Not bed wetting but opinion. Frankly lost all interest in the national team over last few years, its all ego and favourites, and further stunting of growth of our potential players. And for me Allerdyce fits this. I would love to see the FA appoint a decisive proven manager with a young up and coming manager at his side for the future and work to progressing a vision for national football. This can then be fed down the clubs as to what the FA is looking for and grass roots development can begin. Germany, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Holland, and italy all have a national identity that clubs build on and grass roots support, and as a result develop far better footballers.
They also have more qualified coaches at all levels, qualified coaches working in schools, all weather pitches, floodlit practice facilities all available free or at a reasonable price unlike here. We have become a nation playing lip service to sport, where every few years everyone gets all excited watching events for sports that they never normally watch attend or participate in. Meanwhile grass root sports decline. Compare the number of teams that used to be in the Hull leagues, both Saturday and Sunday a few years ago. Same with the Driffield leagues and others.Same with junior leagues.And not just in football.
Why does the England manager need to have international experience? Chris Coleman had a year managing Real Sociedad & also managed Larissa in Greece. Outside of that he managed the mighty Fulham & Coventry. He has done what England managers have failed to do for 20 years. Just out of curiosity, what's Welsh football grass roots like? Grass roots is a term that people like to throw around when there's no decent English players coming through. The problem is, there is loads coming through. They're just disproportionately expensive compared to your average French/African player or South American player or German 2nd division player.
As per the thread header the answer is a 100% Yes. Bruce has arrived in England. As for the national managers job well Fat Sam looks nailed on now for it.
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. -George Burns
Maybe the mods could put up a sticky called "Tactics" or "FIFA Manager" where people could discuss what team THEY would have put out, what tactics THEY would play and the victories THEY would have obtained by doing so. That would leave all the other threads free of the armchair manager crap that clogs up the forum.
Or maybe we could just remove those who permanently moan about the discussions on team selections, formations and transfers that are the life-blood of all football forums.
I'd be happy to see Allardyce as England manager. Portugal just won the Euro's by concentrating on defence and focussing on set pieces and that's pretty much his hallmark. England fail not because of poor tactics but because they are mentally weak and easily broken. Gerrard wrote a piece following Englands defeat to Iceland in which he said he knew how, when Icelands second went in, the players would start thinking about how the media would slaughter them; a shameful admission on his part but at least it offers an explanation of our total, utter uselessness. The England players aren't so bad as they appeared in France. Hodgson had a nervous breakdown.
That's plural. Do you have a second one rather than the same pointless & irrelevant one you keep regurgitating?
Sky Sports News HQ @SkySportsNewsHQ BREAKING: @hullcity confirm there has been no approach from the @FA to speak to manager Steve Bruce. No ****.
