Talk of trouble at FA headquaters in soho square, Cappello fumming over the John Terry captain issue, lets just say he was to walk, who really could be the next England manager and take us into the euros full of confidence and pride? If old Arry gets done for his tax he will never be allowed to be the England boss so who is left? Whisper it around these parts but even old ex boss of ours has apparently been earmarked for an interview at least, Pards for england.. surely not so who else would a) take the job and b)the fans want. Im thinking of having a little punt of Chris Powell being the first Black england manager but not for sometime yet and think the odds would be pretty long so worth a cheeky fiver.
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I'm not a hater, and hate very few people, but I make an exception with Pardew.
Hope Harry gets it regardless.
There is no obvious choice.
If found not guilty, I expect him to be the next England Manager. If found guilty, the FA are going to have a tough old job on their hands.
Despite the FA saying they want the next manager to be English, can they honestly say that any English candidate would be good enough?
As an outside bet, what about Ars*ne Wenger? Hate the bloke with a passion but you cant deny what he's done for Ars*nal over the last decade. Ok, they're struggling a bit at the moment but he'd at least get the team playing football the way its supposed to be played. Unlike the football you'd have to watch under the likes of Pardew or Hodgson.
It did flash across my mind for a second our very own 'Chris', but he needs a couple of seasons in the championship to be considered.
Harry seems to divide everybody, and with the court case fresh in peoples mind, and his health cannot see him being considered as a serious candidate.
Pardew: well not for me, but has to be a candidate, people have short memories in football.
Curbs: Been out the game too long.
Moyes: A lot of people admire what he has done, but not for me again.
O'Neal: My bet
Probably an odds on bet.
It'll be whoever is flavour of the month - Keegan before, McLaren 6 years ago because Boro had a flukey UEFA Cup, Uncle Roy two years ago when Fulham got to the final of the Europa League, Harry recently, suddenly Pardew. They don't tend to look at a record over time very often.
Big picture I think Hodgson or O'Neill would be good choices, if Redknapp doesn't become a shoo-in (also think he'd do a decent job).
Should be an Englishman.
wheeler dealerclub manager looks more interesting.When Capello was handed the reins back in 2007 I thought the FA gave him instructions to groom an England manager of the future which is why we saw Pearce included as part of his coaching staff along with his under 21 role.
Personally I think Pearce is tactically inept as his brief spells of club management proved but wouldn’t be surprised if the FA go down this route
Erikssen was a mile better than Keegan or McLaren, for example, Trapattoni is doing a lot better with Ireland than Kerr....
I'd rather we gave it to a good foreigner than an average Englishman too, I could imagine old 'Arry would try and play people like Arteta 'cos 'e's practically English ain't 'e?'
DId decently at Inter. Organises teams well and simply, which is important in international football - Harry being good in the trasfer market wouldn't help here.
1. Leave Spurs when you have qualified for the Champions League and are now considered genuine title contenders, to take the England job and try and win the World Cup...in Brazil which there is absolutely no chance of happening.
2. Stay at Spurs for another two years and take the job after the 2014 World Cup when England have been knocked out of the group stages and after you may have won a league title with Spurs.
In short, he has more chance of winning something with Spurs over the next two years than he does with England.
Also, where has this myth of 'Arry playing a blinder in the transfer market come from (his mates in the media???). The truth is if you sign enough players at least some of them will come good by the law of averages. If they don't he moves them on and gets in another one. To be frank we could all spend shed loads of someone elses money doing that.
Ask a West Ham fan if the rubbish he brought in was money well spent and I think you'd get a different view.
I cant think of any English manager who has a better record.
The only man who has ever won a Tournament for us was Alf Ramsay, think about him as a character and then don't write off Roy Hodgson too easily.
It is a difficult job - the English press and public expect the national team to do well (if not win!), whereas we all know that this country produces one or two true world class players each generation. Each new crop of hopefuls gets found out when they come up against a team of real world class players.
Hodgson could be a good choice - he's used to working with players of limited ability. The problem with top club managers is that they're used to being able to buy their way out of trouble - sadly it's not possible for the England manager to slip Portugal a few mil to buy Ronaldo.
foreigner.....Dick Advocaat