The Future Of English Football
 

Kevin Davies :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Capello go home and concentrate on pizza and ice cream :mad:

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if that donkey plays i won't be watching, as i told ya this aft dave.:(

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Truly inspired! As is the selection of the defending masterclass Glen Johnson and attacking genius Wayne Rooney, who is just on FIRE at the minute...

Can't we just send Joe Hart and Adam Johnson out on their own? :D

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It must be n italian masterplan.................To Stuff Us?:eek:

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He's going to get paid regardless, so it really doesn't bother him one way or another. :(

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could be worse you could be scotland;):D

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not really the scotch are a bit more realistic, they don't expect to win it.:D;)

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Nothings worse than Scotland CS:D

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Not so sure on that score at the moment, Liverpool aren't exactly shining lights ! :(

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We're talking international sides here Dave, not a Micky Mouse side from Merseyside:D

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Mickey Mouse !? Mickey Mouse !? Right here & now they don't even rate that ! When you think back to what 80's Liverpool were virtually the national side !

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At one time - post 1066 we were French, Liverpool are now as bright as a Toc-H lamp - with a failing battery and cannot keep harping back to when they were a good - even great, side.
One thing to consider is that Scotland had some great players and quite a few played for Liverpool. I suspect that you are destined to a few years in the wilderness, United have been there and England are there now.
The only real problem that I see we have is that there isn't a good enough English manager - is there anyone you think could do it? - Redknap, Allardyce, Bruce, Curbishley, Hodgson. Personally I do not think any of them are good enough.

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Not even Redknapp? Really? He's first choice as next England manager in my book.

p.s. You missed John Coleman from your list; the longest serving English manager in the Football League, who has improved on the previous campaign's finish eleven seasons in a row. A feat achieved by no other on your list. :)

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same here Shaker. If nothing else he will fire them up and it won't be boring :D

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Barrie has a blind spot when it comes to anything to do with his home town club. He prefers to pretend he's a Manc. Think it's something to do with Stanley overlooking him when he was a schoolboy player in the 50's. He's never quite forgiven them for it. ;)

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Seems like Fabio didn't learn any lessons in South Afrika, back to the same old same old.

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Nothing against Coleman - just a couple of questions for you -
Do you seriously think he has the experience to be an International Manager?
I agree that he probably could not do worse than the last 2 or 3 incumbents - but where would that leave Stanley if he left?
Give us the benefit of your knowledge, name your ideal English Manager.

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fer me Rednapp would be the choice.

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Don't remember Davies being in South Africa, but hey Davie can't be any worse than Heskey:rolleyes:

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Oh he is mate makes heskey look like george best. plus he is the premiership player who has conceded most fouls.;)

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He's total persecuted by refs cashy, he's a marked man because Arsole Whinger doesn't like him:D

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Not at all. Never suggested so.

However if you'll allow it, I would like to turn the question around. Do you think that any manager in the upper reaches of the Premier League could do the job that John Coleman does down here in the basement?

Personally, I seriously doubt it, with the main reason being the reliance upon backroom staff that is not available for lower league clubs. Whether it be a comprehensive worldwide scouting network, the best sports psychologists or the world's best tea lady; this luxury undoubtedly takes a lot of weight from the shoulders of managers in the Premier League. Allardyce has been well known for his reliance upon his backroom staff since the Bolton days. I would wager that even S'r-Alex would struggle without his non-playing troops.

I'm not saying for one minute that John Coleman is in the same caliber as Ferguson or any of the top level managers (yet). However, I do think that people are often too quick to shrug off the talents of English managers in the Football League when thinking of options for a 'good enough home-grown manager'. For me, it isn't totally inconceivable that Coleman or one of his peers in the lower leagues be mentioned in one of the next rounds of contenders for the national job in around ten years' time.

:)

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Regarding Redknapp - maybe, but perhaps there is still something of a ckloud hanging over him - Remember he is so faithfull to his club. Left Pompey for the opposition, Southampton, said it was a fantastic move and less than a season later and Southampton on the slippery slope, back to Pompey. Then leave Pompey for Spurs, with Pompey on the edge of the precipice, saying this was the only club he ever wanted to manage. I think he said that before about West Ham?
It would seem that there are perthaps a skeleton or so in his cupboard.
As regards managers from lower league clubs - not at this time. They do need to have some experience of international football - either as a manager of a top league club, foreign club, or international side.
I do think that England should be managed by an Englishman - I see that McLaren is being touted for the job again - to my mind he was great as a coach but failed as a manager, but with his recent successes, maybe he is now ready.
I don't know.

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Okay not quite about the England team but something referring to English football.

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I think thats a fair summing up, although not all supporters are servicing astronimical debts by foreign owners. Some very close to home are probably lower debts and very much local owners, but it's still the same bottomless pit for supporters to pour money in to without having any say in the way their football club goes forward :rolleyes: