It's Capello..

[Gmart]

Not speaking much English and thus ignoring the press would be a good idea. The press in the UK should be tackled, I don't see why it is in the public interest to hound these people.

 

[Sunray]

He would be my hero forever for winning the WC for nothing else but not seeing the WC 66 team rolled out every fucking 4 years.

Unfortunately on previous results, I will have to wait till they all die and the BBC and ITV archives burn down.

 

[stupid kid]

we will win nothing with him in charge , if you disagree put your money were you mouth is and bet me , drop me a pm we can sort a long term bet out through a 3rd party . i no i will be right do you ?

If he only gets one crack of the whip (2010) then I'd it's extremely unlikely he'll win anything. It's a cup competition anyway, even if Capello gets England playing some decent stuff, which I suspect he will, you can't just turn up to any given world cup and expect to win it all, regardless of talent or highly paid managers, you should only expect the team to play well and hope luck plays a part in them going all the way.

 

[Prince Rhyus]

3) This is a catastrophic blow to the glamour model industry. How are they going to survive if all of these premiership footballers start getting their acts together, start avoiding nightclubs and end up at art galleries and the theatre? Without the opportunity to snare footballers in nightclubs, there's going to be a huge downturn in the revenues of nightclubs and a downturn in the amount of glamour girls getting paid for kiss and tell stories. That means less money spent on dresses and shoes in shops! This could be the thing that precipitates a downturn in the economy!

Glamour model and PR agencies need to come up with a strategy on how to deal with all of this. Do they look towards another sport? Rugby, Polo and Cricket are taken, though there are one or two cricket boys with a penchant for drinking and glamour girls. Do they go for soap stars or reality TV stars? It's an option.

Well glamour girl Gail is most upset and distraught that no one is interested in the plight of glamour models everywhere and that this could precipitate the downward spiral in the fortunes of glamour models nationwide.

 

[The Black Hand]

How long before some tabloid is screaming " CRAPELLO" at us?

As it goes it is an ok choice, I think he will do very well. I am sure he has the knowledge and tactical acumen to succeed whereas English managers do not (at the minute).

 

[The Pious Pawn]

Look at the whole scenario like this , Capello is a instant fix . He is not going to address the state of english football the fact that many kids can not use both feet or do not have the technical ability to pass a ball first time trap pass in one fluid movement or hold onto the ball under pressure and then play there way out of pressure . With the money they are wasteing on Capello you could have have hired 100 top class coachs and with further money start addressing the issues i have raised . english football is in a deep dark mire , They was a time when i was a nipper when we ruled the world at football (club) playing the English way .

Football is a simple game based on the giving and taking of passes, of controlling the ball and of making yourself available to receive a pass. It is terribly simple. Bill Shankly


Also Glenn Hoddle was on £150 000 a year and in my opinion was the last manager since Robson to actually raise the profile of the English game .

 

[g force]

Lets look at the possible English candidates:

O'Neil: did well at Wycombe, Leicester and Celtic.
Redknapp:
Pearce:
Southgate:
Brooking...err...no
Adams: no experience
Shearer: Twat and no experience
Jewell: Rubbish

And compare that to a man who's won 9 domestic titles. Yeah the English candidates were really shouting "quality"

 

[Jografer]

Capello's a good choice, good record (although in league not KO comps) but he is still stuck with the 'golden generation' players,& you can't turn donkeys into thoroughbreds however good a coach.....

Also £4M+ pa is way over the top, compared to any other international manager..... because the FA were desperate, & rushed a decision they had no need to rush ( England's first competitive match will be next August at the earliest).

.... but I suppose if Capello's tactical & strategic ability is demonstrated by the way he milked the FA's fools then there's hope I guess....

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Sorry I disagree. We;re looking at, essentially, a collection of good players who have no fucking clue how to play together. Not donkeys. Capello wouldn't have taken the job if he hadn't believed that. IMO.

 

[g force]

I think England have 3 world class players if they play to their potential - Rooney, Terry and Gerrard. When any of those 3 are missing England look suspect.

When Sven's Plan A didn't work he lacked the players to switch gears. Hoofing it to Crouch isn't going to ever win a competition. McLaren was just tactically inept.

Capello isn't but there's still problems IMO. There were signs that the Gerrard-Barry midfield partnership worked well - England's problem is a total lack of creativity out wide and a lack of pace to move up a gear when it's needed. I can't think of a single England player int he current quad who could go round a decent defender.

I hope for England's sake Capello starts over but I suspect you'll see the same 7 or 8 players starting games.

 

[bluestreak]

Don't really know much about football.

But one that could speak english, has proven track record of results and respect of players n pundits ..

Possibly the special Jose one .. don't know why that negotiation stopped, perhaps there is a valid reason .. Scolari ? not perhaps does not want it ..

Me I just get dissapointed when england play, all those multimillionaire footballers who cant seem to beat any team, even struggle against teams of part time firemen and policemen. Why are they paid all that money I wonder.

Often just a disgrace to the nation !!

I don't know what I'm talking about but this is my uninformed opinion and I will NOT BE SILENCED!!!!!1oneone!

 

[Dr. Furface]

Apart from the fact that none of the proposed English managers have the necessary qualities for the job from a football perspective, the fact is that they're all bloody boring, with the possible exception of Redknapp, but he's an idiot.

At least with Capello there is a frisson of excitement about the appointment, a leap in the dark, a sense of adventure and new possibilities. And above all else, it's the excitement and anticipation that makes football so addictive.

 

[The Pious Pawn]

This man know's his mushrooms , Quick fixs are not what we need .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7137071.stm

 

[bluestreak]

What I'd give for Trev's wife to let him become a manager. He'd be a fucking legend at West Ham.

 

[stavros]

Apart from the fact that none of the proposed English managers have the necessary qualities for the job from a football perspective, the fact is that they're all bloody boring, with the possible exception of Redknapp, but he's an idiot.

As I stated a few times on this and other threads, Roy Hodgson more than meets the standards, with both international and top club experience, along with massive respect within the game.

 

[Sunray]

As I stated a few times on this and other threads, Roy Hodgson more than meets the standards, with both international and top club experience, along with massive respect within the game.

He's pretty much given up Managing as far as I can see.

I'd say he'd have a reasonable stab at the job, but if he was interested he'd have been mentioned. No sure he's even interested in the UK let alone managing the national side.

 

[stupid kid]

He's pretty much given up Managing as far as I can see.

I'd say he'd have a reasonable stab at the job, but if he was interested he'd have been mentioned. No sure he's even interested in the UK let alone managing the national side.

Didn't he get Blackburn relegated a few years back?

 

[stavros]

He's pretty much given up Managing as far as I can see.

I'd say he'd have a reasonable stab at the job, but if he was interested he'd have been mentioned. No sure he's even interested in the UK let alone managing the national side.

He's just left the Finland post (they finished third in their group too) to take a director of football-style role at Inter, who he used to manage. From what I read, he seemed to insinuate that he was open to offers for future international roles. I think the reason he was mentioned or considered was that he isn't a "celebrity" manager that the tabloid press baye for, and the FA obey Murdoch et al's every order. I think appointing someone as experienced and respected by those in the game as Hodgson may have gone some way to diffuse the tabloid control.

It's interesting that so few of both English managers and players ever go abroad these days. Players such as Platt, Ince, Waddle, Lineker, Barnes, etc certainly learned a lot from their experience on the continent, but no one these days seems to want to follow their path. None of Beckham, Owen or Woodgate could be classed as successes or greatly improved by their overseas adventures. Is it because of money that they stay here? It seems that if they were to go abroad they'd only go to those clubs who could match their wages, yet they're less likely to play as Owen found. Platt seemed to have the best route, starting off at relatively small Bari and working up to Juventus via Sampdoria, and he was arguably the best all-round English midfielder of the 90s.

Anyway, not much of that is really relevent to the thread topic so I'll stop there.