The England thread

[Matt]

1 hour ago, TCO said:

To be fair, Messi, Robben and countless others are ridiculously one-footed. Robben literally just cuts in from the right every time and he's bear impossible to stop.

Raheem just isn't good enough to get away with it!

Their weaker foot is nowhere near as poor as Sterling'

[therockbox]

The idiots on ITV currently advocating a managerial set up including the likes of Glenn Hoddle and Terry Venables.

Given the events of the last week or so I'm starting to wonder if someone's spiked the water supply.

[MDK]

2 hours ago, TCO said:

This snobbery of long throws has always been ridiculous, dating back to the Delap days. If you have a player with that rare ability and you don't utilise it then you're an idiot.

Wenger was chief whinger too, shudder the thought teams don't pass the ball to death before daring to take a shot. I can't stand the elitism in football when "big" teams are beaten. Joachim Low's saltiness after we beat them with a hoof to Shane Long was particularly hilarious! 

Exactly. Its like moaning about Ronaldo/Bales taking free kicks, scoring, and then saying it is cheating. Use what you have. We all love pretty football but I wouldn't be pissed off if Orient won 1-0 46 times this season. 

[Jimmy]

1 hour ago, MDK said:

Exactly. Its like moaning about Ronaldo/Bales taking free kicks, scoring, and then saying it is cheating. Use what you have. We all love pretty football but I wouldn't be pissed off if Orient won 1-0 46 times this season. 

lol

[MDK]

Just now, Jimmy said:

lol

Pre-Euro Ronny >_>

[Gazz]

Harry Kane is going to give him some tips. 

[brenchill]

 

Thank god he made it back in time for BEEFA.  That's a load off my mind, I was worried sick.

[GoN_]

 

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SAINT JORGE
Jorge Mendes becomes part of search for next England manager as FA turn to Jose Mourinho's super-agent
Portuguese has been contacted in recent days to help in the search for an ideal candidate to replace Roy Hodgson

THE Football Association has asked super-agent Jorge Mendes to help find the next England manager.

In the clearest sign yet that Wembley bosses would consider a foreigner to replace Roy Hodgson, the Portuguese was contacted in the past few days to see if he could identify a potential Three Lions boss.

FA bosses believe Mendes' contact book is so wide and varied that he might be able to find a top candidate to lead England's resurgence who was thought to be out of reach.

Mendes has long-established links with FA vice-chairman David Gill, who is part of the three-man team – along with chief executive Martin Glenn and technical director Dan Ashworth – who will appoint the next manager.

The trio met in Paris last Friday to establish a clear criteria for England's next head coach.

There will also be a full assessment of the disastrous Euro 2016 campaign and a general performance review of the country at major tournaments.

The FA's taskforce have already met with BBC presenter, Gary Lineker, former England stars Rio Ferdinand and Frank Lampard and Harry Redknapp about the future of the national side.

Redknapp wants a shot at the job and Ferdinand also re-iterated his interest about being involved as a coach.

Predictably the FA are also making it clear that the team must "have a clear identity" under the next manager.

SunSport reported last month how FA bosses spoke to Brendan Rodgers about a possible vacancy before Euro 2016, although Ashworth hoped that England would be successful to allow Hodgson to stay on to oversee the 2018 World Cup campaign.

But it has now emerged that Jose Mourinho was also approached by the FA towards the end of the season to establish his potential availability if Hodgson had to go, while Sam Allardyce and Harry Redknapp are the leading home-grown candidates.

Mourinho, though, was already privately confident of landing the Manchester United job he officially began this week and told the FA he was not an option if the worst did happen.

Gill had a number of dealings with Mendes in his previous role as chief executive at United and knows the Portuguese is one of the game's arch-fixers.

Mendes' managerial clients include Mourinho, former Brazil boss Luis Felipe Scolari - who turned the FA down in 2006 - Aitor Karanka and Carlos Queiroz.

Allardyce, Redknapp, Glenn Hoddle, Steve Bruce and Eddie Howe are potential home-grown options, with Sir Alex Ferguson lobbying strongly for the Sunderland boss.

West Ham chief Slaven Bilic is another who has backers, although the Hammers will fight hard to keep him in East London, while USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann is another alternative.

@ The Sun 

[brenchill]

I think I would go for Klinsmann.  He's the best of a very, very average bunch.

[DavidMarrio]

22 hours ago, brenchill said:

I think I would go for Klinsmann.  He's the best of a very, very average bunch.

Perfect!! An average manager for an average team

[The Lusophone]

I could see why they'd go for Klinsmann, he started Germany off on the process that led to them becoming so good - he brought Joachim Low into the set-up and helped revamp the management. That was a decade ago now though....

[brenchill]

2 hours ago, Davidmarrio said:

Perfect!! An average manager for an average team

Who is your suggestion?

[DavidMarrio]

Just now, brenchill said:

Who is your suggestion?

I'd like Eddie Howe but I wouldn't wish the England job on him. The problem with England isn't just who is in charge of the England team but the FA themselves. 

Shit rolls down hill. Hodgson was shit, the FA and the people in charge of developing English football are shit and our players are never arsed about playing for the team. 

Honestly not that fussed about England. I only have an interest in them when there's a tournament on. 

[MDK]

11 hours ago, brenchill said:

Who is your suggestion?

Doesn't really matter if the new man will stick to tried and tested methods of picking players based on rep. 

[9 to 5]

14 hours ago, Davidmarrio said:

Perfect!! An average manager for an average team

If Klinsmann is the height of our ambition....

Speaks English at least, I guess. :/

 

[Jimmy]

1 hour ago, MDK said:

Doesn't really matter if the new man will stick to tried and tested methods of picking players based on rep. 

I'd actually say Hodgson was pretty good at introducing new players into the fold and, more than enough, going on form. 

He just didn't have a fucking clue with what to do with them. 

Edited July 11, 2016 by Jimmy

[DFF]

5 minutes ago, Jimmy said:

I'd actually say Hodgson was pretty good at introducing new players into the fold and, more than enough, going on form. 

He just didn't have a fucking clue with what to do with them. 

It's almost like Hodgson should be on a panel of selectors that picks the squad, but have a separate team of coaches to handle that side of things.

[Lineker]

Allardyce is having an interview this week  

[Adam]

Yeah, I think I'm about done with this sorry nation.

[Colly]

2 hours ago, DFF said:

It's almost like Hodgson should be on a panel of selectors that picks the squad, but have a separate team of coaches to handle that side of things.

Hodgson/McClaren dream team!