Date: 7th October 2016 at 7:22pm
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Sam Allardyce will go down in the history books as the most successful England manager ever, winning 100% of his games in charge.

However, his reign ended swiftly and in disgrace after just 67 days due to an undercover sting by The Telegraph, but just how would the Three Lions of fared under the guise of Big Sam?

Well, there is no sure-fire way of finding out what could have been, however, our friends over at Football Manager have the tools to give us the most accurate answer, so we’ve asked them to have a look into the future for us and find out.

The most prominent target for any England manager is the next major tournament, so we’re going to take you through exactly what happened to Big Sam’s side across the 2018 Russia World Cup qualifiers and then, should they get their, the finals themselves.

Lets start where the former West Ham and Sunderland boss left off then, the qualifiers.

Raheem Sterling was the top performer during the qualifiers - Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

Raheem Sterling was the top performer during the qualifiers – Photo: Simon Stacpoole / Offside.

Allardyce’s England progressed through their qualifying group with relative ease, dropping points only to rivals Scotland in a 2-1 defeat at Hampden Park and Slovenia in a 1-1 draw in Ljubljana.

The top performer over the qualifying campaign was Raheem Sterling with a 7.22 average rating but Harry Kane top scores with 6 goals, whilst the highlight of the ten game campaign was an 8-0 thrashing of Malta, no pressure for Saturday, Gareth.

The finals in Russia awaited and the Three Lions, who had been drawn in a group alongside Chile, Morocco and Japan.

Same old England - Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

Same old England – Photo: Marc Atkins / Offside.

It was a case of Groundhog Day for England as an underwhelming tournament saw them sent packing at the first hurdle, failing to make it out of the group. A defeat to Chile, a draw with Morocco and a 1-0 win over Japan are not enough to get Allardyce’s side into the next round.

Harry Kane top scored with 2 goals for his country as Eric Dier was England’s most consistent performer, notching up a 7.33 average rating over the three matches.

So, it seems that the appointment of a no-nonsense Englishman was not a touch of genius and, in the light of all that has happened over the last couple of weeks, The FA were, for once, spot on in their decision to sack the disgraced former Bolton boss after all, good riddance.

 
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