Next England Manager?

Quoted from sydney

Beckham
Coz he would be able to do what successive England managers have failed to do and get them to almost die for the cause
He would have been therir hero when they where young and he would motivate them incredibly
Sure he would lack tactical knowledge initially but there will be a hoard of assistants with that knowledge who would gladly serve with him
Shearer / Scholes / Pearce etc etc
Put him in now coz he will have almost two years to sort it
We lack the fire in the belly to progress anymore or with anyone else than him
Who would you respect and want to play for as your boss if you where a 20-25 year old England player
Your hero Beckham or Gareth Bloody Southgate

Did Beckham die for the cause when he wimped out of that tackle against Brazil in 2002? What about when he tried to spray Hollywood passes to Row-Z rather than playing a simpler pass to someone in space? What about when he insisted in taking penalties to improve his brand at the expense of the team?

If Beckham is a 'hero', I'd better go home, snuggle up under my Kevin Jobling duvet and rock myself to sleep!

Quoted from TAGG

See Hoddles odds have shortened.

Would be good with these young players I think.

I was big fan of Hoddle 15-20 years ago and whilst his comments quite rightly cost him his job, that is in the past and has to be forgotten.  Hell if we're going that route we would struggle to pick 11 players to play for England!

Problem is Hoddle hasn't managed for ten years since he left Wolves, where he was derided for an incredibly dull and boring style of play.   Yeah he 's done a bit of coaching and set up his Academy which has had varying degrees of success but how up to date is he with the modern game?  

Last night he defended England's inability to defend a long throw-in because they don't come up against it in the Premier League. Funny that 'cos Stoke used it as one of their main threats only a few years back.

The list of potential candidates is frightening.  Southgate?  flipping hell, is that really the best we can do?  A guy who's hardly ripped up trees with the Under 21's, they were bloody awful last summer.   Alan Pardew?  Yeah, exactly the type of guy you want to get you out of a rut.  Who can forget when he gallantly led Newcastle out of their losing streak before his 86 game winning streak at the back end of last season with Crystal Palace?  

It'll be safe bet Southgate, you can more or less guarantee that much,  with the FA making much about his intelligence, coaching ethos and how he's there to deliver fundamental and cultural changes throughout the whole of the Team England setup.  Then some more PR claptrap.

Can't wait.

I really hope Eddie Howe doesn't get it. He's too young to have his career ruined by this lot.

The job is a poisoned chalice. Purely because it will always play second fiddle way behind the EPL.

The FA want someone uncontroversial, unassuming and unsuccessful. Basically, someone who won't ask awkward questions about money and EPL matters.

The FA don't give a toss about the national team. Neither should you.

All this hand-wringing will last until the EPL fixtures are announced, Sky subscriptions are renewed and replica kits bought. And then it'll be buried until 2 weeks before Russia 2018. No one cares. The footballers, the FA or the EPL stakeholders. It's a charade. Spend your money on Town. They're going to need it if this move to extend B teams takes hold. And it will.

Adopt another national team. Iceland look good, and their chant is similar to ours.

The last time I was excited about England was 2002. I've watched most of this campaign feeling like a neutral.

I can see Gareth southgate being asked to take over as a natural progression as he knows some of the players that have progressed from under 21s and has had a direct hand in styling the next crop of youngsters to hopefully make the jump to the full team. I do think the next manager has a very limited pool of players to choose from, we are not as good as we think we are and this was a good reality check. After. Winning all our qualification games (against poor opposition) they thought they were world beaters. Too much pressure put on England managers to succeed so why oh why would a younger up and coming manager want the job? I cannot see any top club manager wanting the job. But Manuel pellegrini is unemployed and has stated he wants to stay in England, we could do a lot worse.

The FA will look at what Coleman has done with Wales and appoint Southgate because he's sort of a bit like him.

Quoted from ginnywings

The FA will look at what Coleman has done with Wales and appoint Southgate because he's sort of a bit like him.

I hope not I really hope not

Quoted from ginnywings

The FA will look at what Coleman has done with Wales and appoint Southgate because he's sort of a bit like him.

When you put it like that, it's hard to argue with!!

Southgate comes across as quite not the type to give hairdryer treatment.

Hoddle

Yeah hoddle for me too