Five things Sam Allardyce has to address as the new England boss

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    James Marshment
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    We look at the five biggest issues facing Sam Allardyce following his appointment as England manager.

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    #1129785
    Al The Gooner
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    I’m not sure there’s a lot any England manager can do until our entire academy system is overhauled.

    We have some very good players, but how many of them are truly world-class? I can’t think of one.

    Only time will tell whether Sam is the right man, but one thing he has going for him is that he’s built a career on making do with the players he has and getting the best he can from them.

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    nine nine nine
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    Agree with all those issues James.

    Hopefully Sam can take is through the World Cup qualifiers to the Finals in Russia and that we go a bit further than we have in the last two tournaments.

    I doubt we are good enough to think about winning it but it would nice to see an England team in Russia that gave it their all and went out with a bit of a bang rather than a whimper like we did in losing to Iceland.

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    steveosnakeeye
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    I would be happy if big sam decided on a playing style that he thinks suits us best, then picks the players to fit this system to its best and pick players regardless of who they play for or if their name is Wayne Rooney! no round pegs in square holes, no trying 500 players in friendlies to try things, pick what you want to achieve then stick with it and allow the group of players to play that system together as much as possible until a tourno….he needs to be his own man and I have hopes he will be

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    Al The Gooner
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    That’s pretty much what he’s always done as a club manager Steveo – let’s hope having the national job doesn’t go to his head too much.

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    liverpool_1986
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    The one big thing Sam needs to address is the England managers constant will to take players based on name rather than form. If you take out of form players then I dont know why you are suprised that it ends badly. Players like Rooney and Wilshire shouldnt have been in the squad. Why was Rooney allowed to play so much game time and stink up the pitch for so long. This happens with different players every year. Take the players who are playing the best. Simple!

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    Al The Gooner
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    Liverpool_1986 – agree with you on Wilshere, but Rooney is the most experienced player we have. True, he hardly set the tournament alight, but he was far from our worst or most ineffective player and sometimes just having that older, more experienced head on the pitch is good for the youngsters.

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    steveosnakeeye
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    really nice to see and hear just how happy he is and how much he has always coveted the job and that big cheesy grin he cant keep off his mush!

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    NorthernBahrain
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    what is the Key to winning tournament football? they key is being the best team and playing effective football to get results. people Talk about Portugal and Greece being rare occasions of Anti football winning but that’s further from the truth. Italy, Germany, Argentina and France have won many a tournament through disciplined defending and team work. Spain are the rarity and let it be said up until they won their first tournament, Spain were renowned for being the big Chokers where they would have the biggest pool of individual talent that would implode every time and massively underachieve. The reason for their success is not down to a manager or playing a certain brand of football, its down to familiarity and the fact the 80% of the squad was chosen from Barcelona. In fact is no coincidence that Spain’s decline has come as a result of the retiring Barcelona contingent as barca have not replaced them with Spanish compatriots.

    Big Sam is the right appointment for England as he will look at the players he has available and will finally put square pegs in square holes. where he will have a plan A, Plan B and Plan C to beat the opposition.

    general Fans who are against his appointment, Newcastle Fans and a minority of Pundits spouting statements such as “he’s a long ball merchant” “he’s a dinosaur” “he’s never won anything” just shows to me how little they know about the game… especially Newcastle Fans. i had the privilege to have a one on one conversation with Harry Redknapp and one of the subjects raised was the under rated talent we have with British Coaches. he stated a manager is only as good as his players and if you have the best players that work as a team then you’re playing sailing. he stated that if Big Sam was foreign he would be called Jose Mouriniho. he said “all José is’ is Big Sam with Carte Blanche on transfers, he even stated that in some cases big sam has more modern approaches to coaching and player management especially with bedding in foreigners which often gets over looked. He even stated that it disgusts him that the like of him, Eddie Howe and many other top British coaches get a look in at big EPL clubs , he even used himself as an example to what he achieved in his career and with the likes of West Ham, Pompey and Spurs.. I mean look at what he did at spurs for a man that never managed in the CL… he even used BR as an example of what can be achieved with the right players, which you couldn’t argue with.

    Big sam does not need to change, Big Sam needs to be left to pick his squad without FA interference, only then we will go to tournaments with a plan and looking like a team that will be head strong and competitive. Not clueless and rabbits in the headlights like Woy.

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    Adam Khemiri
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    I suspect I speak for a few when I say I really don’t care if Big Sam plays a long ball game as long as it is effective and gets results in tournaments. At least we will go with a game plan.

    England have been a laughing stock of world football in pretty much every tournament since France 98.

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    forcefield
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    I don’t like Sam, or his brand of football. I think it’s disappointing that the FA picked, seemingly because he was the “best” British candidate, rather than the best candidate. I probably should have an opinion on who should have got the job, and if pushed, I would probably have gone for Slaven Bilic. Oh, and one more thing – it’s six things he needs to fix, not five – stop selecting out of form players like Rooney and Sterling. iMHO neither should even have been in the squad

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