Allardyce Used 🎥'300' to Inspire Blackburn But Lost to Man Utd 7-1

Former Blackburn defender Gael Givet has lifted the lid on one of the motivational techniques used by erstwhile manager Sam Allardyce at the club.

Rovers were still in the Premier League when France international defender Givet spent four years at Ewood Park from 2009-2013.

Allardyce was the manager who took him to England from Marseille but had a rather unusual way of trying to get the players fired up for a 2010 Premier League match against Manchester United.

“We had warmed up and we went back to the dressing room,” Givet reminisced to L’Equipe . “While we were putting on our shin guards, he said: ‘Guys, wait!’ He put down a projector and showed us a montage of the films ‘Gladiator’ and ‘300’. In short, warriors with swords.

“We were all in the dressing room going: ‘Ahhhh!’ [he said mimicking a soldier with a sword]

“After 30 minutes, we were 3-0 down. We lost 7-1.

“After the match, we were all laughing. The warriors had completely passed us by.”