First off why the fuck anyone would want to manage England is beyond me. In my eyes it is a no win job. A job that I think gets harder to do as fans become more entrenched in their own teams and can't, won't get behind a player from a rival team, resulting in almost a celebration when play "x" misses a sitter and with a 24/7 media magnifying every detail.
With a National side so over hyped and fans believing the hype, England go into every tournament with a minimum expectation of reaching the quarter finals, something that has only been achieved 7 times, across two competitions in nearly 100yrs of international completion. Winning once half a century ago, and reaching one semi-final 20yrs ago. England are just bang average and always have been.
That said, average is better than poor and with a good manager better performances than has been achieved in the last two tournaments should be achieved.
So, what poor bastard will take the job?
Glenn Hoddle?
Ghod's name is being put forward by a lot of people, why?
Let me start by saying, I love Glenn Hoddle! I grew up watching him grace a football pitch wearing our shirt, a true Tottenham legend and Wold Class player in every sense of the word, one of our own and a personal hero of mine.
I'll cut the the chase I think he will be a shit Manager. With us he finished a disappointing 10th then the following year when he was eventually sacked after a 3-1 defeat to Southampton leaving us in the relegation zone. His last job as a Manager is a decade ago and that was nothing short of a total disaster with Wolves fans baying for his blood. He then did an O'Neil buy walking out on the club halfway through pre-season. If that wasn't enough his great return to coaching was only 2 years ago when he was appointed first team coach at QPR, his primary influence was to coach the side to his favoured 3 at the back formation. That system abandoned and never played again since going down 3-0 to us at half-time in the 3rd or 4th game of the season. He was last seen pushing Redknapp's wheelchair out of QPR's training centre 6 months latter.
It is fair to say his credentials to Manage England are not exactly in the realms of an elite Manager. So what am I missing, why should Hoddle manage England?
The man I would have is Marcelo Bielsa.
Seeing that there are currently 5 Tottenham lads in the squad (who are there truly on merit) and given the style of play that they are used to playing at their club, it would make sense to have a manager who his largely attributed as the founder of this style to continue and perfect it at a National level. To add further weight behind him, the English contingent from Liverpool and Man City (yet to see if there will be an English contingent under Pep) will also play a pressing game at their clubs. Surely it makes sense to play a system that is effective, attractive and practised everyday by players that are good at it. I actually think Roy wanted to play this system but lacked the ability to coach it, so I'd love the man who is famed for it to head up England.
With a National side so over hyped and fans believing the hype, England go into every tournament with a minimum expectation of reaching the quarter finals, something that has only been achieved 7 times, across two competitions in nearly 100yrs of international completion. Winning once half a century ago, and reaching one semi-final 20yrs ago. England are just bang average and always have been.
That said, average is better than poor and with a good manager better performances than has been achieved in the last two tournaments should be achieved.
So, what poor bastard will take the job?
Glenn Hoddle?
Ghod's name is being put forward by a lot of people, why?
Let me start by saying, I love Glenn Hoddle! I grew up watching him grace a football pitch wearing our shirt, a true Tottenham legend and Wold Class player in every sense of the word, one of our own and a personal hero of mine.
I'll cut the the chase I think he will be a shit Manager. With us he finished a disappointing 10th then the following year when he was eventually sacked after a 3-1 defeat to Southampton leaving us in the relegation zone. His last job as a Manager is a decade ago and that was nothing short of a total disaster with Wolves fans baying for his blood. He then did an O'Neil buy walking out on the club halfway through pre-season. If that wasn't enough his great return to coaching was only 2 years ago when he was appointed first team coach at QPR, his primary influence was to coach the side to his favoured 3 at the back formation. That system abandoned and never played again since going down 3-0 to us at half-time in the 3rd or 4th game of the season. He was last seen pushing Redknapp's wheelchair out of QPR's training centre 6 months latter.
It is fair to say his credentials to Manage England are not exactly in the realms of an elite Manager. So what am I missing, why should Hoddle manage England?
The man I would have is Marcelo Bielsa.
Seeing that there are currently 5 Tottenham lads in the squad (who are there truly on merit) and given the style of play that they are used to playing at their club, it would make sense to have a manager who his largely attributed as the founder of this style to continue and perfect it at a National level. To add further weight behind him, the English contingent from Liverpool and Man City (yet to see if there will be an English contingent under Pep) will also play a pressing game at their clubs. Surely it makes sense to play a system that is effective, attractive and practised everyday by players that are good at it. I actually think Roy wanted to play this system but lacked the ability to coach it, so I'd love the man who is famed for it to head up England.
