“I knew there were 20 minutes left [when I hit the post], we had fresh legs on the pitch, it was tough conditions, it was warm and I thought we were very patient”.
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Put worldwide experience to the side, the former West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers boss is the England manager, and he tells players where they should play and must take players out who are harming the team in general.
“England are a good team, but they had fewer chances here than they did in the Euros. He needs to start adding goals to his game and I want to see more from him going forwards”.
“I think it’s one of the ultimate jobs and you want every skill set possible when you go into it. Sam obviously has years and years of experience”.
“A father and his son in a wheelchair came to the hotel this morning and asked if it was OK to have a picture”, Allardyce said after Sunday’s 1-0 win in Trnava.
Once again, Wayne Rooney caused a minor stir after appearing to be included on the team sheet as a No.10 before swiftly dropping back to operate in that niche midfield non-role he’s so effortlessly created for himself.
“It was a great feeling, I’m not going to lie about that, but the main thing was the three points, definitely”.
England boss Sam Allardyce made the day of a Slovakian kitman following England’s last-gasp World Cup qualifying victory – by leaving him Raheem Sterling’s jersey and Wayne Rooney’s captain’s armband. He’s won everything at Man United, more or less, and at Champions League and domestic level.
“I don’t think he’s a striker anymore, we are trying to fit him in, but he’s not a midfield player for me. You’ve got to beat ten men and even if we weren’t as clinical as I expected us to be, we richly deserved it based on us dominating the game”.
Allardyce seems to have nailed his colours to the mast when it comes to Rooney – for better or worse, the Manchester United forward is undroppable. It was impossible to try and attempt to reply to all the goodwill messages from across the country. It’s got us a last-minute victor.
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“The result did us justice in the end”.
