Quote Originally Posted by seiferalmasy2 View Post
Let me make that clearer.

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'.
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.