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I'm from Denmark but in my opinion it's embarrassing for England, the inventors of football, to have
an Italian as there manager. I know that there a no big English manager names like in the past with
Bobby Robson, Terry Venables etc., and apart from Harry Redknapp in 2008 no English manager have won
anything in years, but no English managers are never given a chance in one of those clubs, who
realistically can win something. Here i'm talking about Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and
Liverpool. The last time and Englishmen have been manager in one of those clubs was Roy Evans with
Liverpool, and he stopped in 1998 10 Years ago(!). Just look what Avram Grant did as Chelsea
manager, all right he didn't win anything, but was close to three titles, and don't tell me that
Harry Redknapp, Sam Allardyce or a third English manager could not do the same, or even better. If
Harry Redknapp got the job as Chelsea manager he could win the title, but as long as he, and other
English managers are not given a chance in one of "the big four clubs", then they will not win the
title.
I hope when Capello steps down after England are knocked out in the quarter finals of the World Cup,
then FA will go for an Englishmen because the England manager should be English. An Italian as
England manager is just wrong. |
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Everyone involved with their home football team should that nationality |
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He is, is he not Tommy Cooper |
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I totally agree with this for all countries should have a manager from their home nation. The only
problem is that England own some awful managers a choose foreign ones. |
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I tend to agree with this even though I'm not English. Something was definitely lost in football
with the Bosman ruling that removed restrictions on the nationality of club players. When Celtic won
the European cup in 1967, they did it with a team all of whose players grew up within 20 miles of
the stadium. Now most club teams are just names and shirts with no real roots in their community.
It's going too far to take this principle to national teams. All managers of national football teams
should be nationals of the country as far as I'm concerned, even if that comes at the price of less
success on the field. |
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I believe that the England football, a team made up solely of English players should have an English
manager. It's not xenophobic, I've lived in many countries, I know what it's like to the foreigner.
However, this is a matter of national pride.
It doesn't matter about his pedigree, the number of championships he has won, he has a truly
impressive history, it's very exciting to think that someone of his calibre will be running the
team. But shouldn't the England manager simply be English?
I don't like the assumption that because Italian football is having good times, but that's not
guarantee of future performance or triumph. Luck runs in streaks, like success, but so does failure
too.
It's true, that England has some wonderful players, but we love them because of their passionate
commitment to our country and wearing that shirt fills them with pride. Capello is Italian and it
is just a job to him. He might have dreamed of it, but he's still not an Englishman taking the
reins.
What does it say about English football that there is not an English manager capable of the job?
Of course, the job is a horrible poison chalice, and many wouldn't want it, but it tells us a lot
about the state of English football that no manager can take over the job. Steve McLaren was
terrible, but our previous foreign manager was not great either, yes we achieved something, but like
McLaren his methods seemed suspect and ended up in failure.
When England fans roar their team out on to the pitch, there is a connection. The England Football
teams represents England in a way to makes our chests swell with pride. But down there on the touch
line is an Italian. This Italian is calling the shots for our national team and something doesn't
seem right.
I suppose what it is, is shame. Shame that we do not have anyone good enough to take the post.
Embarrassment that we HAD to have a foreign manager because no one else made the grade. Even David
Beckham admitted that he was afraid of the FA making a 'quick-fix' decision and I don't really know
if they took enough time over this decision.
I'm sure that Capello can bring glory, but in the back of our minds, it won't be an Englishman
leading the troops out into battle, it will be someone foreign and it doesn't matter if that person
is Capello or a German (okay, maybe not), French, American or whatever, not being English leaves a
slightly odd taste in the mouth.
Don't forget it was an Englishman that lead England to their famous 1966 victory. I cringe at the
potential headlines if we win or lose, the British press are awful. They are practical xenophobic.
I'd rather they concentrate on the football, than the manager.
Imagine the headlines. 'England get a Pizza the action', - if they do well, 'Pasta ball' if the
passing game is unsuccessful. I almost can't bear the cheese of it.
We need to start training managers now, we need to put some serious thought into improving the
quality of the route from player to manager or maybe not even a player.
We need to focus on creating great leaders, for the whole nation to get behind. It's not too late if
we start right away! |
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No English coaches are going down.. The coach is going to be a foreigner |
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I do not think that the idea of having an English football manager for the England football would
make any miracle in the performance of the players. This quite impractical that only the
nationalized manager could lead his country to a better result while the others can’t. If a
manager of an other country would be seen for apt for the English football team then why should not
he be applied as the manager of the team? It can be happened that the coach or the manager from the
other country can make the team to reach to its highest success. The idea of having a manager from
the own country would be good but not the ultimate choice. This would be a poor judge of reality and
one day this idea can bounce back like a boomerang. After all statistics and performance talks the
final word. |
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They should be based on talent, not nationality. |
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Who ever gets us the world cup should be manager, regardless of nationality |
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This would mean that Irish, Scottish and Welsh managers couldn't be appointed either .
Given that a lot of English people and players have Irish, Scottish and Welsh ancestry this seems a
bit unfair.
I presume that this would also mean that 'English' people couldn't become managers of anything but
English teams and this restricts a lot of talent in the job market at home and abroad.
The English team isn't made up solely of English people. A player could have been born in England
of a Welsh and Irish parent so racially they aren't English.
For example Vinnie Jones has a Welsh mother and could play for Wales so this is all getting a bit
confused.
Yes it would be good if British teams had managers of their own nationality but it's impractical and
unworkable.
An element of racism has reared it's head here too which is bound to happen when foreign players and
managers are involved, we have it too on a national and regional level without introducing foreign
elements and that's not a good thing.
No I don't agree and don't see how it could work. |
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I think at the moment, there is really no other option for the FA but to appoint a foreign manager.
I mean, the English managers that were in "contention" weren't exactly leaping at the opportunity to
take the reigns. I can't say I blame them either, considering the pressure that the English public
puts on the manager of an England football side. At least if you are a foreign manager, once
everything goes to custard you can go back where you came from! ;)
No, but seriously, if you look at the track record of the newly appointed Fabio Capello, it sort of
speaks for itself. He (along with his teams obviously) has won the UEFA Champions League, runner-up
twice, won 5 Italian league titles, runner-up twice and won the Spanish league twice - and that's
just some of them. I mean, the guy obviously knows what he is doing and has proven it time and time
again.
The fact that he is Italian bodes well considering that Italy are the current world champions. I
realise also, because he is Italian, he will bring a different style of play to the England side,
and probably one that may be the catalyst to bring greater things out of them when they don the
England jersey. It's a well known fact that the England squad is bursting with quality players, full
of talent, it's just that they only seem to display that quality when they are playing for their
respective league sides e.g. - Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard (Gerrard more recently).
As I say, I think it can only be a good thing. Obviously the style of play they have been using
hasn't won them a World Cup title in over 40 years, so it's a long time between drinks. Maybe now
with a fresh new approach and ideas, England could finally get their hands on what they want the
most. |
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19 Dec 2007 00:30
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