Curbishley resigns

[NobBe Nobbs]

Thread says it all. Curbishley's resigning after next week's match against United.

[Steeb]

Guess that sorta tells us who the next England manager is, no?

[therockbox]

Not really, he's been saying he might leave for a while.

[Steeb]

Fair enough.

Still, it's a possibility now.

Less chance of being turned down

[Guest Heresy]

I guess he needs a new challenge. He's either going to take a break from football or take over the Newcastle job. I can't see him becoming England manager he just doesn't seem good enough to fit that role to me.

[NobBe Nobbs]

I'm personally glad he's gone, since he's been in the job two years too long. Anyway, I've got my letter and resume ready to send off - I told people that when Curbs finally did go, I'd apply myself, so here I go.

[Guest Heresy]

Send in your Football Manager (Or Championship Manager) resume for a laugh.

Edited April 30, 2006 by Heresy

[NobBe Nobbs]

...no, I'm sending in an actual resume. Hell, I passed the Pro Licence exam not long ago, so that makes me more qualified for the job than Glenn Roeder.

[Dan]

McLaren to England

Curbs to 'Boro

Word on the street has it.

[NobBe Nobbs]

Would you say you...heard it through the grapevine?

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

He needs a break bless him. 15 years in charge? Eye bags the size of suitcases. Kudos to him and it'll be weird when Charlton have another manager in charge...

[Timmoru Suzuki]

Curbs has been nothing short of phenomenal at Charlton. Hes taken them so far. It's going to be interesting to see what a new manager can do, wether he can take them on further, or if the club just won't be the same and they drop-off some.

Still, hes been fantastic at the Valley, its gonna be well weird without him.

[Visionary]

Finally, now lets see if he can garner success elsewhere now his lost his safety blanket of sorts.

BTW, the fact that Curbs came out and said this had nothing to do with the England job plus the fact that him resigning and Scolari turning the job down on the same day would make it a bit to obvious if the F.A where to opt for him. Would they really need to lie about it?

Who's going to take the Charlton job then?

[Liam]

Curbishley came and played in my secondary school centenary match, that alone makes him a legend.

I hope he goes on to do bigger and better things, as he is one of the only managers I truly like, as he seems like a genuinely nice guy.

[RawIsWar]

I wouldn't be surprised to see him go to Newcastle grooming Alan Shearer while he's there. For me he isn't the man for England. Big Sam deserves a shot in the England hotseat

[Sir Alan LCSugar]

Shearer's leaving Newcastle for a break too, Curbs deserves a year off and will come back and go to someone like Villa.

In terms of England, Martin O'Neill is the only guy I can see who will do a 'job' for us.