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Jamie Carragher questions Sam Allardyce's ability to set up winning teams

Jamie Carragher says that Sam Allardyce's biggest challenge as England manager will be to set up a winning team.

Jamie Carragher has claimed that new England manager Sam Allardyce will need to adapt his approach in order to produce a winning team.

The former West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers boss was appointed on a two-year deal by the Football Association this afternoon.

Allardyce has a reputation of building teams that are difficult to beat, but Carragher has claimed that the new manager will be under pressure to produce attractive football.

"The best thing about his teams are that they keep clean sheets and make it difficult for the opposition," Carragher told Sky Sports News. "Breaking his teams down was always the main aim when playing against them.

"When you look at the group for qualification, England will be massive favourites every game they play and are expected to win. That's the question mark now - can Sam set up a team to win games rather than to stop teams or stifle them? He'll now be dealing with players from Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool - all the top clubs - who probably play more easy football on the eye.

"I'm sure he'll argue that he hasn't had those types of players in the past to play that type of game, but he's a manager that adapts to a situation he's in and whatever situation he's in, he's always been very successful."

Allardyce took charge of Sunderland nine months ago and helped them retain their Premier League status.

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