[Mickey_T_Fish]

I almost totally agree with you about Steve Bruce, but has he had the relevant experience? He hasn't won a great deal yet. Erikkson has won an awful lot, and then some. A quick search revealed this little lot :-

Swedish cup x 2
Swedish league winner
Portuguese league winner x 3
Serie A league winner
Italian cup x 4
Italian super cup winner
Uefa cup runner-up
European cup runner-up
European cup winner
Eufa cuper cup winner
World cup 1/4 finals
European championships 1/4 final

He's got the pedigree - he's actually done rather well with England, I just think some of the players haven't done it for him - think James, Beatty, Owen to an extent, Beckham had a terrible European championships, Heskey (god only knows why he persevered with him!!!).

I think his major downfall is that although he's obviously learning more and more about the English game, certainly to begin with, he had no idea who the best players in the country with, and that led to the ridiculous practice of playing 18million players in each friendly - a detail that REALLY annoyed me!

I would however, prefer an English manager. We'll be signing Cudicini next because he's eligible to play for us by virtue of having played here for 3 years and never having played for Italian senior squad........................

Now THERE'S an idea!!!