Sam Allardyce believes England players are being ‘brainwashed’ to play risky football, which led to the Three Lions losing in the Nations League semi-finals on Thursday.
Gareth Southgate’s side were beaten in the last-four clash by the Netherlands after a shock extra-time collapse.
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Sam Allardyce is not a fan of England’s focus on playing it out from the back
England led 1-0 in the first-half through Marcus Rashford’s penalty, but a Matthijs de Ligt header took the game to extra-time.
And England were punished for two costly mistakes at the back, from John Stones and Ross Barkley, as Oranje booked their place in the final against Portugal with a 3-1 win.
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It was an all too familiar scene for England, as they again fell at the penultimate hurdle and are now set to play a pointless third place play-off in a competition that, as yet, holds little significance to many.
And Allardyce believes Southgate’s focus on playing it out from the back is a huge issue for the current Three Lions team.
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Speaking to talkSPORT on Friday, Big Sam insisted there’s always a time and a place where hoofing the ball away is the best policy.
“Playing it out from the back is fine, when you can do it,” the ex-England boss told the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast.
“But I think there’s a brainwashing going on in terms of playing out from the back, that it had to be done every single time, and it’s wrong.
“The player then believes he has to do it every single time, and every time that happens it creates more and more risk, so if the opposition are squeezing you you’re bound to be under pressure.
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Southgate has insisted he will not change England’s playing style despite their costly mistakes against the Netherlands
“That’s when you make mistakes, and that’s exactly what we saw last night.
“There were more than two errors in the final third, it could have been three or four goals because of those basic errors made in the final third.
“That cannot be what you continue to tell your players, that you must only play it out from the back all the time.
“There is a time when you must clear your lines, push up the pitch and put pressure on the opposition.”
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