Ffs please not Alladyce . Find England dull enough to watch as it is without his style of football.
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make it a requirement that you have to have played for Southampton at some point in your career if you wish to be picked for England.
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only pick black players like the African countries do.
allow women to play
only pick players once so that they’re motivated to do well on their one and only appearance for their country
pick an entire team from L2 and promise then all moves to China on £100,000 a week if they win a game.
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I should be working at the FA. It’s this sort of outside of the box, blue sky thinking that’s been missing.
Have a team made up of dogs and cats.
appoint Sam Allardyce.
So in a nutshell, only pick players who are in-experienced, motivated, female, black and have played for Saints.
Should do the trick! 
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Every cloud has a silver lining :- Sterling won’t fit into his style of play so will never be picked
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No Kevin Nolan?
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Roy to Sam? Very progressive. Is there an international equivalent of Newcastle who can not beat the equivalent of Villa just when it matters so that we scrape through?
I know a faith healer who’s not doing much at the moment…
Originally posted by @Goatboy
Originally posted by @Bearsy
CARROLL
ROONEY NOBLE DIER HENDERSON MILNER
LESCOTT CAHILL SMALLING STONES
HART
No Kevin Nolan?
CARROLL DEFOE
DELAP (for the throw) NOLAN ROONEY MILNER
ALLARDYCE HIMSELF TERRY TOMKINS HIBBERT
SOMEONE WHO KICKS FAR
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Originally posted by @Rallyboy
It now seems possible.
But it could revive the international careers of any player who can kick a ball a long way + Andy Carroll and Jermaine Defoe.
Personally it sounds like an idea from 1975, but can things get much worse?
And it cheers me up just to imagine how pissed off Harry Redknapp would be when he realises that fate and timing have squatted down together and shat on his cornflakes.
Big Sam - never relegated from the Prem, and actually relegated two teams on the same night:-
Harry…
I love it that Big Sam’s main qualification for the top job in English football is that he hasnt been relegated. Really useful CV addition that!
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Apparantly he hasnt returned to Sunderland’s training camp as expected. Read into that as you will.
Thing is, it’s like being a hairdresser. Most people need to get their hair cut on a regular basis, so you know you’ll always have work.
Same thing with relegations. Every year we get teams in danger of them. You get the occasional club that take the long term view. Burnley and Dyche are a good example. Most of the time though, panic buttons are pressed.
Who you going to call?
Ghostbusters?
Fuck that. Call Fat Sam. I’d love to know what sort of bonuses he gets for keeping teams up.
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But is keeping a team up a telling sign that you can win a World Cup? What has Fat Sam actually won? It sounds more like damage limitation than ambition.