The Newcastle boss is under fire at the moment, but he is now starting to share the blame for poor results.
Why should he go down like the Titanic, when the players are the ones not producing the goods?
New striker Mark Viduka and mdifielder Joey Barton are still far from fit after recovering from their respective injuries.
And Big Sam wants to see a marked improvement in coming games.
Allardyce: "We have to work the players through the week and try and pick up their sharpness.
"There are still players, like Mark Viduka and Joey Barton, who have not had a lot of games to pick up their sharpness. We have to keep working at that."