New manager, same old England – with one sharp difference.
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Jamie Redknapp wants to see Adam Lallana kick on after his goal against Slovakia.
Spartak Trnava kitman Martin Bohunicky left a note to Allardyce asking for “one jersey of England National Team” ahead of the Three Lions’ match at the club’s stadium. “To be going into it from a real position of strength, maybe that happens in the future, maybe it doesn’t?”
He explained: “We [had] to push both full-backs on, we had to get the wide men coming in between the lines to break down two banks of four. I wonder how far it will take us”. “To score that goal was a huge relief for me”.
“But finally we got what we deserved and, in the end, it was in the last minute and perhaps their goalkeeper shouldn’t have stayed down injured so long”.
England captain Wayne Rooney says the debate over his role in the team has been an “overreaction”.
On the occasion of his 116th cap, breaking David Beckham’s outfield record, he was surprisingly asked to perform a deep-lying midfield role. At this point, he is only disrupted the positioning of his own teammates, Eric Dier and Jordan Henderson.
“Wayne is a fantastic player”.
“Me and Wayne’s relationship, as we grow, will always be to promote him as captain, but first and foremost to make sure he’s playing his best football”, he added.
The 30-year-old will break Beckham’s record amid calls for him to retire from global football as managers struggle to find his best position in the team.
United manager Jose Mourinho has played Rooney behind new striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season, while Roy Hodgson, Allardyce’s predecessor as England boss, selected him as a midfielder at Euro 2016.
‘Today we might have played more than England’. He’s won everything at Man United, more or less, and at Champions League and domestic level.
“So using his experience with a team, and playing as a team member, it’s not for me to say where he’s going to play”.
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“But we have to be courageous and we have to get balls with quality forward and get players in good positions and hit them as quick as we can”.
