Mind you, he did show his one dimensional attitude last season, by playing that big lump Defoe up front!Is Fernando Santos one of the 'top 10 managers in the world'?
If you think that Allardyce just shouts and rants then you haven't been paying attention.
No I dont but he's won a fuck load more as a manager than Allardyce.
Haha, "I repeat" Mr Potato Head... Could supporting the England team get any worse ;)Whilst I appreciate it cannot get much worse, it somehow just has
It's not academy coaching I am talking about it's well before that. England has just over 1300 EUFA A and pro licences. Spain has just over 15,000. They coach kids in schools and those playing Sunday football. Our kids get well meaning John who pops in to coach the u-9's when he finishes work. They play competitive games every week and if his kids are developing technically but losing, he's likely getting a pile of abuse from some no-mark. He will then start picking the 'bigger boys', they'll win a few games but the potential English David Silva won't get a look in and is likely lost to the game!
Another example of the system you've got being perfectly designed to give the results it does. Brilliant......
So we should have appointed someone who has won loads at club level? Why didn't we win anything when Capello was in charge then?
One top manager doesnt work, for various reasons, so appoint someone who isnt as good instead, that really worked with Hodgson didnt it?
So in other words, it's irrelevant whether we appoint one of the world's best club managers or not.
I'd rather we had a proven winner in charge of England, failing that a young up and coming manager who we can stick with for 4 or more tournaments, if you dont then thats your opinion but its one I wont agree with.
You'd rather give a young 'up and coming manager' a minimum EIGHT YEAR contract?!
Who is this 'proven winner' and will he be bringing his own magic wand?
@Markt85 will be happy.
It's a bit of a poisoned chalice; the very best probably don't want the job.A young up and coming manager would provide consistency of a style of play at least, that could be implemented across the teams, showing some sort of plan, I wouldnt give him an 8 year contract but would hope for 8 years in the job. The FA have jumped from one style of manager to another, in successive appointments, no consistency, no real plan and basically admitting they have got it wrong time and time again by appointing different styles each time. Eddie Howe has won more in the game than the uber experienced, safe hands of fat Sam.
You think that not appointing the very best that you can is a good idea and appointing a proven none winner is better? As I said in previous posts, the FA is probably the richest in the world but has settled for not even second best in appointing fat Sam.
A good point made on 5live is that BFS has a "Hardcore" of trusted journalists he wines and dines to keep onside. He must have picked that nugget off GPC. I wouldnt be surprised if he told them he got the job to stop Sunderland blocking it behind the scenes hence the FA interviewing Nora Batty as a back up.Imo the manager of the national needs to have the same nationality and able to gel the internationals to act and play like a team. Age doesn't matter. Football fame or experience by age to man manage helps.
Allerdyce can be the right man. At least he ticks a few boxes and isn't afraid to ignore the media.