Poll: Capello quits

[drunkenmaster]

Capello was being a tart, the fact that Terry IS a good defender but desparately needs a specific type of defender along side him. Him and Gallas was epic, maybe the best the league has seen, him and Rio practiced for England for a pretty long time, not at all bad, Terry and random different person every game for England, no where near as good, his lack of pace and lack of partnership made him look often poor.

Alongside the psychotic Luiz, he's looked pretty awful this season for both England and Chelsea.

It was time to dump him as a starter for England and pick a partnership that worked, though that did have potential to be Cahill/Terry IF they work well at Utd over time but again Capello should have established a CB partnership pretty much right after the last cup and stuck with it since, which would need to be a mix of reliably available, two players that compliment each other and who would fit the team.

Capello wanted to stick with the old choice who was underperforming and politically impossible.

Who knows who should get it, Hiddink has proven experience in internationals, is a great manager, which means FA will probably go for someone easily pliable who will pick the team everyone wants.... who knows what idiotic decision the FA will make.

 

[Tom84]

No I dont think Hiddink has a job at the moment. And why would the FA let Pearce takeover for the Euros and then give Redknapp the job? Surely they'd give it to Redknapp as soon as the season finishes.

Can he (Redknapp) really go into an international tournament with only possibly 1 or 2 friendlies under his belt? I dont think he can. When England inevitably crash out regardless of how long he's been in the job the daggers will be out for Redknapp should he be the guy in charge.

Much better to give him a good 2 years at the job before he has a major tournament to tackle.

 

[Purdy]

Ian Holloway anyone?

Or him for press conferences.

 

[Stretch]

It won't be entirely their decision but I can't see Levy allowing it or Redknapp attempting to push it through half way through the season.

owiiite levy, I'm off.

You can't honestly be suggesting that conversations haven't already been had with harry and all this happening on the day of his acquittal is a huge coincidence.

 

[Tom84]

Ian Holloway anyone?

YES!!

 

[johnyccc]

Please stop posting

The day anything you post made sense to me I suppose I would have to

 

[Psycho Ned]

Capello was a top manager but to be honest it never seemed to work with him and England, the world cup was a disaster no 2 ways about it.

Like Sven he's been good in the qualifiers getting England through with no bother but they play crap football and when they got to the big tournament they looked like they didn't have a clue.

Don't know if a deal can be sorted with Spurs to have Harry part time till the end of the season then bring him in full time, not like there is going to be many games between now and May to manage but does he really want the poison chalice of coming in to almost certain failure?

 

[Alpherah]

is it really a step down though? we were awful at the world cup and we're hardly great entertainment in qualifiers and friendlies.

too much dead wood, be ruthless, cut it out and have a bash. we have nothing to lose.

this does have all the signs of a eriksson>mcclaren capello>redknapp scenario though. the FA are utterly clueless at times and i wouldn't like to see redknapp crucified if he failed, however, if he gave the youngsters a chance (like he or whoever the replacement is) should do, atleast no one can knock them for trying.

67% win rate, higher then any other Eng manager.

 

[mike62]

Please God not 'Arry.

Go and get Hiddink, there are no English managers good enough.

 

[Bucket]

Holy image size.

Nevermind, ignore!

 

[cm1179]

67% win rate, higher then any other Eng manager.

but the world cup was diabolical and that's all that really matters

 

[Vespasian777]

Paul Gasgoine. With the current crop of players, it's going to be a miserable time anyway. May as well have someone with a sense of humour in charge.

 

[Alpherah]

Paul Gasgoine. With the current crop of players, it's going to be a miserable time anyway. May as well have someone with a sense of humour in charge.

maradonna ?

 

[Stretch]

67% win rate, higher then any other Eng manager.

Tbh, win rates don't mean much in a knock out comp. You need to be able to build team spirit for the few key games that matter. One of the best England manager we've had in recent times is Terry Venables for this very reason. He just worked as an England manager.

Brazil and other top teams often do badly in pre-comp build ups but the team spirit and form is always there come the games that matter.

 

[Andybtsn]

Probably been suggested already but I imagine they'll offer it to Redknapp just for the Euro's then discuss it full time after the tournament.

 

[BaZ87]

owiiite levy, I'm off.

You can't honestly be suggesting that conversations haven't already been had with harry and all this happening on the day of his acquittal is a huge coincidence.

I don't believe that there was an expectancy that Capello wouldn't be the manager until after the Euros, before the last week and I doubt there was any talks since. I'd be very surprised if Redknapp would walk away from Spurs before the summer.

Can he (Redknapp) really go into an international tournament with only possibly 1 or 2 friendlies under his belt? I dont think he can. When England inevitably crash out regardless of how long he's been in the job the daggers will be out for Redknapp should he be the guy in charge.

Much better to give him a good 2 years at the job before he has a major tournament to tackle.

Redknapp with no friendlies would be better than Pearce.

And in actual fact, I think the press will go easier on Redknapp if he took the job just before the Euros as there's the ready made excuse of building for the future.

edit: Sky are saying there's only 1 friendly before the end of the season. I can see it already, Pearce is going to be ****ing manager for the Holland game

 

[spudbynight]

I think that John Terry is a nasty oik. I think he is most likely guilty based on what I have read so far. However at this point he is still innocent until his guild it proven.

It is the role of the England manager to select a captain. The FA undermined Capello in this instance. I believe they made his position untenable and I support Capello 100% in this.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Capello bring a case of constructive dismissal against the FA.

I don't think that John Terry should necessarily be captain but I do believe it was Capello's call to make.

 

[McBain]

You can do although I said 6-10 names, not 6+10 names. I'm not convinced that many of them would want the job even if it was offered but for what it's worth they're all in there.



I reckoned this was probably in the joke category but I've added it anyway.

If I was to pick the person I thought had the best chance with England it would be Guus Hiddink for the reasons above but that's a different answer to who I think will get it, I'd suspect that's (definitely not dodgy, it was proved in a court of law) 'Arry.

14 gone for it as well, awesome.

 

[semi-pro waster]

Actually- There was no Stuart Pearce when I looked at the poll, I might change to him.

I don't know what poll you were looking at but he has always been in the poll here.

Out of the poll list, who's available right now? Benitez/Hiddink/Bruce? Hiddink on a short-term deal could be a good shout (but he'd probably want a longer contract).

Maybe but then again Russia and the Netherlands are the only international teams where Hiddink has stayed for more than a couple of years so I don't know if a short term deal would bother him all that much.

No I dont think Hiddink has a job at the moment. And why would the FA let Pearce takeover for the Euros and then give Redknapp the job? Surely they'd give it to Redknapp as soon as the season finishes.

Hiddink doesn't have a management job as far as I can tell, even going to the lengths of looking on Wikipedia doesn't suggest anything more although unlike England's probable next manager he does have a conviction for tax fraud.

 

[Rameses]

I think it should be Sir Alex Ferguson with Gary Neville & Paul Scholes as his assistants.