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Sam Allardyce the right choice for England - Mick McCarthy

Sam Allardyce's candidacy to become England's next manager has been backed by Mick McCarthy, who has compared the Sunderland manager to new Prime Minister Theresa May.

McCarthy believes that although Allardyce is not a popular choice to take over from Roy Hodgson, he is capable of getting the job done and well.

He said, in quotes reported by the Chronicle: "Somebody has just got the prime minister's job who just gets the job done. As she keeps saying, she just gets on with it and gets it done.

"That's a bit like Sam and Steve [Bruce] and a few more of us that are much maligned, I think, at times in these supposed modern and different days, the way people speak differently about it.

"Sam's just been excellent, I think. I don't know how many things he's won. Promotions, stays in the league. He gets the best out of people.

"Somebody wants to write a CV for him. What's his CV? He gets players for not a lot, he gets the best out of them and generally they get promoted, stay up or upset the apple cart with everybody else. He just gets the best out of people. Surely that's got to be the remit of any manager.

"They've tried numerous other options, haven't they and gone away from [them]. Sometimes Sam has been tagged with the long ball and how he plays. But for me it's about winning games.

"I'd imagine that the better players Sam's got the better football he'll play. And if he can get the best out of them, why not? The same applies to Brucey as well."

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