In true Laurel and Hardy style........that's another fine mess the English FA have got themselves into!
It genuinely beggars belief how ****ing stupid they are!
They strip John Terry of the captaincy WITHOUT even bothering to mention to the manager that they were gonna do it, and then leave him to find out second hand! FFS, if any of us rocked up to work one day to find someone in our team or who we were responsible for had been sacked without us even being consulted/informed, we'd be a wee tad pissed! Capello has every right to rock up to the FA and ask WTF they were playing at! At best they are undermining his position and not exactly showing him much respect, at worst I'd say he has a case for constructive dismissal.
Now, I've no real opinion either way on should Terry lose the captaincy. I think he's a dick, but then so are most footballers, and I can understand why they dnt want him captaining the team in a major tournament, but when the alternatives are a granny shagger, a bloke who skives drug tests, and a guy who beats up people in nightclubs, or Rooney, Rio and Gerrard........
And now my REAL bug-bear. Can some one, ANYONE, explain to me your media's ****ing stupid obsession with the xenophobic "Duuuuhhhh u need a English man ta manage Engerland cos only a Engerlish man will like understand de English way innit!"
Seriously, where does this BS come from!?
Granted Capello didn't exactly cover himself in glory at the last WC, but was England's performance entirely his fault? Was there not a degree of blame attached to over pampered players, a stupidly long season, a lack of tactical know how among England's players, media-overhype, could it possibly be that, whisper it quietly, England actually aren't as good as they think they are!?
Could it have been blind bad luck!?
Capello's record in qualifying was pretty good. He was in charge for two qualifying campaigns and you made it to both tournaments. Erikson was in charge for three and you made it to all three. As I see it the huge crime that both committed was to not be English!
Crime of the century, Capello's English is still **** after 4/5/6 years in charge of the national team! Big ****ing deal! Anyone ever seen Jamie Carragher interviewed!? Ever heard Wayne Rooney use a word with 3 syllables? I rest my case on that one!
Now, only an English manager understands the English way!? REALLY? So Steve McClaren then…….
Kevin Keegan had great success at euro 2000, I remember England, with an English manager who understood the "English way," playing some really good football and just missing out on winning it. Ohh not wait, raped in the group stages!
Maybe that's a bit unfair, Hoddle did ok when he was in charge, but again no better than ¼ finals. I'm discounting "El Tel" cos he only had one competition and it was played at home, home advantage is a huge bonus for international tournaments, just look at South Korea when they hosted the W/C.
Ohh and if anyone is still unconvinced that the "only an English manager understands the English players/game" argument is BS, can I point you in the direction of the Premier League, where the success of ENGLISH managers of the last 20 years has been over whelming! The most successful English sides of that time have pretty much ALL been managed by, shock horror, NON ENGLISHMEN!
Fergy at United, Wenger at Arsenal, Mourninho/Hiddink/Grant at Chelsea, Rafa/Houllier (UEFA cup winner, back when the UEFA cup wasn't a waste of time) Liverpool, O'leary at Leeds. The only English men to have done OK are Bobby Robson at Newcastle (RIP Bobby), and he had been hounded out of the England job before Italia 90 even started, and the media's new darling Harry "the money was only resting in my account" Redknapp at Spurs. Even Harry's time at Spurs sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of his career, and has benefited from some big spending (no guarantee of success granted).
Once again the media have hounded out a decent manager and will get him replaced by their latest (English) Darling and then be surprised when it all goes horribly wrong.
Nice one England!
It genuinely beggars belief how ****ing stupid they are!
They strip John Terry of the captaincy WITHOUT even bothering to mention to the manager that they were gonna do it, and then leave him to find out second hand! FFS, if any of us rocked up to work one day to find someone in our team or who we were responsible for had been sacked without us even being consulted/informed, we'd be a wee tad pissed! Capello has every right to rock up to the FA and ask WTF they were playing at! At best they are undermining his position and not exactly showing him much respect, at worst I'd say he has a case for constructive dismissal.
Now, I've no real opinion either way on should Terry lose the captaincy. I think he's a dick, but then so are most footballers, and I can understand why they dnt want him captaining the team in a major tournament, but when the alternatives are a granny shagger, a bloke who skives drug tests, and a guy who beats up people in nightclubs, or Rooney, Rio and Gerrard........
And now my REAL bug-bear. Can some one, ANYONE, explain to me your media's ****ing stupid obsession with the xenophobic "Duuuuhhhh u need a English man ta manage Engerland cos only a Engerlish man will like understand de English way innit!"
Seriously, where does this BS come from!?
Granted Capello didn't exactly cover himself in glory at the last WC, but was England's performance entirely his fault? Was there not a degree of blame attached to over pampered players, a stupidly long season, a lack of tactical know how among England's players, media-overhype, could it possibly be that, whisper it quietly, England actually aren't as good as they think they are!?
Could it have been blind bad luck!?
Capello's record in qualifying was pretty good. He was in charge for two qualifying campaigns and you made it to both tournaments. Erikson was in charge for three and you made it to all three. As I see it the huge crime that both committed was to not be English!
Crime of the century, Capello's English is still **** after 4/5/6 years in charge of the national team! Big ****ing deal! Anyone ever seen Jamie Carragher interviewed!? Ever heard Wayne Rooney use a word with 3 syllables? I rest my case on that one!
Now, only an English manager understands the English way!? REALLY? So Steve McClaren then…….
Kevin Keegan had great success at euro 2000, I remember England, with an English manager who understood the "English way," playing some really good football and just missing out on winning it. Ohh not wait, raped in the group stages!
Maybe that's a bit unfair, Hoddle did ok when he was in charge, but again no better than ¼ finals. I'm discounting "El Tel" cos he only had one competition and it was played at home, home advantage is a huge bonus for international tournaments, just look at South Korea when they hosted the W/C.
Ohh and if anyone is still unconvinced that the "only an English manager understands the English players/game" argument is BS, can I point you in the direction of the Premier League, where the success of ENGLISH managers of the last 20 years has been over whelming! The most successful English sides of that time have pretty much ALL been managed by, shock horror, NON ENGLISHMEN!
Fergy at United, Wenger at Arsenal, Mourninho/Hiddink/Grant at Chelsea, Rafa/Houllier (UEFA cup winner, back when the UEFA cup wasn't a waste of time) Liverpool, O'leary at Leeds. The only English men to have done OK are Bobby Robson at Newcastle (RIP Bobby), and he had been hounded out of the England job before Italia 90 even started, and the media's new darling Harry "the money was only resting in my account" Redknapp at Spurs. Even Harry's time at Spurs sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the rest of his career, and has benefited from some big spending (no guarantee of success granted).
Once again the media have hounded out a decent manager and will get him replaced by their latest (English) Darling and then be surprised when it all goes horribly wrong.
Nice one England!
