Sam Allardyce wants England to use the bitter experience of their Euro 2016 failure to inspire a turnaround on the road to the 2018 World Cup.
Allardyce was confirmed as Roy Hodgson s successor in the England hotseat on Friday, agreeing a two-year deal with the Football Association.
Despite the job increasingly being viewed as a poisoned chalice, the 61-year-old said he cannot stop smiling after winning a post he missed out on in 2006.
Far from wishing to bury the memory of a humiliating last-16 loss against Iceland, Allardyce wants this humbling setback to inspire his players when they begin their Russia 2018 qualifying campaign against Slovakia in September.
First and foremost it s about regaining a little bit of confidence they might have lost after …