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"Sportsmail understands".... In other words, the rest of the article is complete and utter bobbins, a work of fiction with not a single attributable quote or source.

Its a start isn't it.

See this is fairly typical. Prior to Euro 2016, nobody, not ONE person, had ever once mentioned Slaven Bilic for England. Yet he has a couple of weeks punditry in an ITV studio, and all of a sudden he's the answer, he's the one. I'm not saying he's not a good manager, but its just so typical of...

Its a form of football snobbery just to look at Allardyce's managerial record, see no silverware, and arrive at the conclusion that 'well he must be shit then'. We've had a procession of England managers with CV's PEPPERED with success at club level in this country and abroad, and where exactly...

Because English managers aren't seen as being on trend, they're never even given a chance at any top clubs. All the top clubs are foreign owned, so they routinely trawl the "glamorous" names in Europe first for that "special Juan". If he's foreign he must be good, cos they're all more cultured...

Primarily because he's never been at a club who can realistically challenge for anything. What exactly did you EXPECT him to win with Bolton, Newcastle or Sunderland ? Capello won just about everything there was to win at club level. Great CV. That turned out to be perfect for Engla......oh.

Because god forbid we give the job to an Englishman with 25 years of managerial experience, the vast majority of which has been spent at the top level of English football, where he has never once been relegated. How bloody awful. We're ENGLAND for christs sake, we're massive. We won something...

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...

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.

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...

You see again, its just taken to an extreme to say that we'd just "play like Stoke" under Allardyce. Its nonsense. If it means we're actually well drilled, well organised and tough to beat, then thats not a bad starting point. Then we have actually got some decent players who he can bring in and...

But its the same old hard luck story isn't it. Only 1 of the games you mention did we actually win (and we happened to be at home). Our record in knockout games is nothing short of humiliating. Embarrassing. Spain is the only team of any note we've ever knocked out in living memory, 20 years...

Every single point of which you could also level at, say, Chris Coleman. Yet he seems to be doing alright, because he has harnessed a group of players and moulded them into a team that plays to its strengths. On the other hand, maybe we could give the job to someone who HAS managed abroad, who...

I don't think throwing money at it would make any difference. The confidence / mentality side of things should, in theory, take care of itself if players know what they are supposed to be doing. We need someone in charge who can build a system that does not involve putting square pegs in round...

Seriously, how often have we played "decent football" ? And where has it got us ? We've beaten absolutely NOBODY in a tournament match when it really matters in living memory. Nobody. Every single time we play a proper team, we come up short. Its this strange snobbery that decrees we must...

But in the Premier League, those England players are surrounded by quality players from all nations, and they are playing in a familiar system with direction and leadership from the manager as well as leaders on the pitch. What happens when they turn up for duty with Hodgson ? Nobody knows where...

Couldn't agree more.

One word. Expectation. Wales are just happy to be there, anything else is a bonus. They could have bombed out in the group stage and still come home to cheering crowds at the airport, because they've not even been in a tournament for 60-odd years. That enables them to play without pressure...

Smug Eddie is in his comfort zone at "plucky little Bournemouth" - look what happened when he stepped out of that little pond and tried his hand at Burnley. The very notion that he could take on the England job is ridiculous. Allardyce is the best of a (mediocre) bunch for me. A pragmatic...