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Next England Manager
With the fans and the media starting to turn on Roy Hodgson, does anyone think it's only a matter of time before he's either sacked or pushed out of the job?
With his outburst the other day, and his constant defending of an undefendable situation, and seemingly loosing the dressing room, (whatever that means), I think if we don't beat the Swiss on monday he'll be gone.
The FA can't be blind to the fact that once the manager starts swearing in press conferences, his time is up.
The World Cup was nothing short of a disaster, and he should have left on his own accord.
Who do you think will take over?
With his outburst the other day, and his constant defending of an undefendable situation, and seemingly loosing the dressing room, (whatever that means), I think if we don't beat the Swiss on monday he'll be gone.
The FA can't be blind to the fact that once the manager starts swearing in press conferences, his time is up.
The World Cup was nothing short of a disaster, and he should have left on his own accord.
Who do you think will take over?
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And he won't go if we don't win tomorrow. He's here until the Euros.
Just get a few decent coaches alongside and see where it goes.
I'd rather watch a young and vibrant team entertain me and go out in the quarter finals than a tense, stoic, cautious mess. The worse thing is the fact the current manager and players seem to be in denial that they're under-performing.
Yeah,but he comes as a package with Lady Vicky. One of the major reasons he left Utd. Grrrrrr!!!
He's too much of a sweetie to be subjected to the dog's abuse he'll get if the first few games are substandard. He'll always be a Utd boy so the knives will be out from the off.
It's Roy until a suitable replacement is available unfortunately.
It'd probably be too large a leap for him to go from Stoke/Palace to the England job, and he does have his critics for the style of football he plays, but he's the kind of guy I could see the FA being all over.
It needs to be someone who's already proven he can motivate and inspire. That's the pivotal skill assuming the coaching setup is also sound. Beckham may well earn respect and admiration but he would also need to get players to run through walls for him, needs to make tough decisions and be honest with the team and the media. I'd like to see prove of that before we let him use England as a guinea pig for his managerial credentials. Management is not playing. Why people assume good players will make good managers is baffling - it's a completely different skill set.
No issue with him being part of a managerial team and getting involved, though.
Doesn't have to be a popular choice.
Just someone with some energy to come in and isn't afraid to change the playing style.
Somebody to give it their all and has nothing to lose.
It won't happen though. It will end up being somebody everyone can agree on and then after a few games we will still be saying the same old tired line. "Same old England"
Yes, masochistic tendencies should be a requirement of the job. Do any current managers visit any of those seedy mistresses with dungeons, whips and cages...?
If I could choose anyone it would be either Jose Mourinho, Brendon Rogers or Tony Pulis. Not that they would leave premiership jobs for it though.
Pulis is unemployed at the moment isn't he?
Is the England job a full time job though?
He's only the media's choice. Last time the media tried to make it sound like he was the people's choice, but I'm not convinced he was. The media pushed him for it because he is on good terms with them.
Hendo with the two assists already this season? He is going to be a great midfielder but England under Roy "kitchen sink" Hodgson will always be poor.
True. The media want him, the same way they want Boris as PM. Sit back, and the headlines write themselves. Both would be huge mistakes.
Be careful what you wish for!
I like this sort of idea, i also like the job Klinsmann has done with the USA team as well as his work with the German team, the USA played like their lives depended on it and we haven't seen that from an England team since that 06 quarter final v Portugal.
I also like Rafa Benitez and his knock out football skills, there is no question in my mind the man could put a competitive England team together, i still think the FA missed a trick in not hiring Benitez for Euro 2012, although he loves his club football i have a feeling Benitez would be up for the England job unlike Klinsmann who by all accounts is very happy living in California.
Some of the media along with a fair few not very bright fans like to try and brainwash everyone into believing England have no talent but that is simply not true, there is a lot of talent especially in the front 6 positions and even the back 4 has some talent coming through in Chambers, Shaw, Stones etc, there will be more in the next couple of years too.
The tools are there for a real coach to put together a team to make England competitive at the bare minimum, Rio Ferdinand actually spoke sense on football focus the other day, we really are not as bad as Hodgson is making us look, it's such a shame that 2 more years will be wasted under this bullshit artist.
Although if he's no longer with Napoli by the time Hodgson goes (whenever that is) he COULD become a candidate, if the next manager is a foreigner, and his style of football would fit the defensive football that the English FA like, but for his sake I wouldn't want him as England manager.