Sam Allardyce put a brave face on the Kieron Dyer transfer ... or lack of it ... by saying he has full faith in the Newcastle board.

Despite the breakdown of Keiron Dyer's move to West Ham, Allardyce has to "truck on", and he is happy with the way the Newcastle board do business.

Allardyce: "Yeah relations are fine. They are listening, the process is pretty smooth now.

"I compile a dossier, put together the information on a player and give it to Chris (Mort).

"I then ask them to progress it. I'm talking to Chris once or twice a week at this stage, we all keep up to speed and we all know what's happening and what direction we're moving in.

"We don't want to miss a transfer by miscommunication. There is a lot of disruption by people trying to stop a transfer you're trying to make happen. It was nice to do the Alan Smith deal in one day - it's a miracle!

 "It's a difficult period because we have so many balls in the air. Most fall by the wayside but I think it's better to have more feelers out there. The more you have, the more success you will get."