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Old 20 July 2016, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by joz8968
Big Sam just confirmed as next Gaffer.
Where has it been confirmed? I've read that the new manager will be confirmed in the next 24 hours and no confirmation just yet.
Old 20 July 2016, 06:32 PM
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Yes, you're correct. I jumped the gun.

But surely that announcement means it's as good as...? (Albeit not technically speaking).

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Old 20 July 2016, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by jayallen
To a foreigner the England job is just another job, to an Englishman it's a lot more than that.
Tell that to Steve and "I dont know why I'm here" Woy

I've more passion in my left ********
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Yes it looks like it is as good as, I've just seen a few reports pop up.
Old 20 July 2016, 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by An0n0m0us
Another miserable World Cup campaign to endure then
If we qualify
Old 20 July 2016, 06:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Funkii Munkii
Tell that to Steve and "I dont know why I'm here" Woy

I've more passion in my left ********
Good shout.

I was extremely disappointed with the way he quickly 'washed his hands' of it - immediately after the game...and moreover, the next morning in which he said that.

I assumed he was a far more 'honourable' bloke than that.

Sad, really. Nay, childish.

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Old 20 July 2016, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Funkii Munkii
Tell that to Steve and "I dont know why I'm here" Woy

I've more passion in my left ********
That's a fair comment but both are clowns and should of never been appointment in the first place!

C'mon Big Sam..
Old 20 July 2016, 07:13 PM
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lol, I love the "clown/s"-based putdown. Most amusing.
Old 20 July 2016, 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by joz8968
lol, I love the "clown/s"-based putdown. Most amusing.
To be fair, I usually use the word ****!
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Howl!

Bop tants.
Old 20 July 2016, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by jayallen
Not with a manager who won't be afraid to pick players on form and not reputation, not with a manager who has built a career on getting the best out of average players, not with manager who's Bolton side was a regular top 10 side and built on a shoe string or a manager who laid the foundation for the current West Ham team....No words needed for what he done for Sunderland!

He has proved time and time again he can get players to perform, its not luck it's proof he is a highly motivated expert in man-management.

We will have to agree to disagree because I think it's what the national side need, an Englishman who is not scared to make big decisions.
He was cr4p at West Ham which is why he was replaced with Slaven Bilic who funnily enough is a foreign manager who has come in and done an infinitely better job

Allardyce will be cr4p as England manager just like Steve Mclaren was and just as Hodgson was. How the FA expect someone who has won nothing at club level and never managed a big club then be any good at international level is beyond me
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Originally Posted by Funkii Munkii
If we qualify
That's what I was alluding to
Old 20 July 2016, 10:39 PM
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Lol, Big Sam

Sums up post Brexit Britain

Not a total disaster, just a bit ****
Old 22 July 2016, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by hodgy0_2
Lol, Big Sam

Sums up post Brexit Britain

Not a total disaster, just a bit ****

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results. Same old England.
Old 29 August 2016, 05:57 PM
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If the rumours about Sam Allardyce making Jordan Henderson captain have substance, I take back all I said about him being good for the job!!!
Old 30 August 2016, 02:06 PM
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We all dodged a bullet there.

Henderson captain, shouldn't even be in the squad ffs, even more so when you Barkley not even making the squad.
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Originally Posted by Funkii Munkii
We all dodged a bullet there.

Henderson captain, shouldn't even be in the squad ffs, even more so when you Barkley not even making the squad.
I agree, he is $hit!

At least the rumours were untrue...
Old 04 September 2016, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by An0n0m0us
He was cr4p at West Ham which is why he was replaced with Slaven Bilic who funnily enough is a foreign manager who has come in and done an infinitely better job

Allardyce will be cr4p as England manager just like Steve Mclaren was and just as Hodgson was. How the FA expect someone who has won nothing at club level and never managed a big club then be any good at international level is beyond me
Today's performance was exactly as I said, utter sh!te. No creativity and utterly toothless in attack.
Old 05 September 2016, 12:43 PM
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Literally, same old same old.

It was a carbon copy performance of when we played 'em in the Euros.

The only 'positive' was, we laid siege to their goal again, in the final 15 mins. But this time eventually getting the goal in 'the last minute of the last minute'! Finally, after 27 matches, Lallana gets a goal.


But the previous 80 mins was utter, utter rot.

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I'm very disappointed Big Sam chose the same team that Hodgson used at the Euros when it's proved it doesn't work, I was hoping for a change of personnel.

A.L deserved his goal once again being England's most creative player but Hart is still a liability, Sterling still runs into brickwalls, Henderson still proving he has stolen a career as a professional player, Kane still looks out of his depth and Rooney should end his international career right now.
Old 05 September 2016, 06:30 PM
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But he was only ever going to be the same as Hodgson and Mclaren, no flair and creativity in the team or tactics just a carbon copy of the Euros performances.

If you take a manager who has only managed lesser clubs and played defensively for points throughout their career you aren't going to get attacking football. Look at the clubs Allardyce and Mclaren have managed at and how they have played and even Hodgson with admittedly a better club history his style is anything but attacking football.

Look at the other English managers and the clubs they manage, none of them are at top clubs and always playing for points to survive in the Premiership - that is their style and type of game they are used to they aren't used to winning trophies and playing attacking football which is why we end up with the same thing when we appoint an English manager.

To change the performance of the England team we need to look at managers with a background of winning and playing attacking football and sadly they won't be English!

Venables and Sir Bobby were the last 2 English England managers to play attacking football and they both managed Barcelona.

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Old 05 September 2016, 08:22 PM
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You still need the players to execute the tactics. With what seems to be the "chosen" selection of players, they are just not cutting it irrelevant of the tactics. As I said in my previous comment, Sterling, just runs into brickwalls and doesn't seem to have the ability to go past players and Kane, looks like he couldn't hit a barn door when he shoots, totally kicking air lastnight when in front of goal and look at his performance in the Euro's.......shocking! As for Henderson, his first thought when he has the ball (if he hasn't made a wayward pass or lost it) is whether he can pass it sides ways or backwards.

As for Rooney, I don't see the point of building a team around a 30 year old who has already stated he plans to retire from international football after the World Cup. Sam needs to thank him for his contribution to the national side and end his England career for him and look to the future instead of right now.

There does seem to be a theme with the national side that every manager has adopted and that's trying to squeeze the so called "best" players into a formation instead of picking the right players for a formation.

Hopefully Big Sam will get it right.
Old 06 September 2016, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jayallen

Hopefully Big Sam will get it right.
With comments like "Who am I to tell Rooney what to do" tells you all you need to know.
Old 25 September 2016, 06:43 PM
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Somewhere on this thread Billic was touted as a possible replacement for Hodgson, he is now odd's on favourite to be the first EPL managerial casualty of the season.

Football's a funny old game........
Old 25 September 2016, 10:53 PM
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Well big Sam was my choice and still is I went to 3 of the games in France including the Iceland one and in my opinion He is the best man for the job at this time ...as for Rooney I would go on club form and he's not doing it at moment just hope Sam drops him if he thinks unlike other previous England managers
Old 26 September 2016, 11:57 PM
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Looks like Allardyce could be in the **** already after a newspaper sting and the FA now investigating him.
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Originally Posted by An0n0m0us
Looks like Allardyce could be in the **** already after a newspaper sting and the FA now investigating him.
Could be the shortest stint as England manager.

If it is I hope the FA leave Eddie alone.
Old 27 September 2016, 11:11 AM
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http://news.sky.com/story/sam-allard...ation-10594989


lol , out before hes in, even
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**** me he's gone!
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lol

Epic fail.

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