(21 Jul 2016, 8:04 am)Michael wrote Lets hope haha

People were raving about Allardyce and his management skills last season, saying it is one of the reasons he got the England job.
Whilst his motivational skills may be up there, I'm not convinced about his tactical nous.

He didn't improve his win percentage in the 30 Prem League games he was in charge of Sunderland (it was 33% when he arrived) and based on that original percentage, relegation was always going to be close - unless he turned things around drastically.
In the end, he only won 9 out of 30 games - a lower percentage than he averaged throughout his career.
I think it was only the problems at Villa and the likes of Steve McClaren at Newcastle that kept Sunderland up.

Assuming Allardyce maintains his average win percentage whilst in charge of England, we won't be at the next World Cup.