English Football Taken Over

Arthurgray50@blu · 13-12-2007, 22:59

With the possible news of the new England manager being Fabio Copello, what is happening to English football, we have so many clubs being run by foreign consortiums, now we have an Italian as the new Manager of England, what is the world coming too. we should have an Englishman as manager, what about Shearer.

Charlie_Bubble · 13-12-2007, 23:19

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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu

With the possible news of the new England manager being Fabio Copello, what is happening to English football, we have so many clubs being run by foreign consortiums, now we have an Italian as the new Manager of England, what is the world coming too. we should have an Englishman as manager, what about Shearer.

Yes, because the last English manager, who had studied underneath one of the best ever UK managers, Ferguson, did so well in the job. This example is of course backed up by the last England hero who took charge of the team, Kevin Keegan, he did well too. The people moaning about the new manager must be English raised their heads last time and look what happened when their calls were answered, we've gone backwards. Let's throw a person with bugger all management experience at all in charge, I'm sure that's the answer, couldn't possibly be to appoint a manager who is respected throughout the football world with an extensive record of success could it....

**Matt D** · 13-12-2007, 23:36

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we should have an Englishman as manager

What? And then continue being utter crap?

foreverwar · 14-12-2007, 08:56

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What? And then continue being utter crap?

But at least it would be true-blue English crap, none of this foreign messing about (bl00dy foreigners, coming over here, taking our jobs

).

Mr_love_monkey · 14-12-2007, 09:55

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(bl00dy foreigners, coming over here, taking our jobs

).

Damn right - I had my eye on the managers job.

Who cares what nationality the manager is? - as long as they make the team perform well, and actually get somewhere I wouldn't care if they hire a one legged Spanish duck, called Howard. (they call him Howard - Howard the Duck.)

PeteTheMusicGuy · 14-12-2007, 10:28

Exactly as long as the manager can do the job where he comes from should not be a problem

Shadow Demon UK · 14-12-2007, 11:06

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what about Shearer.

Please tell me that was a joke.

I would honestly rather have a sunday league coach instead of Shearer, you just have to listen to the rubbish he talks about on MOTD to realise he hasn't got a clue, i think he would send the players to sleep at half-time with his Geordie monotone voice going on about things that have nothing to do with the match.

I don't see any reason why the manager needs to be English, Capello is by far the best coach available at the moment (much better that Mourinhio imo) and the best thing about him is that he's not afraid to shake things up and drop players. To be honest at the moment there isn't an English manager around that's good enough to coach the England squad, so i think the FA has made the right choice.

TheDaddy · 15-12-2007, 09:10

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I would honestly rather have a sunday league coach instead of Shearer, you just have to listen to the rubbish he talks about on MOTD to realise he hasn't got a clue, i think he would send the players to sleep at half-time with his Geordie monotone voice going on about things that have nothing to do with the match.

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I don't see any reason why the manager needs to be English, Capello is by far the best coach available at the moment (much better that Mourinhio imo) and the best thing about him is that he's not afraid to shake things up and drop players. To be honest at the moment there isn't an English manager around that's good enough to coach the England squad, so i think the FA has made the right choice.

I don't think that is necessarily true, just because he has won the most doesn't make him the best, could he have done the job Harry Rednapp has done at West Ham and Portsmouth? Perhaps he could but imo the FA should have taken into account no English manager has any realistic chance of winning trophies whilst they aren't managing the countries top sides instead of just plumbing for the safe option of the chap with the best cv, after all it didn't work with Sven did it?

BBKing · 16-12-2007, 18:08

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we should have an Englishman as manager, what about Shearer.

ROFL. Wrong forum, though, should be in Humour.

yesman · 29-12-2007, 00:44

Bump............

Strange as it may seem Hoodle has a great record as the International coach, second only to Bobby Robson (after Alf Ramsay of course) who has the honour of never losing two games in a row, unlike Keegan, McClaren, Taylor, Greenwood, Venables and Eriksson.

Our New Line-up.....
The mind boggles, but I wish them well.

Head coach

Fabio Capello
Asst coach

Franco Baldini

Italo Galbiati

Courtesy of Wikipedia

BBKing · 30-12-2007, 10:40

Better than Assistant New Age Consultant Eileen Drewery, though. It wasn't so much Hoddle's managerial ability (well, he did play under Arsene Wenger) as his bizarre beliefs that did for him at England.

Mr_love_monkey · 30-12-2007, 10:50

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It wasn't so much Hoddle's managerial ability (well, he did play under Arsene Wenger) as his bizarre beliefs that did for him at England.

Are his beliefs that bizarre? - didn't he just say that people were paying for their sins in a previous life, in this life?
Plenty of hindus believe that.

**Kevin T** · 30-12-2007, 11:08

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Damn right - I had my eye on the managers job.

Who cares what nationality the manager is? - as long as they make the team perform well, and actually get somewhere I wouldn't care if they hire a one legged Spanish duck, called Howard. (they call him Howard - Howard the Duck.)

Not Howard 'The Duck' Wilkinson?

BBKing · 30-12-2007, 19:20

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Are his beliefs that bizarre?

For a Christian they were, rather - I'd have to ask a Hindu for their position, but it seems a bit irrelevant here. The rather mixed up philosophy he seemed to espouse is what I was getting at - Messrs Ferguson and Wenger seem to get by without faith healers, relying more on the old fashioned fuddy duddy use of arcane professionals like 'doctors' and 'physios'.