Comments on: Friday afternoon question: Who’s next for England?

By: Dean Morton

Dean Morton — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:41:03 +0000

What offering the job to someone who essentially really wants it, that man is Harry Redknapp.
Experience of assembling very effecient teams from shrewd low key signings in the Premier League(no mean feat)-CHECK.
Respect throughout the English game-CHECK
Passionate and patriotic-CHECK.
Look no futher than this man with Stuart Pearce as his assistant to make England once again a true force in World football.The continity of McClaren after Sven was a great idea in theory but importantly the man taking the mantle has for the job.With Pearce being number two and younger than Redknapp he would be the ideal replacement when Redknapps time had run.
The ideal formula of England’s bright future for many years two come in my humble opinion.

By: gooner4ever

gooner4ever — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:54:04 +0000

Mc Claren (2nd choice Steve) should never have been chosen in the 1st place only Venables has the knowledge and experience to mould a team why the FA ever sacked him heaven only knows!! the logical choice is Martin o Neil he is a great motivator very shrewd and can get the best of out his players who always seem to rise to the occasion for him he will bring the pride back to wearing the 3 lions they will emulate the class of 66 who had the never say die attitude and would have died for their country losing a game was unheard of and martin can and will make us great again his work at Celtic Leicester and now Villa shows the class and quality of the man and he is British!! Paul jewel would be my 2nd choice but he has had only limited experience needs another few years working in the premiership before he’s ready!! Now after Sven I believe that we don’t need another foreign coach as AW says correctly the English team should be coached and managed by an English or British guy

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:42:33 +0000

I think O’Neill would be a good choice,he’s putting together a good team at Villa with the limited funds available to him.Maybe he is the right man to show the premadonnas like Lampard and company that its an honor to play for your country not your right.It seems that to many players dont have the passion to represent ENGLAND. Could this be because they are overpaid overated.We seem to have lost the Nobby Stiles and Alan Balls who would give everything every game,we need players with a pride and a heart to represent us and a manager who will drop anyone from the squad that does not have it.People keep saying O’Neill is not a great manager but think back what had Sir Alf Ramsey achieved before 1966.
He picked players who would die for thier country.

By: Plumbey

Plumbey — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:06:01 +0000

Firstly… it cant be Klinsmann, the England fans would never accept a German manager, plus he found the German media hard to deal with, he couldn’t cope with it in England.
Im not really sure about Lippi or Capello either. They both had great CV’s but the language barrier would be the first problem plus how many Italian managers have ever really done well outside of Italy?
No, i think its a three horse race at the minute.
O’Neill, Mourinho and Shearer.
O’Neill is a good manager… i wouldn’t say he is a great manager, but he does have a knack of getting the best out of his players, and with all the talent we have, O’Neill could be just the man for the job.
Mourinho has been called the peoples choice, now im not sure thats true. Even after the McClaren fiasco there is still a big call for an English manager. I think mourinho would do a good job as the England boss but i also think he prefers to be in the thick of things, international management has large gaps in the season and perhaps Jose would get bored without the action. I also have an suspition that he is waiting for a big Serie A job.
AC Milan not haveing the best season……
To Mr Shearer then, inexperenced, young but also eager and hungry for his country to do well.
Obviously the inexperence is an issue but take a look at Klinsmann and Van Basten, they saved their countries. Shearer would be, i believe, a no-nonsence passionate manager. Perhaps he could remind our players what it means to put on those three loins as he did himself once upon a good time ago…

By: Anth

Anth — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:20:51 +0000

Klinsmann’s the obvious choice. His perfect mixture of rigorous and expert training, fun, joie de vivre, intelligence, and pure, unbridled love of the game would inspire the English to play the kind of entertaining football they were born to play - finally a style that corresponds to the national character. The chances of the selectors seeing this are zilch, as can be seen by their last appointment and their decision to sack Eriksson for the sins of the British media.

By: Football Betting Boy

Football Betting Boy — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:07:56 +0000

Man Ray I agree with you - I’ve too have always felt O’Neil is a little overrated. I don’t think he is a poor manager, but I wouldn’t be over the moon if he was appointed head coach of our national side.

I’m unsure about Klinsmann, obviously as has been said there is always the fact that a German would be controlling the England side (not that that should matter, obviously)!

I personally am hoping Mourinho will change his mind - hasn’t he said he won’t take it? I have said in another post, I feel the players would play for him. They need someone who they respect and fear - someone unlike Steve ‘Mr. Charisma’ McClaren.

Big Phil would also be a good appointment, but didn’t he refuse to take it last time because of the press? Hundreds of them turned up outside his house and he changed his mind. I wonder if this would still affect his decision, if there is any truth in it of course.

By: mel

mel — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:00:56 +0000

i think that the next manager should be good and have brought other clubs sucess because we did not qualifiy but england is for the future bring in mouriniho he brought chelsea sucess he could bring us

By: Kevin Fylan

Kevin Fylan — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:13:19 +0000

I did think he might be put off by the media but apparently Klinsmann did hint on German TV today that he could consider it. The problem is that Klinsmann is more of a motivator, or team leader than a coach. He would need to hire a top class assistant.

By: Curtis Campbell

Curtis Campbell — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 13:59:43 +0000

One thing is for sure: England’s national football side is in tatters and they need a manager who’s more than capable of resolving their crisis. But, it’s a decision that the FA need to think about seriously before rushing into it.

I think it’s flattering for English football that Fabio Capello’s gone ahead and added himself on the list of contenders; his CV speaks for himself and he’s definately up there with masterminds of the game such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger. However, this is a long-term project and Capello will always attract and probably be attracted to offers from the big four (Milan, Inter, Juve, Rome) of his homeland Italy.

It’s too late to ask anyone who’s currently employed in the Premiership - O’Neil or Allardyce, for instance - as they’ll want to commit to their clubs, rather than disrupt them.

Like most of the English fans, I’d probably opt for the self-proclaimed “Special One”, Jose Morinho, mainly as it would be a safe option and would definately see improvements to English football. As with Chelsea, he could take England to the next level, further than former manager Sven Goran Eirksonn, not to mention he goes down better with the press and the English fans. It’s just a question of whether or not Jose wants the job and if the FA can satisfy his high wage demands.

Klinsmann did a fantastic job for his two years as German coach and created a new generation of young German footballers and combining it with experience of players such as Ballack, Schneider and Lehmann. As an Englishman living in Germany, and knowing how well “Klinsi” is respected and missed, I think he could the do same for the English national side, but he would be an easy target - even more than Sven - for the tabloids and the tabloid influenced English fans.

And there’s Alan Shearer; he gets along well with players and fans alike, and as a young coach he would definately be given time to develop a new English side and see himself progress as a coach.

It’s a tough choice for the FA, but they will have to pick the right man. As England don’t have any friendlies until spirng 2008, the FA have time to choose their man wisley.

By: The German

The German — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:48:27 +0000

Hey english football supporters,
you like to win or you like to talk about the history? Listen, Klinsmann is the best in the world and he brought us back on the top. May be you like the arrogant portugese man - good luck. The success will come back with Juergen. Believe it or not.

Andreas