Who do you think will be new England boss?

[joey55]

English football needs a total shake up.

From the FA, to the manager, all the way down to how we coach our youth teams.

The FA need to have people on the board who understand about football, and have been there and done it, not just financial astute pen pushers.

The Premiership needs to start playing more home grown talent, to enable a bigger pool of talent for the National manager to pick from.
A cap should be brought in to help the National team become better.

The stats from last season about how many foreigners played in 4 of the biggest leagues are as follows:-

England - 59% of the Premiership consisted of Foreigners.
Germany - 50% of the Bundesliga consisted of Foreigners.
Spain - 38% of La Liga was foreigners.
Italy - 30% of Serie A were from abroad.

* Add also European cup winners AC Milan consisted of 7 home grown players.
* World Cup winners Italy, had 2 players in their winning squad that played outside of Serie A, the rest played in Italy.

All Nations abroad seem technically better, and are able to keep the ball.
England need to start bringing up our youth teams, and coach them on a more European style.

These days at Younger levels, you have either got to be an outstanding talent to make it through the system, otherwise its players that are bigger, and stronger that mostly are picked.

The new England manager, needs to be someone that is his own man, won't bow down to media and FA pressure and play the players, system he thinks best suits.

A manager that is tactically astute, and able to get the best out of the players he has available.

My choice would be Capello, Mourinho or Hiddink.

But don't tactically astute coaches prefer tactically astute players? It's not just our general technique and skill that differs to the countries you've mentioned, but our football culture and approach to the game. Tactics, as in the European sense, just aren't part of the British game. The French league is comparitively an untactical league compared to the rest of Europe, but Adel Taarabt recently described French football as a "chess match" compared to England. The Lampard/Gerrard partnership is a prime example of the difference between how European and Britsh players are developed. They simply don't have the tactical awareness or disicpline to play together. European posters on here have in the past spoken about "role speacialists," which is something we don't really have in the English game. To me the idea of Cappello working with the England team is just a match made in hell. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say there is litterally zero on his CV that even hints he'd be the right man for England. The other 2 I'd be much happier with, though feel they'd be idiots to take the job.

 

[roguepsi]

I actually think the FA will drag this out forever, perhaps until after the European Championships. Then their man will be out of contract.

 

[SpurSince57]

According to the Beeb Mourinho has said he's not interested. This doesn't surprise me; he's given no obvious indication of being clinically mad.

Have we really progressed since the Hungarians mullered us in 1953?

 

[Beni]

But don't tactically astute coaches prefer tactically astute players? It's not just our general technique and skill that differs to the countries you've mentioned, but our football culture and approach to the game. Tactics, as in the European sense, just aren't part of the British game. The French league is comparitively an untactical league compared to the rest of Europe, but Adel Taarabt recently described French football as a "chess match" compared to England. The Lampard/Gerrard partnership is a prime example of the difference between how European and Britsh players are developed. They simply don't have the tactical awareness or disicpline to play together. European posters on here have in the past spoken about "role speacialists," which is something we don't really have in the English game. To me the idea of Cappello working with the England team is just a match made in hell. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say there is litterally zero on his CV that even hints he'd be the right man for England. The other 2 I'd be much happier with, though feel they'd be idiots to take the job.

I agree that tactical astute managers need tactical astute players, which England seem to lack.

But, you have to start somewhere, if the players are incappable of adapting to tactics like you say, you still need a manager that will pick the right players for the occassion, make changes at the right times in a game, able to adapt and change tactics and players, in various situations.

This is why, a European approach needs to be introduced steaming right down to youth level.

I say Capello, because he is a winner, he knows what it takes to manage a team and win things.
Like his style or not, he won't be ordered around by the FA, or pressurised in playing or dropping players by the media.

He has a strong character, and will certainly crush some egos that need it in the England setup.

My main choice, if available though, would be Hiddink.

 

[antthe]

i would give Redknap a go although i think Mourino would be good but im old fashioned and would prefer someone English

 

[KentuckyYid]

I still think numpties at the FA will bring in Les Reed.

 

[LSUY]

but the FA are like the media and club boards, in that they rarely look past the basics on the CV.

When did this development happen? I thought the FA did ip dip to decide the next manager. So there is actually some logic behind the FA's appointments. Who knew? :shrug:

 

[we_all_loved_freund]

I dont care that he's German, it has to be Klinsman...

 

[we_all_loved_freund]

I've just realised from my user name and my comment that makes me lok German Just to add... I'm not!!

 

[DJS]

Me! :up:

 

[DJS]

I've just realised from my user name and my comment that makes me lok German Just to add... I'm not!!

Vot? :wink:

 

[NickHSpurs]

Go for Jurgen I say!

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12010_2917521,00.html

:wink:

 

[joey55]

When was the last time a host nation didn't do well at a WC? Klinsmann proved to be a pretty average coach for most of his time in charge of Germany and a majority of fans wanted him to be fired. Even England made the 1/2 finals and won the only 2 tournamments hosted by them.

 

[N10toN17]

It seems the media, the F.A and alot of supporters think that bringing in the best coach/ manager in the world, (whoever that may be), will solve our problems, they won't, it's head in the sand stuff, just more short term thinking that has left English football in mediocre land for 40 odd years.

We need a whole sea change in our thinking and it needs to start at grass roots.

As far as the coach/ manager position goes, I personally agree with Gareth Southgate, that all managers and staff at international level should come from the country itself, ie for England all Englishmen. This would for example have stopped Hiddink managing South korea and Russia and I agree with that, a distinct difference should be made between club football, (no national boundaries), and international football, set boundaries.

So if we choose an Englishman, I'd pick Glenn Hoddle.

 

[yanno]

Capello would be great. Not because England would start winning - they wouldn't. But at least he'd kick some overpaid, smug, holier-than-thou egos, and have the bottle to drop them as and when they weren't delivering. For the first time in living memory, the players would know who the boss was.

Also, he'd simply give the middle finger to the English press.

But on 3 days preparation for 6 matches a year, he'd have minimal chance of delivering a coherent team that played with the spirit and understanding of a top club side. And in that sense, he'd be in the same boat as every candidate.

As for the reorganisation of the English game, that is surely the job of the FA and has very little to do with the coach of the national side.

 

[PT]

Gerrarrd Houllier may be an option to consider. An admiited anglophile, knows our game and is a decent technical coach.

 

[dontcallme]

The England team isn't as good as we'd like it to be but we do have enough good players to qualify in groups like we just had.

Goalkeepers: Robinson, James, Foster, Carson. No one top quality but Robbo can hopefully get back to the top of his game. He's very experienced for his age at all levels.

Defence: Richards, Terry, Rio, Sol, A Cole, King, G Neville, Shorey, Bridge, Carragher. We have plenty of options in defence and as always with England we are still very strong in this area.

Midfield: Lampard, Gerrard, J Cole, SWP, Lennon, Bentley, Beckham, Hargreaves, Carrick, Barry, Downing. Lampard and Gerrard are two of the best in the world and we have a great mix of youth and experience and players who can cover a varety of roles.

Strikers: Owen, Rooney, Ashton, Bent, Crouch. Rooney and Owen and top quality while Ashton I think will be if he can stay injury free. Crouch offers a different option and has a very good record and Bent has been a prolific striker since starting at Ipswich through to U21 and Charlton.

So while i don't think we're as strong as Brazil, Portugal or Italy we have a lot of quality players to choose from. We need a manager who is strong enough to drop one of our best players to make us into a stronger team. As a partnership i think Ashton and Owen might work the best out of our options and our midfield needs to drop either Gerrard or Lampard despite them being two of our best players.

Harry Redknapp has years of experience and done a great job at West Ham (got relegated once he left) and turned POrtmsouth first into a Premier league team and is now turning them into a major force. Players seem to respect him, he deals with the media superbly (can't see him getting caught with secretaries and minor celebrities), and he knows how to put a team together. He wouldn't hesitate to drop anyone with the wrong attitude. There's nothing starry about him, he is down to earth and isn't a yes man.

He's definitely my choice.

 

[antthe]

Harry Redknapp has years of experience and done a great job at West Ham (got relegated once he left) and turned POrtmsouth first into a Premier league team and is now turning them into a major force. Players seem to respect him, he deals with the media superbly (can't see him getting caught with secretaries and minor celebrities), and he knows how to put a team together. He wouldn't hesitate to drop anyone with the wrong attitude. There's nothing starry about him, he is down to earth and isn't a yes man.

He's definitely my choice.

:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

 

[KentuckyYid]

Anybody else think Harry would have his favourites like Fat Lamps etc? I don't think Harry would do a better job than McClown to be honest.

England manager really is a poisoned chalice but the one man I think could do a good job there is Martin Jol with Hughton and his notepad at his side...

 

[LSUY]

It looks like Benitez will be available soon now that he has come out and said that Liverpool's owners don't know how the January transfer window works.