“I hope he is going to want to return to United and prove he’s a top-class player”. It is up to Sam Allardyce to get our players into a zone where they know exactly what they’ve got to do, how they’ve got to defend the game at 1-0 up, 2-0 up, how they’re going to attack it if we go behind. “I’m sure he’ll feel there is unfinished business, and it would be a very big statement by the club if they can make it happen”.
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Rooney confirmed he was desperate to play in the game against the Slovaks, but still thinks England ought to have won the match. He says José Mourinho’s plans should give him the freedom he enjoys and have led to a switch in his mentality.
“But Jose has come in, he has seen me play in another position for 10 years scoring goals, and that’s what he wants me to do”.
For Conte has apparently lost his voice after bawling so much at his new players in pre-season.
Among the changes Rooney would make to the England set-up is the amount of downtime afforded to the players, with the intensity of an worldwide tournament denying them the breaks from football that are built into the domestic schedule.
“You need to stay in the box, not outside”. “And I think that’s the start, really, to try and get the lads working more like they do at home”.
Allardyce was appointed as Roy Hodgson’s replacement in July, the latter resigning following a humbling last-16 exit to Iceland at Euro 2016.
The Manchester United ace succeeded Steven Gerrard as skipper of the Three Lions after the 2014 World Cup but new England manager, Sam Allardyce, has refused to guarantee that the 30-year-old will continue in the role. “It’s more than half the team”. We had lost momentum from the Slovakia game and tournament football is about confidence. “You get that from winning”, he said.
“What I’d say about Wayne is that he’s a vastly-experienced player now and he’s great at scoring goals”.
“It was Roy’s decision to to make those changes against Slovakia”. My focus is just on getting myself right and seeing where it takes me.
“When I came on against Slovakia it was hard to change the game, impossible really”.
With a flutter of the eyelashes towards his new manager, Rooney also stated that he felt England lacked a directness and a cutting edge against Iceland, which was down to the decision to play passing football instead of doing what they are best at. “I was running around just trying to get the energy back into the team”, he said.
However, Rooney has no intention of considering his global future for another two years, even if Allardyce hands the armband to someone else.
Burnley captain Heaton didn’t figure in the tournament in France and has more competition for a squad place now that Stoke’s Jack Butland is fit again.
Sam Allardyce will make his debut as England manager on September 4 in a World Cup qualifier vs. Slovakia.
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“I’ve spoken to him”, he added.
