New England Manager, Sam Allardyce |
News England Manager, Sam Allarduce has proffered three solutions going forward for the Three Lions.
Facing the press for the first time since the exit of his predecessor, Roy Hodgson in the aftermath of the Three Lions' below-par performances at Euro 2016, the former Sunderland manager spoke confidently about his
ability to excel in a position that many have
struggled in over the years.
Below are Sam Allardyce's solutions to the longtime problem of the English National team.
THE PREMIER LEAGUE'S IMPACT ON ENGLAND
"No mid-season break for one, I've been an
advocate of that for 10 seasons or more.
"The demands physically and mentally on
players is enormous and it's the best league in
the world and biggest brand.
"The demand has to be on the players for that
but it would help the Premier League and us at
international level if we could try and achieve
that [mid-season break].
"In my time when we finished the Christmas
period, January and February were always the
most difficult to get the players through."
HIS PLAYING STYLE
"I expect the players to be very adaptable and
very flexible. I don't expect a player at this level
to be only able to play only one position and one
style. It may be the same system [as at youth
level] but with a tweak here or there.
"We worked on Jermain Defoe [at Sunderland} as
a player that supposedly cannot play up front on
his own.
"We worked on that and what did he do? He
played up front on his own all season and
scored 15 Premier League goals, no matter what
people tell me it doesn't stop me from trying
something or trying an opportunity."
ENGLAND'S POTENTIAL
"It is not potential anymore, it has to be reality
and they have to stand up and be counted.
"The young players have a lot of experience now
and even though some of it has been bitter, they
don’t want to feel like that again. Potential is not
something I want to use, you want the quality
player to produce his best performances
immediately.
"This squad of players is very experienced and
going forward hopefully produce better."
WORLD CUP 2018 AMBITIONS
"It's two years away and the most important
thing to do now is to be very good at qualifying
and once we've qualified then we can go to in-
depth levels about challenging ourselves to
produce better results in tournaments.
"It's at a later stage. At this moment it's about
players coming and continuing to do what we've
done well. We all had great hopes for the Euros
because of qualifying, I hope the lads can
continue where they left off from that point.
"We can't change the past. We can learn from it
but we can't change it, so let's think about the
future and change that."
HIS ABILITY TO HANDLE TOP STARS
"I've managed world-class players, Fernando
Hierro, Youri Djorkaeff, Jay-Jay Okocha, Gary
Speed, Nicolas Anelka, Michael Owen, so I've
managed some really talented players.
"The good thing about talented players is they
make your life easier, they know what you want
and they take less time to prepare so working
with England's elite is going to be exciting.
They'll take on board what we want very quickly
because they're the best in the country."
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