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Next England manager?

Odd but I wrote on the euro thread that looking at the available managers we were gonna struggle for the next 10 years. One team that did look organised last year when they played City was Bournemouth. So to that end Eddie Howe would be my fave. But one I have read on here that does tick all the boxes Diego Simeone.

in essence an argentinian Brian Clough, so the FA won't go for him.
 
Dont think it matters who the boss is, you've already had a string of very good club managers in the job so that's probably not the issue, happens to whomever takes the job, its a combination of many things like tactics, EPL big ego players not gelling into a true team and even bad luck.
Wasn't such a freak result last night - no real weak teams at the tournament, doesn't matter how lowly ranked or how few people live in Iceland, they qualified, they'd played 3 good games before last night losing no more than 1 goal a game getting a win and 2 draws. That defensive 442 system sitting deep is proving solid and really hard to break down.

Sore one for England but not sure there is much that can change, you'll get to a semi final soon enough imo. Small margins but basic ball control and passing skills seemed well off last night and current team doesn't move at pace enough for me, they did at the outset but fell off quickly. Iceland seemed to have more energy to me.

EPL success means no England players play abroad, quite insular and sheltered from continental style, used to playing one way only? Players would benefit from playing in other leagues imo, mix it up somehow.

At least you get there every time.
 
Stuart_C said:
If England fans want a quality manager, he certainly won't be English.

If it's an Englishman, I think it should be " Big Sam".
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selwood90 said:
I second big Sam, second choice for me would be Harry redknapp. Probably not a popular choice but hey ho!
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I've always maintained (and been roundly rubbished on here :D) that Big Sam should have got it instead of McLaren. Say what you like about his tactics, he gets results and perhaps more importantly has always had a settled team, a good system and got the very best out of the players he's had.....and he's not just had cloggers and journeymen. Can you just imagine that dressing room at half time last night following that first half defensive display? We had our chance, and we'll never know.......but could hardly have been worse! Last night was the pits.

Edit: Not suggesting he should get it, or would even be interested now. No Englishmen come to mind tbh....may take a while.
 
Surely Wenger would have more sense than to pick up that poisoned chalice.

Plus he is hardly going to walk away from arsenal now before the start of the season. Lets get real here.


Give it to harry. he is unlikely to ever be King so give him useful to do. :p
 
TerryA said:
I think we should give Shearer a go. He's very passionate about the team and would be a good choice.
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There are thousands of people who are passionate, doesnt mean that they should be England manager.

Passion along with tactical nous, no sentiment, and other qualities is what you want, otherwise, we'd get Ian Wright!!!
 
I'd be tempted to bring in a new backroom team completely as well as the manager. Did they not train for long throws? new goalkeeper coach?

For me having Shearer on board will be a bit like having Poulter as a Ryder Cup VP. He'll bring great game experience and passion and be able to fire a rocket up various pampered backsides at half time. As for a full time managers - Brendon Rogers, Big Sam, Raffa, Martinez? Not sure about Rednapp, Southgate is a big no for me. Will be interesting to see who they go for.
 
njrose51 said:
I'd be tempted to bring in a new backroom team completely as well as the manager. Did they not train for long throws? new goalkeeper coach?

For me having Shearer on board will be a bit like having Poulter as a Ryder Cup VP. He'll bring great game experience and passion and be able to fire a rocket up various pampered backsides at half time. As for a full time managers - Brendon Rogers, Big Sam, Raffa, Martinez? Not sure about Rednapp, Southgate is a big no for me. Will be interesting to see who they go for.
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why would you bring in a new keeper coach for eg, just because the current keeper makes a couple of clangers? is that the coaches fault? have seen some videos of the english keepers at training recently and they are highly impressive (to someone who used to play in nets to an ok standard many years ago)

whilst the manager is gonna take some flak and the coaches will take their share, there has to be an acceptance that a lot of the problems are actually dont to the players and them not performing on the day
 
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