<s>Argentina</s>
<s>Australia</s>
<s>Brazil</s>
<s>Côte d'Ivoire</s>
<s>Japan</s>
<s>England</s>
<s>Ghana</s>
<s>Germany</s>
North Korea
<s>Slovakia</s>
<s>Mexico</s>
<s>Netherlands</s>
<s>New Zealand</s>
<s>Paraguay</s>
<s>Portugal</s>
<s>Uruguay</s>
<s>Spain</s>
<s>Chile</s>
<s>I'm American and I don't understand this sport. Therefore U-S-A! U-S-A!</s>
<s>Obligatory some other team joke option</s>
'You think a manager is defined by his success abroad or at club level'
Er...yeah I do actually.
England haven't won anything in over 40 years, and haven't even made a European Championship final (something the likes of Belgium, Denmark and Greece have managed). There's a problem somewhere, and it's far more deep-rooted than a lack of 'passion'. Expecting a complete novice like Shearer to come in and improve things is ludicrous.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
'You think a manager is defined by his success abroad or at club level'
LOL what? Yes ofc.
That was a really frustrating game to watch for me just now.
Australia's chances of progression are pretty much shot now. =(
It was the Kewell sending off that changed things, the worst thing for Australia is they should have cleared the ball before it happened.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Let me make that clearer.Originally Posted by Cuchulainn
You think that an international manager, which has to then manage England, is defined by his record abroad or at club level.
No. It doesn't work that way. You can't just plonk any old manager into the job of ENGLAND MANAGER. Every country has their own set way of playing the game and of what they are comfortable with.
Sven and Capello are both
a. Good managers ar club level
b. Foreigners
They do not place passion or confidence into the side and they do not organise the team around what WORKS FOR ENGLISH PLAYERS. Being foreign they also don't speak english well enough to communicate properly. Capello comes across as someone who just isn't clued up enough to get the squad in the dressing room and kick start them into action. I am sure for his own country hew could do infinitely better.
If you know anything about football you will know 2 things:
a. Club managing and International managing are not the same
b. Different countries' playing styles are not the same.
So, again, if you place Capello or Sven in the England team you are asking for disappointment. I said this before Sven and before Capello.
The only foreign manager with the ability and the brains and the attitude to make England succeed is Jose Mourinho. Other than that, we need an English manager, someone like Shearer. We have tried it your way and it ain't workin'.
I'm telling you now, if you appoint Shearer you have your worst international record.
No experience. Maybe as a coach, comeone to grab people by the balls. But he's tactically naive.
and I am telling you that he wouldn't be as bad as Capello, nor would Stuart Pearce. It isn't possible to be this bad. let's give it a try eh, plus it won't cost us millions a year.
you need to stop blaming every coach that comes in. Work it out. How mayne coaches have failed? Maybe it's not the coach but the individuals.
>>> I want a Vuvuzela..
>> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..
You're saying England suck because they are managed by johnny foreigner? Wow. Steve McClaren?
And Sven was from Sweden!! They speak English better than most English people!
OK let's make a few points here:
- Eriksson spoke perfect English, better English than Keegan probably
- Capello did very well in qualification, England stuffed Croatia twice, so it's not like he's been completely inept with England
- Eriksson got to three quarter-finals, a better record than many England managers have achieved. Especially considering England have only got the past the QF stage at a major tournament four times (and two of those were with Alf Ramsey)
- Nearly all the English managers are pretty rubbish at the moment. Redknapp? Allardyce? Shearer?! (who isn't even a manager). The idea of these guys leading England to a World Cup is a laughable.
- We haven't tried it 'my' way. We've only ever tried it your way because that's what the media here always demand. And it hasn't ever worked.
This Denmark v Cameroon game has the advantage of both teams needing to win. It's an odd one though, periods of tedium punctuated by periods of mad action, with some relly bad defensive mistakes (especially for the Cameroon goal). But the mistakes have helped make the game interesting, and Cameroon look a lot better compared to the team that lost to Japan.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
No!>>> I want a Vuvuzela..
Great game just then.
Last edited by Cuchulainn; 06-19-2010 at 09:23 PM.
I will blame the last 3 coaches just as I did BEFORE they were appointed. Sven, Mclaren and Capello are not good ENGLAND managers.
I have told you who I would be happy to see and if that didn't work I would not blame the manager as I would have no reason to. I have been consistent from the start.
When Capello was doing ok in Qualification everyone was happy, I wasn't because I knew he was not right man for the job.
Work it out. Despite this, and no thanks to him, I still believe England will beat Slovenia.
The FA should clearly have consulted you before appointing any England manager.
"Excuse me Miss, do you like pineapple?"
Alan Shearer as England manager?!?!?! Although judging by yesterday's performance, England can't get much worse
But something has gone seriously awry in the England camp lately. A player like Wayne Rooney who has been in form for club and nation does not suddenly regress into a bit-part player in a week or two. And the team as a whole looks completely different to the team that was playing in the qualifiers.
But it seems to happen every major tournament. I think England were weakened because they didn't have Hargreaves (who seemingly always plays well for England), but there just seems to be this mental collapse by English players come tournament time. It is really bizarre.
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