Not every team plays from the back with a rollout to the full back. I would hazard a guess that Sam will say the quickest way to get the ball into the opposition area is to kick it there and providing the team are up for it, it is very succesful. How often does David Stockdale launch it...
Perhaps that is the way he was told to play to get the ball forward quicker but the manager at his club changed and wants to use different tactics. I personally hope Man City fail..
Nobody has ever questioned his distribution until Guardiola said he wanted a ball playing keeper like Nuer. Yes he had a bad Euros conceeding 2 goals from his bad positioning but IMHO he is big enough to come back from that. Last season he was touted as 1 of the best 3 in the world.
I thought everybody on here was a football fans and as such would have a view on who should and shouldn't be in their national team. and because there is only Strictly and X Factor on the main TV channels a discussion on this would be more interesting. Sorry I am obviously wrong.
It is being said on BBC that Sam will pick Stones Henderson and Lallana to replace Smalling Alli and Sturridge. How can he pick Henderson in preference to Allii and when can we look forward to Carroll being the No 1 striker. God helps us. Stones for Smalling seems a reasonable move.