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Allardyce to be named England manager - confirmed 2 yr contract

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1 hour ago, Leicesterpool said:

Congratulations to Big Sam he's finally got his dream job, got nothing against the guy but what an uninspiring appointment. The Fa have clearly lost there ambition.  

Given the fact that the previous managers were all pretty much big name signings, this could work in Allardyce's favour. No one is taking this appointment seriously at the moment, he may well fly underneath the radar with his work for a while.

 

Remember how ecstatic people were in the past with all these foreign names floating around, now they've taken quite a nosedive with their enthusiasm. Give Big Sam some time and judge him by his results. You can always slate him later.

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This is actually a good appointment.

 

Not afraid to be a bit controversial = better squad picks.

Doesn't suffer fools gladly = less 'prima donnas' in the squad

Has years of experience managing underdog teams that have to be well organised, have clear system and be greater than the sum of their parts = we've actually got a chance of winning more than one game a tournament.

 

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9 minutes ago, Les-TA-Jon said:

This is actually a good appointment.

 

Not afraid to be a bit controversial = better squad picks.

Doesn't suffer fools gladly = less 'prima donnas' in the squad

Has years of experience managing underdog teams that have to be well organised, have clear system and be greater than the sum of their parts = we've actually got a chance of winning more than one game a tournament.

 

This.

 

On the face of it, it's an uninspiring choice, but so was Ranieri and we all know how that turned out.

 

With the FA basically insisting on an English manager nowadays, there really aren't many who would be better than Big Sam. So long as he doesn't turn into another 'Yes-man' for the FA, a la Hodgson.

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Definitely uninspiring and pretty embarrassing really, given he could've been a Championship manager right now if a couple results didn't go his way. But... He is probably the kind of manager we need right now. Someone who gets the best out of players and doesn't suffer complete bell ends.

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I think Big Sam will look to copy the Leicester approach with a few tweaks as England certainly have the players to play this way and Sam loves to be direct. 

 

This is a fantastic appointment - England were not going to get a world class manager and at one point Glenn Hoddle and Gareth Southgate were the favorites so its worked out well.

 

People slating it need to realise that England are not a good side and they need a manager like Sam who will install a system and belief to get the best out of the players we have at our disposal. 

 

Also this may signal the end to under performing players being picked on merit. 

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I do like Sam,but think he's more suited to the old us(we're a top team now),he gets the job done,but that because his tactics are set up to not lose the game,England need to learn how to win the game,as shit as we are we're still a massive footballing nation,I just hope he gets it right

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I think this could be ideal, if the FA let him get on with the job, and if he's not under pressure to pick names over form players.

 

Could be a lot worse.

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Big Sam honours

 

Limerick Irish league one 1992

Notts County division 3 1998

Couple of proptions via play offs

Handful of manger of month awards

 

Could make a film of this...oh hang on they already have.

 

 

 

 

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if big sam is the best england manager we could get it just shows the state of english football right now,the only worse candidate would have been tony pulis? i really hope we don't revert to the long ball game just kicking it up field.i hope we still choose creative players who can go past players and make chances for themselves and others

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52 minutes ago, foxy boxing said:

if big sam is the best england manager we could get it just shows the state of english football right now,the only worse candidate would have been tony pulis? i really hope we don't revert to the long ball game just kicking it up field.i hope we still choose creative players who can go past players and make chances for themselves and others

 

Why wouldn't you want this to happen? trying to copy the likes of Germany and Spain haven't worked. What's wrong with kicking it long to a Striker playing off the shoulder of the last man with another looking for knock downs? With two wide men cutting in with one DM and one AM in the centre of the park with 4 defenders who can actually defend. No you're right that tactic will never work...... lets go back to passing it 40 times then back to Joe Hart to kick it out for a throw.

 

I said it before the euros and I will say it again this should of been the team at the euros and I think big sam would have had the balls to do something similar.

 

Hart

 

Simpson Smalling Cahill Bertand

 

Antonio Noble Drinkwater Albrighton

 

Kane  Vardy

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Find it incredible that anybody that follows football actually thinks Sam is a long ball merchant.

 

He plays to his teams strengths, you just need to look at some of the stuff West Ham were playing under him to see that he plays systems that suit the players at his disposal.

 

Very happy with this appointment. Hope he lives up to my expectations and doesn't become some turgid boring predictable manager

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17 hours ago, purpleronnie said:

i suppose if you want terrible football but the possibility to maybe get to the 1/4 finals then its a pretty good appointment.

I'm happy to try something different, we've tried foreign managers and it hasn't worked, we've tried new fancy "coaches" like Mclaren, or old duffers who've been round the block like Hodgson.

 

Wales got this far having a manager who just picked a decent system and players who like him / each other and bought into it. Football isn't rocket science, lets try not over complicating it and just get a manager who pretty much always gets the best from his players... if he can do that with better players as well, then who knows.

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8 minutes ago, Babylon said:

I'm happy to try something different, we've tried foreign managers and it hasn't worked, we've tried new fancy "coaches" like Mclaren, or old duffers who've been round the block like Hodgson.

 

Wales got this far having a manager who just picked a decent system and players who like him / each other and bought into it. Football isn't rocket science, lets try not over complicating it and just get a manager who pretty much always gets the best from his players... if he can do that with better players as well, then who knows.

If he changes things and forms a team rather that a collection of superstars then that would be a huge step forward, but time will tell, maybe he'll just pick the same old players playing a slightly different way.

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Is anyone else just thinking this is becoming a reality?

 

Posted
18 hours ago, Leicesterpool said:

Congratulations to Big Sam he's finally got his dream job, got nothing against the guy but what an uninspiring appointment. The Fa have clearly lost there ambition.  

Well we showed ambition enough times, bringing all the guys With great hidStory , top careers, and reputations.So now we have a guy, who'll keep his feet on the ground.Then hopefully just

Might get the plsyers to play like they do for their clubs.Simple, no Silly insane tactics, plus using the players firstly doingc what they do naturally.

Big Sam could well turn out to b e a pleasant suprise...

 

 

Couldnt put it better myself.  'Play it again Sam'  , will be our motto

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