Come anticipate Fabio Capello's two years as England manager with me

also tbf the last team the national team had an English manager it was a success. Better than this crap we had to put up with under Capello. None of the abject humiliation at a Finals like South Africa 2010.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWptErAWrmQ

english for the dutch sounding jobs

Wonder if 'arry will turn down the opportunity to take on two highly-paid jobs at once?

wonder if the FA will pay him through monaco

"The FA has appointed Rosie Redknapp, aged 4, as the new Engerland manager."

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okay, it was fun last night but this has gone on long enough

I mean I actually think Redknapp is the best person available to deal with England's main problem, which is the combination of disinterest, disgust and crippling stage fright that affects most of the players past a certain level of experience. But the jingoistic nonsense is making me wish he wasn't. Plus, it will make Ian Wright happy and anything that makes Ian Wright happy should be resisted with maximum force.

Probably a good day to be a Spurs player on the fringes of the squad though - Lennon, Walker, Dawson must be pretty happy this morning.

king

Thudd less so.

Who the fuck is richard williams and why is his puke festering on the pages of my national newspaper

Who the fuck is richard williams and why is his puke festering on the pages of my national newspaper

yes

has lennon been in any recent squads? (for england i mean) I don't rate him tbh but then again...walcott.

Most successful English manager of his generation, innee? Beat Cardiff in an FA Cup final, that's quite an achievement.

dawson was the best player on the pitch at anfield monday night imo

lennon has been in and out with injuries but is streets ahead of where he was before redknapp came. He's been excellent this season when fit.

and yeah, dawson shouldn't be considered fringe, dawson is prob as close to the player terry is claimed as ye've got

if not harry then i hope the fa is aware of a certain young tyro who is running away with ILF's fantasy football this season, inexperienced - yes, and not english, but 'best man for the job' etc

you really wanna see danny rose in an england shirt huh....

Reckon Jones and Smalling were ahead of Dawson in the pecking order because they can play right across the back four if need be.

Smalling doesn't impress me at all at right back but

Yeah I mean you've got Richards, Walker and Johnson as it is so it shouldn't even be necessary but in the event of a crisis...

bentley's already been capped iirc rose can't be any worse

good chance to get rid of ferdinand AND terry tbh. Both not good enough anymore.
xxp

i am more intrigued than anything by Arry's stance toward the busted flush that is almost every England international with 40+ caps - will he drop them all, keep a couple of faces around, play the same wankers that have failed the last 3 or 4 times?

if Pearce gets a caretaker job i'm pretty sure i know how that'll go

i think ferdinand/terry want putting out to pasture/down respectively, alright.

I'd say walker is less likely to have a claim at rb vs dawson at cb, smalling and jones are both vg prospects and better than dawson was at that age, but he's gotten over his error-prone days and i don't know the two lads have just yet.

xp He'll honour old Pat Lampard by making her little boy Frank the captain, natch.

can't see harry dropping lampard/gerrard/terry/rio tbh
in fact think capello's squad = harry's squad with at most 2 exceptions maybe.
defoe for bent maybe.

guys

gnev for england?

YES!

But all seriousness being a pundit for sky is a more important job

as far as it pertains to my enjoyment of football anyway

i can see arry changing the centre back pairing, but if he keeps gerrard/lampard/rooney it'll be because they'll play to a good level for him.

He's not been shy dropping players for us, tbf

Parker in and captain for sure tho, and king on the plane. Already a huge improvement on capello's wc squad

LOL @ talk of 'Arry "wanting to show loyalty to Spurs", aye right. Once a Gooner, eh?

this was sort of my thinking, if he can get gerrard or lampard to perform to their ability for England then good luck to him, but jokes about his nephew aside he doesn't seem to me a guy who'll play players purely on reputation

he doesn't seem to me a guy who'll play players purely on reputation

there is a hell of a difference between people half-paying attention to your spurs team playing third on motd and dropping stevie me

(specifically dropping him from the england squad, sorry.)

in all seriousness, taking away the wheeler dealer temptation will only improve him

The Nult has spoken

King on the plane is just asking for trouble I think, he can't play enough in a major tournament to make it worth the place. Much as I love him, it failed at the last World Cup.

I'm not sure Redknapp will want to walk away while Spurs are (at least theoretically) still in the title race. I don't think they'll win but I don't see him wanting to walk away from the possibility, especially if United or City trip over themselves at some point.

The FA may be able to muddle through the friendly against the Netherlands at Wembley later this month, but the clock will then start ticking towards that showpiece and the business of putting England in shape to make an impact.

Had to read that twice

King has played a lot more regularly this season than last, right? Personally I think he is ~a rare good dressing room influence~ and good enough that if he only plays half the games, it'll be worth it. More worthwhile than taking rooney for him not to play in the group stages anyway

why not just let the "senior players" manage the team, they all fucking try to do that anyway

You want a settled back pairing though, not one you have to keep changing because King can't play more than one game a week.

tabloids to appoint 1 player as manager based on phone-in vote from EDL supporters

Terry + Rio duumvirate

sam otm

working for spurs, matt

btw did anybody else wonder whether the FA's handling of l'affaire Terry was a calculated insult to Capello? timing of yesterday's events was...odd

nah

tabloids to appoint 1 player as manager based on phone-in vote from EDL supporters

Sky to commission production company responsible for "Who Do You Think You Are" to make series investigating backgrounds of prospective England managers, those whose English ancestry can be traced furthest back to go head-to-head in phone-in vote from EDL supporters

imo you have king + dawson as yr first choices, as they already know each other so well and then dawson + yr second choice on the training ground while king spends that time in the massuese room, so dawson+secondy have at least had time together.