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I'm not a huge fan of Mourinho, but he is the best option currently available (assuming he wants to come). It would be a bit of a coup for Tottenham to grab him.I was really excited about Ancelotti as Levy was already in talks with him, but the PSG job was hard to pass up given their new ownership.
I meant, he's coming to Spurs after 'Arry leaves. Maybe.
The England job is going to Redknapp. With the verdict finally in on his court case it's pretty much a done deal.
Definitely need to bring Becks back into the fold.
I think Becks is fine sticking with the Olympics. I will say that having Becks around on the bench able to come off and serve up set pieces in the last 20 minutes of a game would be a nice luxury. And I'm not sure you're losing THAT much if the player he replaces is a Gareth Barry. One thing that has surprised me about Becks with LA is how gritty he is as a holding midfielder. But he's still a step slow and a Paul Scholes red card waiting to happen on the international level.I think the 2014 World Cup English team has a lot of promise. Micah Richards at right back, Kyle Walker on the left. Wilshere, Cleverly, and Scott Parker at CM. Rooney. Some combination of Ox, Walcott, and Young on the flanks. Maybe a matured Andy Carroll or even Sturridge (Welbeck?) as the second striker if you're looking to kill with pace. Hart between the sticks. There's a lot of nice pieces that would work well together there. They could put together a great counter attacking team built to give teams like Spain fits. But I don't see replacements for Rio and Terry. Jagielka? Cahill? Jones? They could iron all that out, but it's a lot to do. I don't think it can be done in six months.
Gonna disagree with most of this.If (when) Harry takes the job, he has a built in excuse if they have a poor showing at the Euro's in that he did not have enough time to get the team the way he wanted it (not to mention he'll be missing one of the greatest players on the planet for the first two games).So basically, he has a reprieve and gets to hang onto the job for at least a few years unless they flame out brilliantly, which they wontAnd while England is a team in flux, it's not as if it's bereft of talent.You have Hart in goalDefenders, may be lacking a stud cb, and even if Terry isn't around, you still have the likes of Lescott, Rio, Richards to name a few options and England certainly doesn't lack for wings with plenty of options there - Cole, JCM may be a bit of an issue, but you do get Gerrard, Parker is playing some good soccer, may be a bit of patch work thereAnd as far as second striker, England has two terrific up and comers in the likes of Sturridge and Welbeck. Finally will not need to put the likes of Heskey on the squad nor rely on Bent.Is England the best team out there? I don't think so. But they can field one of the most competitive lineups. Only Spain and Germany are noticeably better than England in my eyes. They are at least on par with everyone else. Pressure is immense for national coaches, why not take the job that offers a built in excuse?
Because I have no faith that the press will cut the guy any slack. The new manager is going to be stuck with the narrative from the Euros. And it seems to me to be twice as likely that it will be a bad narrative. Let's say the new guy has a ton of guts and runs out a lineup likeYoung Rooney Sturridge Gerrard Parker WilshereWalker Cahill Lescott Micah Richards HartNow, I really like this lineup (I think I like it even better with Ox instead of Young, but I may be homer blind right now). But it will take time to gel, and if it loses the easy narrative is already written. Where's Lamps? Where's Defoe? What about Ashley Cole? If, instead, you play all your vets, the contrary narrative applies. Why Milner when you have Ox? Why Lampard and Gerrard together again? Don't you know that Barry is too slow for the international game? So you have no chance to work through some lower pressure situations and the press has already decided how you'll be covered. You're a naive, tactitally unsophisticated oaf or you're a hidebound bootlicker with your head up the stars' asses.
They are going to second guess anyone, that's for sure. And it's definitely going to take time to gel.I really like your lineup a lot (although I'd probably have put Cole out there over Walker)....but Harry is the perfect candidate because he has a bit of a recent track record. Look what he's done with Spurs in a short time. Jol is a very respected manager and he was thrown out without mercy after his string of midling success. Redknapp comes in there and in just a few years time has this team on the cusp of CL play. England has become accustomed to strings of nonwinning on the national level, they've come to accept it I think. Unless he gets bounced in group stage without a point, he'll have nothing to worry about because of the fact he can simply say he took over a younger team and didn't have the proper time to develop tactics with them.And what happens if the make a deep run in Euro2012? They'll grant him a title. The team definitely has some upside here - it's no longer hamstrung by HAVING to play Gerrard, Lampard, Rio, Terry, Heskey's, SWP....aged guys who's best years were probably behind them. Now they have a younger side with a mix of veteran leadership sprinkled in.I agree with your earlier post that 2014 is probably where they'll shine brightest, but that's not to say they can turn it on here. Germany did pretty well with a younger side in the last WC....Come to think of it, I'd want Jones or Cleverly out there instead of Wilshire too.
Whos the Soccer equivalent of Norv Turner?
Get Rio out of there, he is good for 20 mins a game. But for some homer calls dont forget Cleverly, P Jones, Smalling and Welbeck. Ox and Sturridge look good.Maybe some of these younger players will actually look like club doesnt matter when playing for England and actually play as a team. Similar to Spain realizing that when on the national team it doesnt matter if you are from Real Madrid or Barca, go win as a team. England didnt learn that in the WC and I doubt continueing on with the likes of Terry, Gerrard, Rio, Lampard, etc is going to be any better.I will say that i agree with Capella that the FA shouldnt be meddling like they have, although I do believe Capella should have never given Terry back the captaincy. At least whoever is hired will have to convince the FA they wont give him back the armband!!
Pep is the right answer here. Simple but classy.
I told you that after last season and you didn't believe me.Get Rio out of there, he is good for 20 mins a game. But for some homer calls dont forget Cleverly, P Jones, Smalling and Welbeck. Ox and Sturridge look good.Maybe some of these younger players will actually look like club doesnt matter when playing for England and actually play as a team. Similar to Spain realizing that when on the national team it doesnt matter if you are from Real Madrid or Barca, go win as a team. England didnt learn that in the WC and I doubt continueing on with the likes of Terry, Gerrard, Rio, Lampard, etc is going to be any better.
I will say that i agree with Capella that the FA shouldnt be meddling like they have, although I do believe Capella should have never given Terry back the captaincy. At least whoever is hired will have to convince the FA they wont give him back the armband!!
There's an England friendly at the end of the month. Psycho will probably be there for that one. If they beat Holland 4-0, who knows? But he doesn't seem like a very good long term choice.
Isn't Pearce going to be the coach for the Great Britain team in the Olympics?
I think Harry will take it on a part-time basis with Pearce doing the day-to-day stuff until the end of the EPL season. It's not a great option for Tottenham, but Harry doesn't really need to get to know and see the players so I can see it working out. I'm sure Tottenham will get a fair amount of blood money out of the FA for the arrangement so it won't be a total loss (Tottenham is one of those unfortunate clubs that have to actually run as a business).Ironically, Capello is a fantastic coach and has significantly improved English. Maybe he will come to Tottenham
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yeah, but that's not going to involve a big in-season workload. It would only be an issue if he were to take the England job and have commitments in Ukraine and Poland.
I misread what Steve was asking, I thought he was asking about being the manager.As for the caretaker job, wikipedia already is listing Pearce as the caretaker. I have not read anything official yet thought so someone may have just jumped the gun.
Will this be played at Fedex w/full capacity?
I don't understand the question. Why would it be at non full capacity?
Never mind. Reading fail on my part. It was a poorly-worded question, I meant "was it going to be at RFK or Fedex?", given the capacity difference, and that's already answered in your one-sentence snippet. It's been a very long day.
Fürth, Gladbach and Bayern all join Dortmund in advancing.Fürth defeat Hoffenheim 1-0Bayern defeat Stuttgart 2-0 (goals by Gomez and Ribery)Gladbach defeat Hertha 2-0 aet
Underperform, or perform just about right? Why is it a big deal that a team that didn't even qualify for the Euros lat time around and hasn't played well in.....pretty sure they played well at some point, didn't they? Anyway, yeah the coach bailed and now they need another fall guy. Big deal. Let's move on to more important issues. Andy, give us the latest MLS signings already.
Which very well may happen, but is there anything to the rumors that Mourinho's already gone from RM due to internal strife?And if he goes, would Mourinho-to-Spurs be less likely given that Spurs have some financial constraints that Citeh and Chelsea don't?I always imagine that national team managers sit at a desk and twiddle their thumbs most of the day, occasionally getting a coffee or popping in a tape of an old game as they wait around.
There is significantly less day to day stuff, which is why the pay at the top levels is generally so much less I would wager.I've seen enough information to believe that Mourinho is unhappy at the scrutiny he is under at RM considering he has the league in his pocket at the moment. He has also stated he wants to return to the EPL. City might be available if Mancini doesn't win the league, but I don't think Chelsea will ditch AVB yet. Tottenham is going to be the only clear opening and they have sought his signature in the past. They were in talks before he went to Chelsea I believe.I think the odds are still pretty slim. There are so many variables in play. Ancelotti was in talks for the Tottenham job post-Redknapp before he was offered PSG so these things change quickly.'Good said:
Capello made 6M GBP per year
He was making by far and away the most out of any national team manager. On average, they make a lot less than a comparable big name club manager.
So is Bora
True, but we're talking about England. The FA will have to pay top dollar for any high visibility manager because they set the bar so high with Don Fabio.
No ####, I almost posted this. Turns out he's stuck with the Iraqi Olympic squad.Steve Sampson, however, IS available.
Awesome! I love a good 3-6-1 formation
Bora has been replaced by Radi Shneishil (I couldn't make up a name like that). Bora is available and is roughly the same age as Redknapp and Capello.How about Maradona? He has experience on the international level.
Seems like it to me.
Offhand- unless it's about the racism thing and it's relationship to black guys- I'd figure it was predominantly about Terry and what other players he's ####ed over of not.
That is what I was thinking too.
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