Why Sam Allardyce will lead England to glory.
News of Sam Allardyce set to be named the next England manager is heating up even more now. After the England left the Euro’s last month early, thanks to a loss against Iceland, the FA has been working hard to find a replacement for Roy Hodgson. Allardyce’s move away from Sunderland looks more and more likely and all that remains is for both the FA and Sunderland to discuss what to do next.
‘Big Sam’ has been pegged as the next England manager for some time now, and some are divided by this choice. While some think his style of football is boring and that he hasn’t won anything other than a couple lower division titles, some think this is the right move at the moment for England.
If this was before Roy Hodgson took over in 2012, than this move wouldn’t make too much sense. But Allardyce has done a lot in his career as a manager. He started off in Ireland, leading his former club Limerick to a division title. He then went to Blackpool, and was fired after the club just failed to get promoted to the English Premier League in 1996. After that, he won promotion with Notts County. His longest tenure was with Bolton Wanderers, where he coached eight years from 1999-2007 and guided them to the first division and even a Europa League place. He then lasted eight months at Newcastle United and another two years at Blackburn. After Blackburn, he made a stop at West Ham to manage the Hammers for four seasons from 2011-2015. He finally went to Sunderland last October and since then, guided them from a basement team, to just getting out of the relegation zone and also sending down arch rivals Newcastle (the team that fired him as well) to the Championship next season.
Now Allardyce has come out on top over managers like Steve Bruce, Eddie Howe and Jurgen Klinsmann to become the 18th manager in the FA’s long history.
Can Allardyce, a man who has led teams to promotion and is able to motivate any player, going to be the manager that finally puts England on top of the soccer world again?
Here are five reasons why Sam Allardyce is the man to do that.
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