1、The former Middlesbrough boss had a word with Owen, Alan Smith, James Milner and Steven Taylor.
2、"I will sleep here. A lot of us we will sleep here," said Steven Taylor, 24 a protester who arrived equipped with a backpack and a sleeping bag.
3、It's not the sort of preparations Allardyce wanted, with midfielders Joey Barton, Emre, Nicky Butt and Damien Duff all queuing to get into the treatment room along with the likes of Owen and Ameobi and central defender Steven Taylor.
4、They will be boosted by the return from suspension of Newcastle's Steven Taylor, while the West Ham defender Anton Ferdinand is expected to have recovered from a groin injury.
