Who would be your next England Manager?

[Deleted member 9102]

Edit: Chris Gayle

 

[MasterBlaster76]

If we can prise him away from Russia...

 

[CortezTheKiller]

Someone with a proven track-record, which pretty much rules out an Englishman to follow McLaren.

Wouldn't mind Mourinho if he fancied it; Hiddink or Scolari would both be decent choices too.

 

[treva]

Gary Johnson! Actually no, Bristol City need him more than England. But he in my eyes would be the perfect manager. Although I don't want Mourinho to become manager he would most likely do a good job...

 

[Master Khan]

I think sven goran erickson was a great manager.
I don't know why England fired him because he was better then Steve McClaren

 

[evertonfan]

Saying someone is better than Steve McClaren doesn't narrow it down much.

 

[lancashire666]

Me..

Errr... Yeah..

According to FM, I'm not bad.

lol,

wouldnt stand a chance if i applied as well!

apparently some guy applie for the southend job a couple of years ago and sent a CV listing his football manager (or champ man as it was then) acheivments, he didnt get it lol

 

[Deleted member 9102]

Edit: Chris Gayle

 

[CortezTheKiller]

We need someone who has great tactical knowledge, most of the successful international teams are well organised, have good balance through the team and play to their strengths. England have had/done none of these for about 4-5 years.
It's no good having a charismatic, passionate and comitted manager if they cannot get their game plan right.

True enough, I'd take a master tactician over a "personality" manager every time. Sir Alf never comes across as the life-and-soul on the clips I've seen, but he certainly had the right vision at the right time, even if he did stay on a couple of years too long.

The two aren't mutually exclusive though; Mourinho certainly wasn't a naive manager and is also what the media calls a "personality". Same with Sir Alex, although the chances of him taking the England job are about the same as Sir Alf getting another go!

We get the worst of both with McLaren: all the personality of a plank of plywood and a skecthy grasp of tactics. He only seemingly stumbled on a winning formula through injuries forcing his hand. Which, given his mediocre record at Boro and him also being tainted with the perceived failure of Eriksson's reign, kinda raises the question what the blithering flip the FA were thinking of giving him the gig in he first place?

 

[Animator!]

Phil Scolari, and it would have been if our press weren't tossers.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Well, you can blame the press for a lot of England managers leaving, people who did a great job, like Sir Bobby Robson and El Tel. Even Hoddle was doing ok until he started spouting off about his psychic and so on!

 

[Animator!]

They were talked of it by results. We interviewed Scolari and even Scolari himself said he didn't want Media camped outside his house, He said, if they followed him around by them he wouldn't take the job, so they followed him around, followed his wife, camped outside his house.

 

[baburao]

hmm i think Mourinho will be good for England.

 

[MasterBlaster76]

Yep, trouble is he'll only manage Portugal at International level.

 

[Highlander999]

I think Big Sam would be really good for England, might hopefully install some passion back in the players, but that would mean Newcastle lose him and I wouldn't want that.