New England Manager

SELL
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edited September 2016 in Sports #1

So now the search is on for a new Manager for the England football team who would be your choice and why ?. I will start the ball rolling with Arsene Wenger apparently his contract with Arsenal runs out at the end of this season and is not being renewed, good coach with plenty of experience in handling big name players.

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  • papgeno
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    edited September 2016 #2

    Why would any sane person want the job. The press will be on your back from day one, club managers will be reluctant to release players and the team will be rubbish.  Lot of the talk is about Eddie Howe but I'm not sure he wants it.

  • Kennine
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    edited September 2016 #3

    IMO  The best choice would be  --- Rafael "Rafa" Benítez Maudes. --- Good manager. --- Proven track record.

    K Wink

  • volvoman9
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    edited September 2016 #4

    I,d prefer an english lad but who ?

    v9

  • Oneputt
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    edited September 2016 #5

    An English manager and I don't know who.  It won't matter much whilst most premier teams are made up of foreigners. It's about time IMO that there was a limit on foreign players otherwise England as a footballing nation will cease to exist.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited September 2016 #6

    The problem is that there isn't an English born manager who has the right credentials for the job. The usual suspects, Southgate, Howe, Bruce and Pardew, are certainly not world class managers. Don't know who to suggest, apart from waiting for Arsene Wenger,
    if he would take it after his contract with Arsenal ends.

  • robsail
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    edited September 2016 #7

    At least he bows out with a 100% win record!

  • SELL
    SELL Forum Participant Posts: 398
    edited September 2016 #8

    The problem is that there isn't an English born manager who has the right credentials for the job. The usual suspects, Southgate, Howe, Bruce and Pardew, are certainly not world class managers. Don't know who to suggest, apart from waiting for Arsene Wenger,
    if he would take it after his contract with Arsenal ends.

    I heard that Wenger was interested in the job when it was up for grabs last time.

  • Pliers
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    edited October 2016 #9

    I,d prefer an english lad but who ?

    v9

    I don't care what nationality the new manager is, the main thing is their ability to do the job. 

  • IanH
    IanH Forum Participant Posts: 4,708
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    edited October 2016 #10

    How about someone who will do it for wage of 'only' a few hundred thousand, instead of a few million?

  • johndailey
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    edited October 2016 #11

    A sane person or not does not come into it. Do the job for a short period fo time. Do a runner and have lots of money to buy the motorhome or caravan of your choice!

  • ABM
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    edited October 2016 #12

    Could  do  worse  than  pick  Dario  Gradi  --  he  knows  how  to  stick  around  at  one  club  --  he  started  at  Crewe  in  the  days  when  they  had  to  catch  a  pig  in  order  to  get  the  match  ball !! 

    Joking  aside  he  certainly  knows  how  to  bring  on  the  youngsters  --  many  of  them  other  clubs  cast-offs  they  could  not  see  their  way  clear  to  coach  &  guide!

  • papgeno
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    edited October 2016 #13

    I read a letter in the Times today saying the problem is 

    1 England haven't won anything for 50 years

    2 No team has won the Premier League with an English manager for 25 years

    3 All these ex England players who haven't won anything are saying we need an English manager 

    mmmmmm

  • DSB
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    edited October 2016 #14

    A sane person or not does not come into it. Do the job for a short period fo time. Do a runner and have lots of money to buy the motorhome or caravan of your choice!

    I've got a window of about two and a half months after Christmas ..... LOL  

    David

  • IanH
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    edited October 2016 #15

    I assume that the manager doesn't actually enter the field of play so why does the manager actually matter?

    Surely the players are reasonably exerienced in footballing and therefore they all must know how to kick the ball into the opposite net? 

  • Navigateur
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    edited October 2016 #16

    Perhaps the success rate could be improved by utilising someone who knows little about football but a great deal about management.

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