Who will Replace Fat Sam?
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September 27, 2016 at 7:50 pm #1244340
I can imagine Alan Pardew doing a victory boogie in his office as we speak……
September 27, 2016 at 7:56 pm #1244352Gareth Southgate is in charge for the next 4 games so that the FA can take their time picking the wrong man.
September 27, 2016 at 7:56 pm #1244355Southgate makes sense as a temporary appointment.
September 27, 2016 at 8:04 pm #1244373England missed a trick not making an approach for Quique Sanches Flores in the summer, while they had the chance. It’ll be harder to get a decent manager now we’re part way into the season.
We’ll be stuck with another poor manager unfortunately, congratulations FA…Whoever gets the job I hope it’s for footballing reasons, and not just because they are English. In an ideal world I’d like to see Pochetinno get the job, but that’s doubtful. Best bet now is probably Bilic, rumor is he’s close to getting the boot at West Ham.
September 27, 2016 at 8:35 pm #1244427So Southgate it is – for 4 games.
September 27, 2016 at 8:46 pm #1244448Should go back for Sven. Has a thick skin now against British media and the best performance of the the last x managers. only problem is that he would never take it.
September 27, 2016 at 9:09 pm #1244505Given how recently he was appointed, you would think they might need to widen the net otherwise whoever gets the job is clearly second choice. I seem to recall Steve Bruce being considered before. He is unattached now, so the fact they have gone for Southgate may point to a change of plan from the FA.
September 27, 2016 at 9:15 pm #1244523If I had any input I’d urge a brave new direction rather than another bang average old English git.
If you want fish & chips and a cup of tea I’d nominate Eddie Howe.
If you don’t mind something a little more exotic, my vote is for Jurgen Klinsmann.September 27, 2016 at 9:20 pm #1244526wenger? 🙂
September 28, 2016 at 12:24 am #1244646There is one very obvious manager out there who’s club may allow him to do both. . .
i’ll give you a clue. . He’s the celtic manager.
September 28, 2016 at 12:32 am #1244652Might as well give it to either of the Chuckle brothers. Hell why not both in a double act. Will be better than whoever is eventually selected.
September 28, 2016 at 3:19 am #1244670Klinsmann, put the current German system in place. No brainer.
September 28, 2016 at 7:51 am #1244751Klinsmann is a good choice and so is Wenger. The rest you mention are average at best. Why not think outside the box this time and go for Lagerback. He knows how to create a working system and how to handle the star players (Ibra).
September 28, 2016 at 8:11 am #1244772Brendan Rogers is the last person I’d choose.
Potch would be a great choice, if we go outside of England.
If we keep to English then it’s a very small pool. Howe said he wouldn’t take it at the moment when Hodgson left, Pardew and Bruce are probably top of the tree. Hoddle, Neville and Southgate will be touted as well.
September 28, 2016 at 9:08 am #1244868Can’t believe Bruce is even on this list. What exactly has he ever achieved as a manager?
September 28, 2016 at 9:21 am #1244889Shanksy – You saying give it to the chuckle brothers has given me an idea, let’s give it to Nev and Carra as a double act, that would be hilarious, imagine the arguments 🙂
September 28, 2016 at 9:32 am #1244922What about Stuart Pearce?
Wouldn’t take any shit, and I would imagine is a good man manager
September 28, 2016 at 9:32 am #1244925I think the FA need to see the list of managers on the take before they make their decision; just in case they’re on the list.
September 28, 2016 at 10:47 am #1245099The FA have notoriously taken reactive decisions after the debacles of previous managers.
Sven was a reaction to Keegan. I think it was the then FA chief exec Adam Crozier who said they’d be getting a big name in…only the best for England. While Sven’s tenure might not have been disastrous, he never felt right for the England job. They just panicked, got a big name in, paid him a fortune and hoped for the best.
Then they reacted again by adopting an Englishman, thinking this was the way forward now – go English. He’s been with the camp under Sven, McClaren will be perfect. Idealist thinking without an ounce of careful analysis as to whether he had the right experience and qualities. He didn’t.
Then they reacted again – get another big name in, only the best for England. Capello perfect, he’s got the record we need, glazing over the fact he came from a very tactical league which just wouldn’t necessarily correlate to doing well in tournament football. It didn’t.
Another reaction, let’s go English again. That’s definitely the way forward now. Roy’s got a track record and is English. Perfect. He was far from it. Another uninspired choice who’s end was as predictable as day turning to night.
Another failure, what do they do then. Feeling English was then the way forward, they then felt that Big Sam deserved an opportunity. You almost sense they appointed him through gritted teeth, though they still appointed him nonetheless. And lo and behold, the most scrutinized position in world football opened up a character with a past full of question marks over his business. What a surprise.
So what now? You’d think they’d get a good appointment eventually, if not by accident by the laws of probability, though expect them to try their best not to.
September 28, 2016 at 10:47 am #1245102Paxman-How about Stan Collymore and Dennis Wise?.
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