The funniest – and cruellest – tweets about *those* Big Sam allegations

Last night wasn't a good night for Big Sam.

The Daily Telegraph performed a sting operation on the England manager, in which he was filmed talking about potential ways to circumnavigate FA rules surrounding third party ownership of players. Big Sam covered his back by constantly saying "I'll have to check with the FA" when talking about the subject, but when you're caught talking in this manner about rules put in place by your own employer, you could be in trouble. Twitter has, predictably, reacted with glee and mirth, and with very, very little sympathy towards the England boss. Here's some of the best reaction from Twitter.

The Telegraph broke the story with their investigation...

https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/780526108676620289

And people were quick to get the gags in...

https://twitter.com/steveymundy/status/780515662678589442

The question was soon raised: Can Big Sam keep his job?

https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/780532201167392769

If he is to be sacked, he'll leave with an unprecedented record...

https://twitter.com/Official_T4O/status/780640429066756096

He should probably celebrate that...

https://twitter.com/mikejhemsley/status/780687629964681216

Some people weren't surprised by the allegations...

https://twitter.com/jenks1468/status/780685862178791424

Perhaps after sleeping on it, it'd all have blown over? Nope...

https://twitter.com/TeamFA/status/780685542778343424

Definitely not...

https://twitter.com/JOE_co_uk/status/780688857134170112

Here were plenty of gags using one image in particular...

https://twitter.com/WeahsCousin/status/780515585625120768 https://twitter.com/2NarMe/status/780525950484287490 https://twitter.com/kidd_kong78/status/780523285285068800 https://twitter.com/gillesoffthenet/status/780518211846627328

Allardyce probably isn't feeling great this morning, this was his dream job...

https://twitter.com/vonstrenginho/status/780682053050302465

His fax machines are probably working overtime...

https://twitter.com/AdamHotspur82/status/780685382778253312 At the time of writing. The FA have requested a full transcript of the footage from the Telegraph, and it remains unclear whether Allardyce can keep his job... https://twitter.com/AccaTrackerTM/status/780695113106325504