Ferguson stunned as Blackburn sack boss Sam Allardyce

Sir Alex Ferguson has described the sacking of his good friend, Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce as "absolutely ridiculous".

"I've never heard of such a stupid decision in all my life," said Ferguson, a close friend of Allardyce.

Allardyce's BFF went on to say, "I don't know what they're doing up there, but deary me. It confounds common sense. Absolutely ridiculous."

Although results this season have been mixed, the low point being a 7-1 thrashing by [best friend] Ferguson's United last month, Blackburn lie 13th in the table, so the decision by the club's new Indian owners to replace a man spoken of as a possible future England boss was a major shock.

Allardyce's last game in charge was Sunday's 2-1 defeat by Bolton, the club where he established his managerial reputation.

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"I had to pop in to see the chairman (John Williams) and he presented the rather shocking news to me," Allardyce told Sky Sports.

"It was obviously unexpected, but that's the world of football today.

"It hasn't really been explained to me and I'm a little confused in my own mind at the moment, but the reality will kick in in a couple of days.

"It's up to them now where they take the club forward. I'm not a part of it, I'm very disappointed about that and would have liked to have been a part of it - but I'm not."

Poor ol' Ferguson will miss the his good friend in the second half of the season no doubt, not all Premiership managers will simply roll over and give United all 3 points to help them win the Prem. It will be interesting if Big Sam gets the Weat Ham job ......... they play United in April 2011 .......... 10 nil anyone ?