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Bear · Mile Elm Minstrel Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1001 Status:

Should England be managed by an Englishman or should the F.A. plump for Scholari or Mourinho?

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

To be honest I can't think of someone with an English passport who would want the job let alone be suitably qualified for the post. The only present English manager of a Premiership side who would come close is Harry Rednapp but he has very little experience of managing football in the European arena (UEFA, Champions league, etc). All this talk about Alan Shearer being touted as the next manager by some pundits is just sheer folly - the man was one of the greatest centre forwards England has produced but he has no experience of being a manager at senior club level. It wasn't that long ago that Brian Robson was being lined up as the next manager until he had a few bad results and was dropped from the list.

Back to your original question: I don't think we have any choice in the nationality of the applicant because he certainly isn't going to be English. Marcello Lippi is a very good manager, and has just won the world cup with Italy but has little hands-on contact with English football (apart from when he was manager of Juventus playing against Man Utd). My first choice would be Mourinho. He has a very good in-depth knowledge of the English game, the mind-set of the national players and isn't afraid of making tactical substitutions which might seem contraversial.
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Chepfer · Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject:

O.k - Lets put it this way :- Would it be right if Fabregas, Torres, Henry, Lehman or Ronaldinhio played for England. Yes they might be a good team then but they're not english and would never consider themselves english. So why should an italian or any toher national represent england as our manager, it's just saying to the world.... "we have managers but they're all crap" !

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

I think it does matter you have to have english players to play for england so why not a english manager.
There is a great lack of talent of people who are up for the job but whos to blame there are to many foriegn players .in english leauge.

GTB · Bushton Bushwacker Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 2206 Status:

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

based on national pride rather than tactical logic

of corse it is if we were to win a major tournament due to a foriegn manager its pointless.

Bear · Mile Elm Minstrel Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 1001 Status:

Local lass · Calnetalk Oracle Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 4792 Status:

was there ever one?