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Now that England have established themselves as the set-piece kings of the Ethics World Cup, it’s time to pay tribute to the visionary who made it possible. No, not Gareth Southgate. Not everything’s about Gareth, with his little waistcoat, gammy shoulder and ability to spark a reasoned 72-hour debate about a teamsheet between the Hack Pack and The Rest Of The Universe. The Fiver appreciates he’s doing a good job, but we don’t want to give him too much credit in case his head explodes from all the praise. Instead let’s turn our attention to Sam Allardyce, whose influence on England remains strong judging by their demolition of Panama, who were made to look like Arsenal trying to defend a Bolton corner in the early noughties. Hooray for Big Sam! It seems those two seconds of Allardycian coaching in 2016 really paid off! Hats off to the FA suits! They knew what they were doing all along.

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