Mark Sampson believes he and Sam Allardyce can drive the England national teams to success by clubbing together to share expertise.
Both managers have offices at the Football Association's secluded St George's Park nerve centre in rural Staffordshire, with Allardyce selecting the training headquarters as his main base ahead of Wembley.
And having already struck up a firm bond, Sampson says his England women and Allardyce's England men can benefit from the tight-knit coaching community at the sprawling £105million facility.
The Lionesses finished third at the World Cup in Canada last year, surpassing the effort of every men's England team since Alf Ramsey's men's 1966 triumph.
Allardyce has barely had his feet under the desk since stepping in after Roy Hodgson's resignation, but already Sampson has seen plenty of the former Bolton, West Ham and Sunderland boss, and certainly enough to appreciate what leading England means to the 61-year-old.
Sampson and his staff, together with Allardyce, assistant Sammy Lee and goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson, boast a wealth of highly diverse experience, meaning a hive mind culture could develop and bring results.
"Me and the guys have spent a lot of time with the two Sams - Big Sam and Little Sam as we call them," Sampson said.
"They're two really good football people. It's been great to meet Margs (Martyn Margetson) as well, the goalkeeping coach.
"And I think the FA now within these four walls of St George's Park are really developing a good team spirit where we're all in together.
"I think the men's and women's game are probably as close as they've ever been in terms of connecting and the work we do and learning from each other, so we're going to keep doing that."
What has struck Sampson most is Allardyce's enthusiasm, which he hopes can be sustained by positive results on the pitch.
England's men start their World Cup qualifying campaign against Slovakia on Sunday, September 4, with Allardyce taking charge for the first time.
"I've been delighted to welcome Sam, it's been refreshing actually to see how excited someone of Sam's experience has been to be given the opportunity to be England manager," Sampson said.
"I was gutted for Roy, because Roy was really good with us. He was a great guy and unfortunately it didn't work in the summer, but we're wishing Sam all the best.
"We just hope they go and win some football matches."
Source: PA
