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Should the next England Football manager be an Englishman just because of his ethnicity, or the best man for the job?
(No English manager has ever won the English Premiership since its inception).
(No English manager has ever won the English Premiership since its inception).
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yes Gromit
as long as the manager meets the job spec - i.e. he knows all the words of the National Anthem and can and does sing them in a proper English accent each England match and is prepared to wear a John Bull outfit at all times ?
"Its just this dam Soccerball we seem to be terminally sh1te at! "
Geezer, i have always thought myself that the participating teams in the soccerland world cup should be limited to just to those nations who can play rugby or cricket properly #
rowanwitch - best man for the job is a woman
as long as the manager meets the job spec - i.e. he knows all the words of the National Anthem and can and does sing them in a proper English accent each England match and is prepared to wear a John Bull outfit at all times ?
"Its just this dam Soccerball we seem to be terminally sh1te at! "
Geezer, i have always thought myself that the participating teams in the soccerland world cup should be limited to just to those nations who can play rugby or cricket properly #
rowanwitch - best man for the job is a woman
as long as the manager meets the job spec - i.e. he knows all the words of the National Anthem and can and does sing them in a proper English accent each England match and is prepared to wear a John Bull outfit at all times ?
AOG is your man, then. Couldn't do any wose than Fabio, and he'd have less time to read the Mail.
AOG is your man, then. Couldn't do any wose than Fabio, and he'd have less time to read the Mail.
Whilst one is not allowed to choose the best players for the job, they have to be the right nationality, I don't see why the manager should be different. Same arguments apply to both. If the manager isn't English then presumably we can go scour Europe, South America and elsewhere for our England team too.
joeluke
Where would you look for a English Manager?
Many of the other managers at this World Cup have been successful managing club sides full of foreigners. Spain's manager previously managed a Real Madrid side full of foreigners, Carlos Queiroz, Portugals Manager, cut his teeth at Manchester United.
Where would you look for a English Manager?
Many of the other managers at this World Cup have been successful managing club sides full of foreigners. Spain's manager previously managed a Real Madrid side full of foreigners, Carlos Queiroz, Portugals Manager, cut his teeth at Manchester United.
It has to be an Englishman who is used to dealing with English players - Roy Hodgson and Harry Redknapp would be on my list
Surely one of the basics of managing the England football team has to be the ability to speak English.......Capello only has a very limited grasp of English
Succesful foreign managers are not always successful in English football.......remember when England wanted to appoint Luiz Felipe Scolari? He won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, and reached the Euro 2004 final and 2006 World Cup semi final when in charge of Portugal. He turned down the England job and took over as Chelsea manager. He lasted 7 months at Chelsea before being sacked.
Which brings up another point......successful international managers do not always make successful club managers, and vice versa
Surely one of the basics of managing the England football team has to be the ability to speak English.......Capello only has a very limited grasp of English
Succesful foreign managers are not always successful in English football.......remember when England wanted to appoint Luiz Felipe Scolari? He won the World Cup with Brazil in 2002, and reached the Euro 2004 final and 2006 World Cup semi final when in charge of Portugal. He turned down the England job and took over as Chelsea manager. He lasted 7 months at Chelsea before being sacked.
Which brings up another point......successful international managers do not always make successful club managers, and vice versa
// successful international managers do not always make successful club managers, and vice versa //
I believe Hodgson has managed the National sides of Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates with zilch success, so is an ideal candidate for England Manager.
As for Rednapp, his only bit of silverware is a "Droopy the Dog" lookalike competition runner-up medal 1998.
Rednapp
http://go.butler.edu/...0.00.60.86/droopy.jpg
Droopy the Dogg
http://i.telegraph.co...redknapp_1400940c.jpg
I believe Hodgson has managed the National sides of Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates with zilch success, so is an ideal candidate for England Manager.
As for Rednapp, his only bit of silverware is a "Droopy the Dog" lookalike competition runner-up medal 1998.
Rednapp
http://go.butler.edu/...0.00.60.86/droopy.jpg
Droopy the Dogg
http://i.telegraph.co...redknapp_1400940c.jpg
