I'll take your word for the FIFA ranking but that's some achievement to given that all he actually done was get them to the knock out stages of the 94 World Cup.
Cool, this is Switzerland we are talking about, Hodgeson did hugely well with them at the time.
And getting Blackburn to 6th with the squad they had wasn't an achievement. They won the League 2 seasons earlier and he had an incredibly costly Blackburn squad last in the League when he was finally sacked.
No, but a couple of seasons a go Chelsea were challenging for the title, Woy might not have worked wonders but he did quite well considering.
It's the press's job to report on news and give opinions on things. Sometimes they can cross the line but I've not seen or heard anything that's come remotely close to that.
Would you be happier if everybody came out and said what a great appointment Hodgson is and he's going to lead us to glory? Would that make you feel better?
Hahaha! No, I'd like the press to not come out and set their stall out so early on with the England manager, do you not agree that what they've done with Redknapp is detrimental to whomever else gets the job that isn't Redknapp?
A poll of nearly 350 in a football sub-forum with nearly 40% in favour of 1 person and less than 2% in favour of another is pretty telling.
That's almost twice as many people as Wigan took the Fulham game this season, iirc.
I think at the time of the poll, the pro Redknapp proper gander was in full force and a lot of people for whom football might be no more then a passing interested could have voted. Still, 342 people is hardly an amazing pool.
Inter, Blackburn and Liverpool.
He didn't do particularly badly at Inter though did he? He's still very well thought of and popular over there, was he not bought back in a director / head coach role at some point after he left?
Blackburn, maybe. Liverpool, he came in to a very bad situation and his face didn't fit. So I don't think you could say he failed with all three of those at all, at a push two.
I know you like to try but you can't tell me my own opinions Tummy. No, I'm not pushing for Redknapp as England manager. I've always said that I don't think he should be England manager. Stating that he's better than Hodgson does not mean that I think he should be England manager.
Hahahaha, I don't try and 'tell' people opinions, I give me own and if I disagree with people I hope through debate to persuade them differently, alas it's impossible with yourself due to your huge bias against Woy.
Hahaha Anyone but Woy eh?
And to say that Spurs should be maintaining a Top 2 challenge with the resources available to them compared to teams around them is ridiculous. For them to finish 4th with that taken into account is more than an achievement.
No, they've underachieved. They had such a clear gap between themselves and third that for them to potentially finish outside of the top three is genuinely shocking form, from a side that had no *real* problems in maintaining a chance at getting a top two finish.
Maybe they felt that their was a communication problems between Fabio, the team and coaching staff that they didn't want repeated.
I don't think that was ~too much of a problem and was used by the media as a stick to beat Capello with.
I can't argue with anything you've said above, in particular with Spurs underachieving and not making a serious challenge for the top 2. If I'm honest, I'm quite annoyed that both Harry and the board allowed the slump to happen. If 'Arry was worth his worth, then he would have taken what he had and each game as it came rather than sticking to the same game play. Instead it was a run then emulated our start a few season back, for which Ramos was sacked.
'Arry has gotten a lot of things very wrong since the turn of the year. These decisions have eventually cost Spurs the challenge for a top two place. I'm not sure you can look to blame anyone else other then 'Arry, although if you ask him it won't be his fault

I'm surprised he's been given the time he has this season, I thought with the run of results Spurs have had, given how badly the wheels have come off and given the press fap fest over 'Arry and the court case, they could have gotten in a replacement for him.
Don't get me wrong, 'Arry's achievements of turning Spurs round from being stuck down the League to a top four finish is brilliant, but I question his ability to manage a 'top' side, maybe to get that extra push they need someone, just better.
We're not capable now but we should be aiming to be a side that is capable in the future.
If we write off the Euros then we should be appointing somebody with a long-term view of making us capable, not settling for mediocrity in the short-term.
Maybe, yes and no. I don't think you should just 'write off' an International tournament, but I do think the FA need a long term plan for development and management of the England national side.
I don't see the problem with bringing, what is essentially, a part time manager to get through the Euro's, and having a long term plan to come in to place after that. England's problem often isn't the management of the side, it's the media (and due to that the unrealistic expectations) and dross FA with their laughable view on training young English players.