England '66

[Greg]

Jul 20, 2016 17:36:45 GMT Raffles said:

I was 19 at the time, but cannot remember watching it... I think I had other things on my mind at that age and especially with my 'passion wagon'... my super, girl pulling, Ford Anglia... OR is that just a fantasy of my mind, rewriting history!

And NO, we'll never win anything until the clubs stop paying obscene wages to 'average' players who are financially secure in their teens and have no hunger. It would need a boycott of fans going to games, and especially subscribers to sports channels to change attitudes, and that ain't going to happen anytime soon. For the record, I'm not one of them, as you may have guessed.

Well,I'm doing my bit mate, I cancelled my Sky Sports subscription last year 

[Greg]

Bleeding el, Big Sam looks likely

Boot it & hoof it

[Vlad the Inhaler]

Yes it looks like Sam Allardyce has got the job, too much like Mike Bassett for me.

[Raffles]

Jul 20, 2016 18:20:23 GMT Vlad the Inhaler said:

Yes it looks like Sam Allardyce has got the job, too much like Mike Bassett for me.

Words fail me... keep the money wheel spinning chaps... get a managers job, get fired with compensation, get another, get fired, get another. Everyone in football must be laughing at the punters.  
And the players keep upgrading their mansions.

[tim]

I put England's collective failure in team sport down to the governing bodies. In this case, the FA, who seem to only allow players from an elite group of teams.

Take Cricket the same way. We had a good team which had an outstanding test series this year, with someone who knew how to pick a team. The selectors changed who they thought should play, and we lost the first match of the next test series.

Rugby... We won the world cup...., the selectors stuck with the team...., we won nothing else. They eventually gave the job to someone who can pick a team (as in, "allowed to")...., we started winning again.

When will the FA get found out? It's not the players, per se, but we need a team, not a collection of good players.

[BrenD]

Apparently Wenger didn't rule himself out of the running but wants to see out his contract with the scum.

International football might suit him at this stage of his career and it'd be a nice way for him to leave that lot for both parties...

Or perhaps the USA weren't too keen on releasing Jurgen?

I'm trying to remain positive and hope that Allardyce is only a short-term thing.

Of course whoever gets the job should be keeping the seat warm for Eddie Howe. Too much of a gamble so soon in his management career, but the more I think about it, he could be the leader we need. He seems to like attractive football too.

[Perpetua]

I would have liked Arsène Wenger or Harry Rednapp for the job - although I knew it wasn't going to happen . . . . ultimately anyone that can put together a team which isn't a total embarrassment and an epic fail gets my vote.

Whether Allardyce is that man, time will tell I guess.

[DiscoDes]

This is what I think of when I hear Sam Allardyce mentioned......