Since the dawn of time the England set up has been dogged by medicore managers, and those who have failed to live up to their billing. Steve McClaren, Don Revie, Terry Venables, Glenn Hoddle, Sven, Fabio Capello. The notion that a foreign manager is the solution has been proven to be false, and it is also widely accepted that there isn't a good-enough English candidate. Whilst I don't doubt that 'arry could do a decent job, would his appointment not be a continuation of the lessons from which we should already have learned? I present to you my solution - A Joint Managerial Position. One of the weaknesses of our International Squad is the strength of our Domestic League; The Premiership is almost universally acknowledged as the greatest domestic league in modern day football (La Liga being a two-horse race, and Serie A being marred by corruption). Whilst this is a joy for the casual fan, it is to the detriment of of the national game, with the Premier League being dominated by foreign talent at the expense of home grown youngsters. This makes it all the more important that the England manger is able to work with, and understand the needs of our best domestic players - two heads are better than one. Another problem arising from having a single England manager is what I like to call "The Poisoned Chalice Effect"; by this I mean that taking the job often ends in disaster. If I can again refer to the example of Mr. Redknapp, it has to asked, what does he have to gain from taking over the reigns after the (clearly doomed) European Championships? At present he is in charge of one of the most exciting young sides in English Football, he stands a good chance of a European Adventure of his own and has the adoration of his fans - Why would he throw this away by taking on a potential career ender? Having two managers would avoid the need for a full time England Manager, leaving the candidate able to manage their domestic teams as well as the International Side. My third argument in favour of having dual-international-managers is simply that I do not believe there is an individual candidate who is able to, or be interested enough, turn around the fortunes of the floundering England Side. The best managers - Pep Guardiola, Jose Mourinho, Alex Fergusson - have no interest and nothing to gain from taking on the England Squad. Whilst on the flip side, the managers who would be interested in taking on the job - Harry Redknapp, David Moyes, Martin O'Neill, Roy Hodgeson - arguably lack the ability and/or experience to make the job a success. The question of who should manage the English Squad is problematic, and I would argue that it requires an "out of the box" solution - namely Harry Redknapp and Alan Pardew. God Save the Queen (and all that jazz). OTBC PC/CS
I nominate a pool of journalists from the Sun and talk sport since they seem to know everything and castigate anyone else.
I know where you're coming from. However, please tell me when a dual-management setup has worked. If you had two managers, namely Redknapp and Pardew, who are two big characters, there could be a massive difference of opinion when it comes to everything about managing England. From picking the squad to deciding who to bring on and off in matches and everything in-between. IMO, it would be disastrous. Sorry, PC.
I seem to recall Alan Curbishley and Steve Gritt worked well together at Charlton! Jones and Houlier we're crap at Liverpool though!
"A Novel Solution To The England Managerial Vacancy" I could probably write a novel about how boring the England Managers vacancy is
It's time the rules were changed so non English players could be picked for the glorious 3 lions. In fact, lets ban English players from playing for England, we could literally have a full on International squad of players. It would be great, the FA could then go back to focusing there attention on making money rather than pretending to know how to bring through good footballers. Sounds a great idea. Glad I thought of it. Anyone got Trevor Brookings number?
Here's a solution... employ the current Ipswich manager... it's worked twice already... ? Hmmm maybe not...
Don't think the manager choice is the problem... If we had a merit system whereby the best players were picked for England rather than a clique / old boys network of has-beens that couldn't care less, then it probably wouldn't matter which manager was in charge.
It was Evan's & Houllier - although you're right, they were ****! As for the England job, I think this ethos on an English manager is wrong. Capello's win ratio was immense, our best ever I think! We should have done more to keep him on, he should have had his shot at the euro's as for the next england manager... meh, I'm past caring... Give to Pickles The world cup finding dog
