Next England Manager? Next England Captain?

McBain · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:29

Oh and if the choice was genuinely Allardyce or Bruce, give me Sam all day long.

Jimbeam3678 · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:34

I'm pretty pleased with it. Look at the teams that he left and where they are now Bolton , Newcastle , Blackburn just to name a few.

Tummy · 22 Jul 2016 at 18:35

Hope Allardyce can do well with a criminally overrated England.

nemtizz · 23 Jul 2016 at 00:02

Jimbeam3678 said:
I'm pretty pleased with it. Look at the teams that he left and where they are now Bolton , Newcastle , Blackburn just to name a few.

Bwahaha.

Martini1991 · 23 Jul 2016 at 00:42

Exorcise said:
I may wager now that England wont get past group stages of next world cup.

We didn't in the last.

Tummy · 23 Jul 2016 at 00:48

I wonder if the Football Association will 'force' Allardyce to play more attacking style of football, going against his history/style/philosophy as they did with Hodgson.

Jimbeam3678 · 23 Jul 2016 at 09:43

nemtizz said:
Bwahaha.

Thanks for valuable and intelligent feedback

Newbfail · 23 Jul 2016 at 09:55

Bolton , Newcastle , Blackburn just to name a few.

Its the calibre of clubs that the new England manager has come from, rather than it being the likes of Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal etc all his clubs are bottom feeders.

McBain · 23 Jul 2016 at 12:12

Exorcise said:
Its the calibre of clubs that the new England manager has come from, rather than it being the likes of Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal etc all his clubs are bottom feeders.

Oi, less of the Blackburn slander please

Merlin5 · 26 Jul 2016 at 10:46

I can see the future Sun headlines 'Last roll of the dyce' when England fail again.

FrankJH · 26 Jul 2016 at 10:51

Merlin5 said:
I can see the future Sun headlines 'Last roll of the dyce' when England fail again.

Are you hoping to be a headline writer ? Thats truelly awful / brilliant depending on which way you want to look at it

I want to give him a chance, and not set him up for a fall even before his first training session, but its not an inspirational choice by the FA (not that we should expect that in the first place mind you)

Gimpymoo · 26 Jul 2016 at 11:37

Why does everyone think think England deserve a top ranked manager? Not to say Sam is a bad manager.

A "top" manager would not want the job with this bunch of clowns.

We are NOT a good footballing nation, so time to start from the bottom and work our way up.

I think Sam deserves a shot.

wildman · 26 Jul 2016 at 11:55

Exorcise said:
Its the calibre of clubs that the new England manager has come from, rather than it being the likes of Liverpool, Man U, Arsenal etc all his clubs are bottom feeders.

which is quite apt considering England is a bottom feeder in the international scene so it should work out well for him....................

Newbfail · 26 Jul 2016 at 12:04

The world rankings seem to say otherwise

But your right, England national team are a bunch of no marks

Merlin5 · 26 Jul 2016 at 12:09

FrankJH said:
Are you hoping to be a headline writer ? Thats truelly awful / brilliant depending on which way you want to look at it

Gilly · 26 Jul 2016 at 15:28

I think this is a good appointment, but until we have major changes throughout the England setup everyone is doomed to fail.

arcon33 · 26 Jul 2016 at 15:30

Anyone think John Terry will make a return? forget his age can anyone name a better English cb the last 2 seasons? and as for captaincy nobody comes close to his leadership skills. Just a thought

Tummy · 26 Jul 2016 at 15:35

arcon33 said:
Anyone think John Terry will make a return? forget his age can anyone name a better English cb the last 2 seasons? and as for captaincy nobody comes close to his leadership skills. Just a thought

Err. No. Please, no.

Newbfail · 26 Jul 2016 at 17:07

I just want to see people playing in their actual positions in a formation and style that suits the qualities of the players we have.

mmj_uk · 26 Jul 2016 at 20:03

Exorcise said:
I just want to see people playing in their actual positions in a formation and style that suits the qualities of the players we have.

It won't happen, the FA won't offer a contract to someone wanting to drop big name stars so we'll continue with an unbalanced team and managers will be queueing up to get a very lucrative England managers contract regardless of any conditions that handcuff their ability to bring success.