The reaction will be as predictable as it is meaningless.
If England beats Slovakia in Trnava on Sunday, then Sam Allardyce will be a better manager than Roy Hodgson, whose team drew 0-0 with them at Euro 2016. Well done to the Football Association for appointing Big Sam.
Should England's opening 2018 World Cup qualifying game end in another draw it will be a case of same old, same old. Or in the tabloids, Sam old, Sam old.
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