Yippeeee - Eriksson is quitting. Bad news is

[patman]

tighty,

he`s a great motivator and walford and robertson do the coaching and player management day to day...great team.

i think even more of him that he can walk out on his admitted dream job to care for his wife...priorities spot on.

[mystery721]

why not paul jewell? hes done fantastic with wigan, from where they were to where they are now is out of this world, with a limited squad.  the injuries hes had is unreal, £200,000,000 team of "superstars" could only just scrape two 1-0 wins over them

[patman]

why not paul jewell? hes done fantastic with wigan, from where they were to where they are now is out of this world, with a limited squad.  the injuries hes had is unreal, £200,000,000 team of "superstars" could only just scrape two 1-0 wins over them

i think he was interviewed and stated "i couldnt do the job with the stuff that goes along with it"

sign of intelligence there then....get him in

[TightEnd]

tighty,

he`s a great motivator and walford and robertson do the coaching and player management day to day...great team.

i think even more of him that he can walk out on his admitted dream job to care for his wife...priorities spot on.

 

how he bought some of the players at Leicester for the prices he did and moulded them into a team that briefly topped the premiership and got into Europe was one of the wonders of the modern footballing age

[AdamM]

I suggest the Editor of the News of The World. See if that git could do better.

 

I personally have found the red tops' Sven Lynch mob unpleasant from day one.

I'm not going to get into a debate about it but I (and many others) quite like Sven and think he's had a rough time from the media and large sections of the public. his competietive record is top notch. his attitude towards friendlys and some of the resulting ... er ... results have certainly not helped him. I don't care who he's sleeping with or who he's talking to about his future career. I think we're a lot stronger after his tenure than we were before and if he goes deep in the world cup he'll get no credit for it, however deserved it might be.

good luck to him, bloody nice bloke

[dan]

Guus Hidink

for once i totally agree with nemisis on a football issue .

i dont think there is an english manager good enough unfortunatley. somebody posted what about paul jewell remember what he has done at wigan. Yes but remember what he also did to sheffield wednesday i few years back. i think this year has been a bit of a freak for wigan and they will struggle next year

[Triple X]

I suggest the Editor of the News of The World. See if that git could do better.

 

I personally have found the red tops' Sven Lynch mob unpleasant from day one.

I'm not going to get into a debate about it but I (and many others) quite like Sven and think he's had a rough time from the media and large sections of the public. his competietive record is top notch. his attitude towards friendlys and some of the resulting ... er ... results have certainly not helped him. I don't care who he's sleeping with or who he's talking to about his future career. I think we're a lot stronger after his tenure than we were before and if he goes deep in the world cup he'll get no credit for it, however deserved it might be.

good luck to him, bloody nice bloke

No way - when it matters his competitive record is awful.  Its not all about win percentages as most of the games are against teh European minnows who we are expected to beat.  All big teams esp France Italy and Spain have exception records in this regard.

However in the big tournies he constantly falls way short. In 2002, he blew it against Brazil when they were down to 10 players and the group games gainst Nigeria and Denmark we didnt exactly play both teams off the pitch.

As for 2004 - Portugal was terrible - no plan B when Rooney went off injured.  Lost to France in the first game when 1-0 up with 5 mins to go.  So out of 4/5 games we lost 2!!! Not exactly a greta record

Also bear in mind 'competitive firendly results'.  Denmark (absolute disgrace), Spain (that night they played us off the park, especially Xavi and Joaquin), Holland, France and even Argentina recently we only won when they took off their best players with 10 mins to go.

His record is distinctively average and bear in mind this is a much better squad than any of us (TK apart who probably saw Stanly Matthews at his peak!) have ever seen.

Robinson
Neville
Campbell / Ferdinand
Terry
Cole
Beckham
Lampard
Gerrard
Cole
Rooney
Owen

plus - King, Wright-Phillips, Defoe, and some others

[Triple X]

ps in 2002 i meant Nigeria and Argentina

[matt674]

Having taken the Dog & Duck 2nd XI from the Hyde & District Sunday League Division 6 to European cup winners in just 14 seasons i have already forwarded my CV to the FA, however i believe they will pick an English manager this time so i'm not holding my breath.......

But then being Irish i couldnt care less who they pick!!

p.s. hands off Curbs, he's going nowhere

[AndrewT]

The thing with Sven, I believe, is that he has been an incredibly lucky manager. He took over the squad at a time just before some young players started hitting the top of their games. It would have been difficult to see how he could have done worse than he has with the resources available.

It doesn't take a genius to pick the teams he has, yet even I would have avoided some of the mistakes he has made (sticking with James in goal so long, playing Scholes on the left, not giving SWP a start on the right at the expense of Beckham).

Maybe they should pick me for the job? I would demand a mere 60-70% of Sven's salary and would promise to stay away from wannabe celebrity FA secretaries (well, the ones over 30 years old, anyway).

[SKIPPYSKIP]

Sven is a lucky manger who has always had the players at his disposal.

I think he is very below average in which the team is carrying him. To scared to drop Lampard, Gerrard or Beckham so he plays all 3.

I would like to see Scolari the Portugal manager take charge and has shown in the pass he decisions changes games.

My England Team would be

                              Robinson

G Neville           Ferdinand       Terry       A Cole

                              Parker

      Gerrard             Lampard           J Cole

             Rooney            Owen

Sorry becks you have carried England for a long time and know we are carrying you

[AdamM]

you'd pick James? are you a mental >:?

[snoopy1239]

Is John Gregory available?

[snoopy1239]

Sven is a lucky manger who has always had the players at his disposal.

I think he is very below average in which the team is carrying him. To scared to drop Lampard, Gerrard or Beckham so he plays all 3.

I would like to see Scolari the Portugal manager take charge and has shown in the pass he decisions changes games.

My England Team would be

                              Robinson

G Neville           Ferdinand       Terry       A Cole

                              Parker

      Gerrard             Lampard           J Cole

             Rooney            Owen

Sorry becks you have carried England for a long time and know we are carrying you

I'd like to see Ledley King in that Anchor man role.

[SKIPPYSKIP]

how can you play a guy there who doesn't even play there for his club side.

He is strong in the air can tackle but when he has the bakll he doesn't know what to do with it and he plays for the scum from North London and i dont mean arsenal.

Parker plays there for his club, i know he is injured, but he is tough in the tackle, can drive foward if needed but also has great distribution with his passes, cant belive ferguson or wenger didn't snap him up