And the next England manager is?

[Triggaaar]

All true. They've all come back from disappointments and then gone deep into tournaments, if not won them. We've had ALL the disappointments and failures of those teams and more, and nothing changes. We've still not even come CLOSE to winning one. Not even threatened since 96, our home tournament. We don't change - we actually get worse.

The main problem for me is the FA. A rotten, old boys club organisation. I don't think we lack the talented players. Next up I think is the media/fans. Players who fail in a penalty shoot-out are subject to too much criticism, which puts more pressure on our players in the next shootout. We should get behind our team, not criticise them. People suggest the players don't care, which I think is nonsense.

I don't really mind who we play like, if we can just get our own defined system down and breach our 2nd round / QF glass ceiling once in a while.

I want us to have the best chance of winning, and I don't think Sam is the man to provide that. I agree that we're not Spain and we're not Italy (we couldn't play their styles), but we can play a fast movement game - pressing and counter attacking etc.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

Can BG and I play?, or is this the Triggaaar and Easy 10 show?

 

[theboybilly]

It is rather ironic that when a player is overlooked by England they start digging into their ancestors to see if they are eligible for one of the home country teams.

I wish Sterling played for Jamaica

 

[carlzeiss]

Steve Bruce as England manager? How have we sunk this low?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...as-england-manager-how-have-we-sunk-this-low/

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Big Sam seems to have it in the bag.

 

[graz126]

amazing we always know we have the players, we have tried different styles of managers, an we were the last team to beat wales, Portugal, and france before the semi finals, we would've also been the last to beat Germany before the semis if not for a shock defeat to Slovakia. So we know we can do it. but fail after the group stages everytime. Maybe the players think job done after the group and don't remain focused, dunno.
And Klinsmann would be my choice.

 

[Puppet Master]

Big Sam seems to have it in the bag.

oh dear GOD

 

[BensGrandad]

Just a suggestion but how about a management team of Adams. Shearer and either Gerrard or Lampard overseen by a senior oldie like Rednapp.

 

[Frutos]

Just a suggestion but how about a management team of Adams. Shearer and either Gerrard or Lampard overseen by a senior oldie like Rednapp.

So two ex-players plus one of two still active players, whose combined management experience consists of Newcastle, Wycombe, Portsmouth and a team in Azerbaijan, all overseen by one of the dodgiest dinosaurs in football?

What could possibly go wrong?

 

[BensGrandad]

So two ex-players plus one of two still active players, whose combined management experience consists of Newcastle, Wycombe, Portsmouth and a team in Azerbaijan, all overseen by one of the dodgiest dinosaurs in football?

What could possibly go wrong?

2 retired players plus 2 soon to retire players now playing in a mickey mouse league to prolong their career. They have all got one thing in common in that they are all experienced international players who have captained their country so know exactly what is required, more so than somebody like Eddie Howe

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

2 retired players plus 2 soon to retire players now playing in a mickey mouse league to prolong their career. They have all got one thing in common in that they are all experienced international players who have captained their country so know exactly what is required, more so than somebody like Eddie Howe

Both failed at international level.

I honestly think you have named the worst case scenario.

Actually, if you throw Hoddle in somewhere that would be it

 

[Icy Gull]

Both failed at international level.

I honestly think you have named the worst case scenario.

Actually, if you throw Hoddle in somewhere that would be it

I would prefer Hoddle over everybody mentioned so far.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

Big Sam seems to have it in the bag.

If this happens I can see Shawcross at the back, Carroll upfront and one lumping it to the other to nod in

Looks like we could finally have an identity...

 

[Easy 10]

If this happens I can see Shawcross at the back, Carroll upfront and one lumping it to the other to nod in

Looks like we could finally have an identity...

This really is the perpetual myth about Allardyce, that he's solely a long ball merchant.

I didn't see Sunderland staying up last season just by lumping the ball 60 yards up to....Defoe.

 

[Pantani]

I'd be really happy if Big Sam got it. The man is a pragmatist, we would play the football that is most suited to the players we have. He is capable of managing a variety of formations. So we might be direct. As it stands the England team does not contain any players capable of playing pretty football anyway.

 

[Paul Reids Sock]

This really is the perpetual myth about Allardyce, that he's solely a long ball merchant.

I didn't see Sunderland staying up last season just by lumping the ball 60 yards up to....Defoe.

Alright alright - it was only a joke.

I will be uninspired with him as a manager but feel he can probably do alright (as alright as any England manager can do)

 

[BensGrandad]

Both failed at international level.

I honestly think you have named the worst case scenario.

Actually, if you throw Hoddle in somewhere that would be it

Which of thosew failed at international level I would hiowever concede perhaps Hoddle instead of Redknapp.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Which of thosew failed at international level I would hiowever concede perhaps Hoddle instead of Redknapp.

Lampard and Gerrard both failed at international football when it matters.

 

[pishhead]

Big Sam for me. I think he gets a poor rap in this country. He has always achieved success relative to the expectations wherever he has been. He was also one of the pioneers of sports science long before it was fashionable, I don't see him as being a yes man either. How the hell Hoddle who hasn't managed for years is even in the running shows how far we've come.

 

[Easy 10]

Alright alright - it was only a joke.

I will be uninspired with him as a manager but feel he can probably do alright (as alright as any England manager can do)

Well, we've tried the flashy big-name foreigners with CV's at glamorous continental clubs as long as their arms, and look where that's gotten us. We've had the establishment blazers in McLaren and Roy, and they've been a total unmitigated disaster.

Our footballers are thick, and they are bottlers. We need someone in that dressing room who will pick players on merit and not reputation, get them playing to a defined system that they all understand, and instill a bit of steel and spirit into them. GALVANISE them.

He's not a flash name with a worldwide rep, but for where we are right now, I think we could do a lot worse than Allardyce to shake things up and kick some arses into shape.