday he saved his side from a totally humiliating annihilation.

Blackburn Rovers - a rubbish team with just the two travelling supporters - should consider themselves fortunate that there are teams in the Premiership worse than themselves, otherwise they'd be nailed on certainties for relegation. Still never let the truth get in the way of a good story, eh Sam?