Tuesday, 13 March 2012

The England Job

What a mess!  The F.A. have said after Fabio Capello walked out that it was time to have another England Manager that was born in England.  That's fine, but most of the managers in the Premiership are not English, bar  Harry Redknapp, Roy Hodgson, and Terry Connor of Wolves (I think).  Terry Connors can be discounted as he does not have enough managerial experience.  English managers that are not in the Premiership is a very restricted list of one - Steve MacLaren (tried it before and got sacked).  The F.A. have also stated that they do not want to disrupt any club's season.  All the likely candidates are gainfully employed by clubs, and the season still has a number of weeks to run.
The current incumbent, Stewart Pierce, has changed the plans put forward by Fabio Capello, to put his own in place, and the obvious question is Why?  He has already stated that he would be prepared to continue into the role through the European Championships, that is unless the F.A. 'parachute in' the permanent replacement.
Harry Redknapp has come out and said that he is currently unsure if he would take on the England job.  He is probably the most successful club manager that was born in England around at the moment.  He also enjoys a lot of support from the players (see previous posts about player power - it is not always a good thing)
Roy Hodgson has probably the most managerial experience as he has already experienced managing a national team with managing Switzerland.
So what would be the ideal solution?  The honest answer is that the F.A. have seriously mucked the situation up for an ideal solution to be impossible, or at the very best, extremely difficult.  Surely, the manager, whoever they are, cannot be expected to take over the reins at the end of a season,  with a short time to go before we enter an important competition.  How are the F.A. going to fix this mess that they have created?  The press were hopping up and down at the way that the Wolves owners dealt with the sacking of Mick McCarthy, surely the F.A. have done the same thing?  Should they be trusted with the management of the National Game?  Only time will tell.

P.S. Sorry about the time lapse since my last post.

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