Who, in your opinion should take over from Hodgson? If I'm honest, I can't think of anyone, but possibly Shearer has a shout, he certainly doesn't lack passion.
Stuart Pearce. We need someone who cares whether we win. And even though his club management career didn't go too well, he did really well with the U21s. I can't see him picking out of form or injured players on reputation or name either. He'd put out a team to win.
He may have the passion but can he motivate? Can he command respect? Can he manage egos? I didn't think Roy could do any of the above. That's why 'The Special One' and those from his ink, can achieve. We don't necessarily need a big name, just someone who can, 'make it happen'. As I've mention on another thread, England has always had the players, just not the manager.
The bloke is a serial loser, no thanks. missed pen in italia90 - lost with England U21 - crap manager at his club Forest. seriously are we being silly? He is not very intelligent and comes across when i see him on TV as a dinosaur. We need a young manager like the bloke at Bournemouth.
Seriously? You don't want him because he missed a penalty twentysix years ago? He did very well with the U21s - certainly better than the senior side have done. And Club management is a very different job. At International level you don'tneed to worry about player egos, wages, agents, chairmen, 'directors of football' - just pick the best eligible team.
Antonio Conte Diego Simeone Jurgen Klopp People who make players play for them, and make them love putting everything on the line, every game. People who have a plan, a style and the ability to implement it. People who don't give a **** about egos. People who connect with the fans without trying. At least the next bloke can sit down with this squad and say 'face it, you're ****, no matter how much you are paid and how many goldiggers throw themselves at you in nightclubs. If you don't follow what I tell you to do to the letter, you are out." Big contrast between the two panels of pundits used by the BBC yesterday. Shearer, Ferdinand and Jenas were obviously as upset as the rest of us, even more so in the case of Shearer, and sounding off. Earlier in the day, for the Italy v Spain game they had Vialli, Henry and Kompany, talking clearly and enthusiastically about what they were seeing and explaining it lucidly. In a second language. Kompany (a current player for ****s sake!) said 'the Italians have developed a system with fits with their culture'. This may be wrong, it may be bollocks, it may be meaningless, but how many British managers, pundits or players could even form a concept like that? Harry Redknapp? Arrigo Sacchi, a mad genius, once said "I'm the director of an opera. I allocate the roles, but the players have to interpret them". If you allowed English players to do this you'd think you were staging Aida and end up with a village hall version of Mamma Mia.
These Stuart Pearce suggestions are ridiculous, why not go back to Keegan if we don't need to worry about anythting other selecting a team and motivating them, hell why not Tony Robbins then?? The best man for the job is Hoddle, has been for years but has probably been out of coaching for too long now but would certainly do a better job than any on the "favourites" list at the moment. Lets be honest, the sweet FA will go with Southgate and it will be another 4 years wasted. England do have some good young players, defensively we're shocking (don't get me started on that useless sack of **** Smalling), but those young players need to be playing Champions League football on a regular basis and with the way the Premier League is set up, it's very difficult to achieve that. We need to get away from the older style of management and trust a young manager with fresh, modern, ideas with a young, fresh, modern, squad. Eddie Howe would be a very good shout, so would Brendan Rogers but it will be Southgate, we'll get through qualifiers and then fail miserably again in 2 and 4 years time. Sad, sad times.
We Should boycott the next Russian and Qatari world cups on the grounds of homophobia it will save getting excited and then let down again
Nope, best England manager in the past 40 years. Had us playing in a system and stuck with it, wasn't affraid to make big decisions (leave out Gazza, drop Beckham). It was only his ridiculous, off the field, beliefs that were his downfall. But as I said, he's probably been out of the loop too long now so would go for a young manager with new ideas. But hey, you want Stuart Pearce......
Better than Venables? Better than Bobby Robson? Did you hear Hoddle on the commentary last night? He was decent 15 years ago, but has no minerals.
