Who should be England manager?

Steve McClaren has been shown the door, but who will be next through it and into the hot seat as England manager? Brian Barwick and his FA committee will start the lengthy process of trying to secure the best man for the job, but many doubt they can be trusted to get the decision right - just consider their track record. Our selection is a mixture of the great, good and very green - surely there's someone who can turn this rabble into a team to fear..?

Who do you want to take on the job? Cast your vote below:

Opinion Polls & Market Research

Comments

[ml]

Hiddink is by far the best coach in the world, but he's busy in Russia

[Robert Edwards]

Interesting! No Mark Hughes on the list.

[Toma D]

Paul Ince for England manager if Alan Shearer can be mentioned why not him??

HOW COME ARSEN WENGER IS NOT ON THE LIST?

[BHW]

Of course Jose Mourinho should be made the next England manager.

I am not convinced that Martin O'Neil does anything more than motivate his players and although he took Celtic to numerous Scottish premierships and a uefa cup final, there have been for a long time only two dominant clubs in Scottish football and Celtic is one of them. In the Uefa cup final his side lost to Mourinho's Porto, and in the premiership he is yet to achieve anything of significance. Even Arsene Wenger who will surely one day produce a side which not only plays a style of football in which all neutrals admire but will deliver the European champions league, is probably too inflexible in his style of tactics to adapt to international football. His great sides are full of players who have been cherry picked from all corners of the globe to play in in the beautifully aesthetic style that only his sides seem to be able to play. But in the past when they have come up short against tougher opposition they have not been able to change tactics to win games. The current side although harder edged is so good that they out playing the opposition, but always in the same style.

Which points to why Mourinho is the best man for the job. Not only did he show how he could motivate under-achieving Chelsea to two premierships in which he won the first one by a country mile; frightening the life out of Wenger and Ferguson; he showed an ability to be fluid with his tactics when his teams were losing, making bold decisions which in the main proved to be the right ones. He has also proven himself to be a winner at the champions league with unfancied Porto.

His credentials are unquestionable, he is winner, who can motivate under-achieving players, and adapt his tactics to win games from losing situations.

The FA may have to talk telephone numbers to meet his salary demands, but it would be worth it. And if he can't win anything with England it is difficult to see who can.

[Some guy]

Remarkable how noone seems to recall how Sven Goran Eriksson was mobbed out of the job a couple of years back. He was called "the worst ever" after having taken England to a World Cup Semifinal. Face it: England's a good enough team, but not one of the Great Nations, like Germany, Italy or Brazil. Football is an incredibly competitive sport, and there are almost no "bad" teams out there, and Europe is the toughest battleground of all. To be beaten by Croatia and Russia is absolutely no shame, so stop trashing your own team, and support them instead. What kind of fair-weather fans are these so called "supporters"?
You'll make it next time, so use the time until then well.

[Michael]

IF U PPL WANT TO QUALIFY EVER AND ACTUALLY PLAY TO UR POTENTIAL THE SPECIAL ONE ISTHE WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!

[Sergio]

Only the special one can bring the world cup title to England, and if FA put his in his mind as the biggest chalange and place in the eternity, he will accepet it

[Michael Holloway]

How about " None of the above" England do not need just a manager, they need system, a vision, an infrastructure that develops quality and presses it through the ranks. We need a centre of excellence that not only provided for youth development, but for coaching and the control of junior football thought the country. We do not need less foreign players or coaches, but there must be as part an agreement in their contact that they have to complete workshops coaches with other coaches and players with youth players and schools. This should form part of the employment contract between clubs and the coaches/players and enforced by the FA. The clubs can only compete in FA sanctioned competitions when they and their employees comply. I am a foreigner working in Australia and to maintain my visa I have to ensure my Austalian staff recieve approved training in the industry, this ensures that my expertise not only benefits the company I work for, but the young Australian people too.
Until we have a plan in place paying top dollar for an internationally successful coach will be a waste of money, as he will have to deal with the same crap as the past coaches.

[Jan Hellberg]

Dear England,
Were is Ms Monika Dominski-Lyfors, former Sweden and China head-coach for the ladies national football teams or Lars Lagerbäck the Sweden team manager?
Mr Lars Lagerbäck has led Sweden to their fifth succesive championship.

/CTID

[Matt]

I can't believe that Martin's Jol name has not come up yet.

Given the job he done at Spurs, up until this season, he at least deserves to have his name in the hat.

[Gary Seymour]

There are not too many choices, Maclaren was wrong from day one, but i would go for Harry. He gets the best out of very average players. Plus you know what your going to get from Harry.... PASSION

[Alan Budd]

It does matter who the next England manager is. The players are over-rated, over-paid and not up to international standard. What we need is the FA to make changes to the overall structure of the game such that it promotes international success.

[Steve]

Offer Mourinho a temporary contract until the summer, with the option of continuing in a part time capacity alongside a club hedad coach role on the continent, if that can be satisfactorily agreed with Barcelona or AC Milan or whoever his next employers are. Then he would I think accept.

[jkyolar]

Lets have an English Primier League with a minimum of foreign players. The rule that one has to have played on their National team so many times does not make sense when it takes positions fROM players who have come up thru the English system. WINNING NO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP IS 40 YEARS IS REALLY EMBARASSING FOR THE ENGLISH FAN.

[Luigi Boneri]

Capello in the best manager around the world.
I'm italian and I love England, the other country where I would like to live- , and I know very well Don Fabio.
You can't compare Capello and Muorinho.
To me is just like to compare a Aston Martin and a Seat Ibiza!!!

[Alastair B]

Sacking McLaren brings an end to the current 'crisis' - but who with any talent is going to work with Brian Barwick? Remember the debacle surrounding McLaren's appointment.. how Barwick wanted Scolari then goofed up the release of the information, resulting in Scolari's withdrawal. What a bumbler...when I saw the press conference on TV I thought it was Oliver Hardy... another bumbling pompous man. The root and branch review needs to address the top of this organisation's hierarchy... in industry it's the Chief Executive who resigns when the company so hugely fails in its aims, yet in the FA the Chief Exec seems to be above culpability. Who has the authority to sack Barwick? Anyone??

[Richard Woodland]

The difficulty is finding one individual to fill all the roles & there are very few managers who have all the qualities. We’ve had the ex-player, European tactician &, with McClaren, tried to keep squad consistency & stability.

Why continue with tradition & not look at a total restructure on how the England team should be run. There are many great coaches tactically that may not have the media charisma or be a great player motivator. There should be a management team of specialists for each responsibility.

The England team is for the nations supporters, so let them have a feeling of involvement. Let them pick the starting eleven and release the sole burden of the National side from one mans shoulders.

There is a website which explains this concept, www.faselect.co.uk. This not only creates hugh revenue for the FA, but has, what I believe, the answer for bringing the fans’ enthusiasm back to international football.

[MARK CUNLIFFE]

Here we go again! The media trying to set the agenda of inappropriate managers to manage the national team. No rationale or thought of qualifications required to be the next manager. Just throw a few prominant managers names in the hat. It was this folly and the media campaign for an English manager that led to the disaster that was McClaren, but ever eager to prove that they too can't learn from past mistakes we have the beginnings of yet another mindless media campaign to set the agenda of who should be the next England manager.

For what it's worth here's a quick stab at what criteria should be used to narrow down a list of potential managers:

1) Has he a proven track record of success at both domestic and international level, ideally at club and national football level?
2) Does he build teams that play attactive and composed attacking football?
3) Does he have the aura and personality to handle the most ferocious and aggressively negative sports media in the world?
4) Is he stupid enough to want the job in the first place?

I would suggest well over 50% of the names in the list of possible managers do not come close to meeting this very basic criteria of what qualities and experience are needed from the next England manager.

[Mike]

Who ever will be the next coach must be willing to be called "the worst coach England ever had". Sven was a tactical genius and did the best possible with what he had. Who knows what would have happened if the English just could stop beeing shown the red card.

The newspapers called him names and he was bullied. But that just shows what they know. Much better with an English coach. Yeah, right.

Well, your loss was Citys gain. You only have your self to blame, and the newspapers.

[Ollie]

why is everyone going on and on about mourinho? he's not gonna accept the job so lets move on! if we're going foregn...then CAPELLO! the guy has won everything...AND HE WANTS THE JOB! its a god-send. bring him in now!

[James Rankin]

Why not Otto Rehhagel? He has a fine pedigree, but is German unfortunately...

[p reddington]

David O leary.

[scott]

Chris Kamara is the only possible, nay, sensible choice. You know it makes sense.

Unbelievable!

[Phil Roberts]

How about me? I am happy to do the job for two year, we fail to make South Africa in 2010 and I would only want £1m pay-off for failure

But any chance that the FA put in a success/failure clause in the next contract? Don't make the WC, no pay off, don't get out of group stage £500k pay off etc. etc. Should make no difference to the manager as they should be expecting to succeed and make the fans feel better that failure is not rewarded

[FRW]

Micky Mouse, or better still Tony Blair

[Francesco]

I am Italian and England is my second flag to follow. Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed by the sad and paradoxical manner England was eliminated – I feel that Euro2008 is not a real tournament without the English team.
I am pretty sure that Fabio Capello is the right man for the right job: he is a winning coach and, apparently, he is ready to give his best for England. I do believe that he is one of the best coaches in the world, and typologically speaking the most appropriate choice for England.

[Neil McCoy]

Berti Vogts. He's the only man for the job

[Gwyn ap Thomas]

As disappointed as many English fans are they should remember it is just a game. Too much credence is given to Bill Shankly's fatuous comment on the importance of football. There are thousands, if not millions, of us who breathed a deep sigh of relief at Wedesday's result as we shall now be spared months of jingoism and parochialism and a television schedule revolving around the championship. To always blame the manager seems to be the rule nowadays. Perhaps the poor performance of the highly paid prima donnas who were on the park deserves some attention.

[Mark Parker]

We have a had a series of failures during the past several years, where some high calibre managers who at a club level have been very successful, but at an international level have not been as successful.

Maybe the selection board at the FA who elected the recent managers also needs a shake up? There seems to be more of a fundamental problem at the international level.

[Francis Stuart Duncan]

I think Berti Vogts would be a good choice. He has a wealth of international managerial experience. He also did an excellent job with Scotland blooding through the youngsters and was the main reason they did so well in this qualifying campaign.

[Henry]

Alex Ferguson. he's done everything he can with Man Utd. so much Champs League experience, with Aberdeen he motivated average players to european heights, So he knows how to motivate rubbish players to better than they are, and super celebs egos will be easy for him to curb. he so almost left Man U already and a spot of International team, will the perfect wind down for him. And it means Man Utd will lose their thread which is good as we all hate them. Sven can take over if he wants. Having said all that he probably would rather stick an pin in his eye that guide England to success! You know Sven was one of the best records, get him back possibly.

[Michael]

I'm not sure if the guy above was being serious re Bertie Vogts, but I think he would be an excellent appointment.

He took Germany to an International trophy, and would surely love to help the Germans great rivals England win it back after he was hounded out of German football?

Scotland are arguably better than England now, and this is all down to Vogts laying the foundations.

He would bring the English team together and take us forward.

It ticks all the right boxes, Berti for Angleterre!!!!

[Mike Okoro]

If you are looking for a British Manager, there is only one candidate
... Glen Hoddle.Martin O'Neil will be better than McClaren, but will run his close on the ineptitude scale!
Anyone who buys Zak Knight( and plays him in his team)is a managerial clown!

[Open your minds]

Take the emotion out of it. England need a great man manager - the football is secondary. Sir Clive Woodward has shown he has the game skills, but it his his man manager skills to control Premiership managers and Chairman is what would make him succeed. The fact that England cannot produce a top rate goal keeper does however point to huge structural failings in the national game.

[Roger Thomason]

Why would any of these foreign coaches want to coach a side that could potentially beat their own country in the final of the world cup?
What questions would be asked win or lose?

[Barry Park]

Berti Vogts would be a good choice.

He wiped out all the deadwood with scotland and brought in young blood who wanted to play and now look at them, flying higher than England.
Hes doing a smashing job at Nigeria too

[RGC]

None of the above there is only one person currently suitable who has been treated horrendously who has the required passion and experience to Manage England and who will be respected as manager/head coach by up and coming players David Beckham and he is English lets get it right this time...please

[Jim Ross]

I just like to make it clear that I am ruling myself out of the role but my mate gary, he is refusing to rule himself out at this moment in time.

[TottenhamFan]

This might be a bit radical, but I know of someone with great football knowledge, who doesnt suffer fools gladly and can get the best out of people. He is a proper Englishman who knows what its all about, hence he was given a Knighthood for his services to the country.

SIR ALAN SUGAR!

Hes worth an interview? The usual hairbrained schemes from the big wigs in Soho Square havent worked in the past, how about a new approach?

[Forza Italia]

It doesnt matter who you get to coach, Italia will beat you in the tournament at summar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mark]

Interesting comments.

England players know how to play, but lack fervour.

We need an inspirational leader.

Redknapp, Shearer, Pearce?

[jose carlos]

Good afternoons!

As for me exactly being Portuguese, to train England better not havera that Mr. Fabio Capello, these yes one gentleman of the world-wide soccer.
Without more! porting greetings, since Portugal…
Jose Carlos

[dan bridge]

mourinho all the way!

[nicki, california,usa]

The problem is not the coach, it's the players. You need more players with the spirit and KNOW-HOW of a David Beckham and a Rooney. Start with a new goal-keeper, build a team. Hire an English coach. Do not hire a foreigner, so that if the team fails again you won't take
your rage against him. Becks would
be the right candidate for the job,
after he completes his 100th game.
Becks has a contract with the LA
Galaxy, will he be able to break it?

[nicki, california,usa]

The problem is not the coach, it's the players. You need more players with the spirit and KNOW-HOW of a David Beckham and a Rooney. Start with a new goal-keeper, build a team. Hire an English coach. Do not hire a foreigner, so that if the team fails again you won't take
your rage against him. Becks would
be the right candidate for the job,
after he completes his 100th game.
Becks has a contract with the LA
Galaxy, will he be able to break it?

[Monty]

HOW ON EARTH CAN YOU PUBLISH A LIST WITHOUT THE ONLY SERIOUS CONTENDER, ARSENE WENGER??? The rest are mere also rans.
Do you know anythinh about football????

[yogi]

Don't enage Jurgen Klinsmann. This would be a totally unfair combination for the other footballnations.

Who wants to see a motivated young english team that plays highspeed fottball and even wins penalty kicks?

Thank goodness the FA is not brave enough to engage him.

[Staffan]

TONY ADAMS AND ALAN SHEARER.

THEY SHOULD TAKE OVER ENGLAND

[steve]

Give Stuart Pearce and Nigel Clough the job they both learnt their craft from the Greatest ENGLISH manager not to have been given the job at his peak. OK Clough hasn't managed at the top level, but both he and Pearce played at the highest level, both get their teams to play the way it should be played,(on the grass and not in the clouds)and are both ENGLAND to the core, give them the job now while they have time to mold the right players into a team we can be proud to call ENGLAND.

[Richard Hodgson]

Go for Jurgen Klinsmann. Popular in his time with Spurs.Played the game with flair and manages the same way. Look at Germany in the last World Cup. Played to their strengths and deserved to win it.Speaks excellent English - but would he do it full time?

[david]

Please remember; Mourinho only achieved anything on the back of a nine-figure expenditure

[thomas Wilson]

I think my mother would be a really goood manager of the England team. She is very firm and gets results. She has brought up 6 very well adjusted children and was a head Teacher at a 600 strong school. She knows nothing about football, but I'm sure she would pick it up quickly. It's only the England team remember. And the songs would be great MY MUM, MY MUM, My MUM, MY MUM. Sooper !!

[Dave Proctor]

"Too much credence is given to Bill Shankly's fatuous comment on the importance of football" Especially by fatuous people who don't realise it wasn't his saying, he was quoting a coach of American gridiron football.
Getting back to the manager, all the top managers are not going to want a job with little day to day involvment with the players, not to mention the will no longer be able to get talented players from all over the world, like Wenger does for little cost, or the likes of Mourinho and Ferguson have done at great cost. So you can rule those out. After ruling out a few more I would go for Cappello. It is worth remembering that the appointment of Sir Alf Ramsey wasn't greeted with great joy by all the experts and pundits.

[derek]

Seven Scudetto's ( ok 2 taken off him for something someone else did ) two visits to Spain and two La Liga's, four Italian cups, a European Cup and European Super Cup.

He's shown an interest in the job, it's Friday now and we haven't yet appointed him. What's more your three main football writers on the back page of today's paper have decided to mention Alan Shearer and Jurgen Klinsmann as a canditate to his exclusion. To make matters worse the Sky Sports website doesn't even have him as an option on their on-line poll.

I thought you media people had the interests of the state of English footbal at heart ?

Get on a plane please Mr Barwick with a contract and get Fabio Capello's signature right now.

International football above all other forms of football really is a results business. You play very few games, then a whole load together at tournaments and in that condensed time you need winners at the helm and like Mourinho that's exactly what he is

[Adrian Vincent]

I think Mark Bagwell should be England Manager. He lead Screwfix Direct to success and has managed a squad of some 500 people so the England team should be a breeze!

[Andrea]

Altough I personally like Klinsmann's style, I dont' think he is fit for the job.
He didn't lead a team in a qualification match before. He was appointed to lead an already qualified Germany in a World cup played at home, and managed to arrive third.
I don't think he can do better with England in an out-of-home tournament.
So, it all depends on wich are your own expectatives.

[Ray Ray]

Sad to say but England has lost its BULL DOG spirit.

There is no fight with the exception of Owen Hargreaves in the team and he was not even used.

If lions are lead by mouse they act like mouse. need I say more.

I strongly believe Alex Ferguson is the man to lead England on a part time basis.

Forget about one been scot, welsh, english.... just look for a leader with knowledge of the game.

[maik]

Hello from germany,
you next manager should be called on everybody fall Jürgen Klinsmann. With him you would have at least the chance sometimes a 11-metre shoot to win. ha ha ha
Without england we go to european championchip

[BEVINN]

BRYAN ROBSON

[GRANT]

How about Steve Coppell,
Played at the highest level, has done wonders with Reading, bringing them up to the premiership. Has a great spirit for the game.

[Dave]

Nobody gets more done with less talent than Harry Redknapp and right about now England fall into the "less talent" category.

[284Andy]

Stuart Pearce with Ian Wright as his number two. They both have demonstrated unquestionable pride and dedication for their country throughout the years. These two would easily whip the national side back into shape.

[Adam]

Now then hows about Ian Wright he has got enough passion for engish football to inspire any team to winning (or at least winning SOMETHING) no more votes for Harry Redknapp he got to stay at Portsmouth he is ours and we want to keep him

[Matt Robbins]

As much as i love the idea, Mourinho won't be next England boss as he's already clearly stated that he's not even interested on coaching Portugal (his own country!!!) for at least another 4 years. Whoever it is, it should be a world class boss, such as Capello, but supported by highly respected ex-players such as Shearer, Pearce etc. And anyway......whats the rush??? As long as we have a coach in place for the first of the world cup qualifiers. Why dont the FA just bide their time before making another rash decision!!!

[grandeur]

Where's the option for hte best ENGLISH manager of all... Big Sam?

[Fabio C]

Manager? You guys are worried about a manager? England's problem is the manager AND the players. You guys need to start from point 0 (ZERO). And don't even think about Scolari, he is not stupid to give up his work with Portugal to take a looser like England.

[Fabio Grosso]

It's simple... You England people are losers... That's it...

[paolo Secondo]

England's problems, and not just recently, stem from the following:
1) Primadonnas attitude by the players. To win, you don't need the best players in the world (see Italy and Greece), but certainly you need to build a motivated and cohesive group. The English players, despite the controversy about too many foreigners in the Premiership, are as good as those of any other nation.
2) Obsolete tactic and predictable play.
3) Pathetic defense. I am not suggesting that English football should become defensive, but that on those not-so-rare occasions when the adversary attacks you should be able to defend. Even the Brasilians got it.
4) Superiority complex, often fostered by the media, which makes it impossible for you to understand the adversary and change tactics as needed.
The best candidate for the job is not Mourinho, who after all built on a structure prepared by Ranieri, and who, with some of the best players in the world couldn't even win a Champion's League. The best for the job is Capello, who has the perfect record for coping with those issues. Hiring Capello though would require England to eat some humble pie and admitting that Italians are good at something, and not just lucky cheaters. No Englishman is prepared to do that, therefore you will continue to loose.

[Byron]

I think you English need to organise a prayer session or a trip to Lourdes for your prayers to be answered - FABIO CAPELLO is the only real coach who knows football and perhaps he will teach the Masters who invented the game how to really play and win !!!

[Eckhard]

The most popular successor to McClaren appears to be Mourinho. He has been a successful coach, and he no doubt would be a suitable England coach. But I believe England needs more than that. England needs to implement changes at grass root levels, like Germany did after Euro 2004. When Juergen Klinsmann initially conveyed his ideas & intentions he met with not just a breeze, but with a tornado of resistance from the German footballing establishment. By all this pressure, it would have been easy to waiver, but he didn’t. Germany now play a style I last remember them play when they were at their all time best during the 1972 Euro campaign (during which, if I remember correctly, they inflicted the first England defeat at Wembley). In my opinion the attributes a coach needs to bring to achieve the same for England are: Personality, Knowledge of the game, utter self-belief, supreme diplomacy & communication skills, flair, infectious enthusiasm & unwavering, Teutonic determination.

The downside to the Teutonic bit, and the reason why I will most likely regret having extolled Klinsman for the job: England will beat Germany in the 2010 final on penalties. Bloody hell … I feel a migraine coming on already.

[Simone Negri]

Capello should be the good choice. Everywhere he has gone, he has won.I think he is the best coach around the world, not only of Italy. I think that your National team is one of the strongest in the world. you just have to look for a goalkeeper...

We can also give you Berlusconi. He knows about football. Haven't you ever heard about him?

[Paulo Fidelis de Araujo]

...The best is simply Scolari.
Champion in Korea/Japan 2002, with brazil's national team.
Congratulations, from Brasilia, Brazil.

[Chris Stanley]

I sometimes wonder if people posting here have been smoking something they shouldnt.

Lets just take a look at some facts.

Cappello. Woohoo hes won a lot. Well not here he hasnt and as everyone knows, the English game is played very differently. He doesnt know the English game, doesnt know the players, has never been a manager in the English leagues so for gods sake rule him out!

Shearer. McClaren managed one club previously and that was badly with the funds he had available. Why in hells name would we now want to appoint someone with not a job of managerial experience, not only that, but a totally bland personality.

Mourinho. It doesnt matter how much money he had. Money doesnt always make a winning team. Ask Newcastle, ask the old Wimbledon players, ask Steve McClaren for gods sake.
Hes won titles abroad and here, hes won the European Cup, he can deal with idiots, good news and hes working for some if he takes the post, he can deal with primadonnas, especially good news as we had a whole team of them out there against Croatia, he doesnt suffer fools and he can handle the press because his skins thicker than a rhinos rear end.
He als has a sense of humour, which any English manager needs.

Best English choice?

Harry Redknapp. Man motivator, works miracles, gets best out of players at all times, wants the job.

[Michael Whitfield]

Why dont the press and media become the England manager. After all they are quick to tell the nation where the team is going wrong and who should be picked and not picked. iIn fact they should be running football with the fountain of knowledge they have on the "beautiful game"

[Monty]

Mark Bagnell at Screwfix Direct, now he sounds the sort of man that England need. He gets my vote if Arsene enger doesn't want the job. Mr Bagnell seems a far better choice than the vastly over rated, unprincipled, egotistical, self interested and unreliable Jose Mourinho, who couldn't stand the heat anyway. Or come to that the unpleasant and past his sell by date Fabio Capello. Yes it's Bagnell for England.

[Warwick Cairney]

We need a Man Manager with no fear. One with League/European titles to his name. (Oh for Cloughie to have got the chance)

Mourinho - reminds me of Cloughie - doesn't give two hoots about what the Press/the FA or anyone else thinks. He would command the respect of the players and galvanise a squad into a winning unit.

The fact that there's no Russian fortune to call upon would undoubtedly raise the bar. This is his challenge.

I believe there IS sufficient quality available to him to make a winning team. Inspiration, Direction and Tactical Nouse have been somewhat lacking with the recent Appointments

I believe that Jose is top of the list.. His Track Record, Man Management, Media Skill, Tactical Nouse are not in question. Most importantly for the FA - the majority of the English supporters want him!

With the backing of the public, the men selected and privileged enough to wear the shirt can focus on the job in hand...

Winning the world cup in 2010!

[ciarraibhoy]

Steve Staunton should be the next England manager !

[Raffaele M.]

WHEREVER HE GOES HE WINS!!! This Motto represents what Fabio Capello is. HE'S A WINNER (even if his teams don't play like Brasil...)!!! This would be England's best choice and chance to win next World Cup!!! No doubt!!!

[william]

he was nc to pull up england team

[Mike English]

This is a tough card to call. Alan Shearer has the experience as a player but not enough as a manager to take the job. Mourinho would be a worthy ticket to the final with his track record of successes and trophies! Lets expand our cabinet of UMMM...1 world cup to 2?!

[Ralf]

Klinsmann for a new start!

[derek]

I'd love Jose to get the job but I fancy his ambitions are in club football right now but were it to happen it would really show to the world that England means business in 2010

So if it's not Jose I can't see beyond Capello. I'm sure after spending a lifetime in the game he has more than a vague idea of our game and players and anyway, we're never going to play England ??

As for Harry, he's on a great run of form right now and would be the best English choice, but has he ever had to plot and defeat international opposition. Big Sam was a favourite when working wonders at Bolton but he's certainly struggled at a 'big' club so far this season

And what have either of them won ?

I'm not bemoaning or devaluing my club teams' trophy cabinet because they were won by team's managed by a foreign manager and I'm sure that goes for other Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Greece (!!) supporters as well

Let's just give our English players a fighting chance to win something and get our pride back

[ForzaEngland]

Although I am Italian but England it is my second Country (sad not to see them in the Euro 2008) I would like to express my ideas on the matter (England coach)
Beside how is going to managed it, my first impression it is that in the UK there is too many foreigners playing… who automatically take away the job from English young players…. And that it is the first important thing to sort-out even before who will be the Manager.
All depend the English bosses what are they looking for…. Would they have the courage to put someone that got strong character…. (?)
How about give the job to some journalist… as they know so much!!!!!!! They only capable to sponsor players that give them stories, etc….

If they want a winner + someone who got courage to leave top player out, but out of form or too lazy to train then Capello is the right man…. he will have the guts to pick a team on merit and not reputation or ego

One need to look all the teams that Capello trained to see what happened to those over pay and not play his way…. Beckham should know well…and many other top players…

Let’s face it if someone would have had a go to those over pay players….. maybe England would have qualify IMHO

last I hope Capello doesn't get the job so Italy can win the w/cup again ;))

good luck whoever get it for English sake...

[Cassandra]

Klinsmann could probably do a lot and improve the situationto team -but I do not like his style !

Doesn't Britain have enough with own managers to pick a British one? That says something about the football situation - on the stadions and besides them.

[jon]

gerard houllier and sammy lee. houllier was heavily involved with the french revolution (pardon the pun) during the 90's for starters. managed a liverpool team to numerouscup successes. good knowledge of english football and footballers. only downside maybe his relationshp with the media, but surely this is the same for any of the prospective managers. Brian barwick would probably favor him due to his lfc connections. Sammy lee has been in and around the england squad for a while so it would help enormously. plus he might be able to get heskey and owen to gel for one last crack at the big time!

[ron oliver]

re-arrange into a well known phrase or saying:
indifference
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it is not a "national disaster" it is an English/England FA disappointment but no-one died but perhaps the fact that a lot of pubs, bookies and football strip makers will not make lots of money is a finacial problem for them but it is not a "disaster" any more than Beckham is a genius.
there was a flood warning in the north of england due to all the tears of laughter flowing down over the Border!

[joe]

just one man can be the next national manager ...... the king : Eric Cantona.

[jordi]

it has to be Mclaren, he did very well in Formula one.

[Michael Holloway]

Changed my mind. Forget all the rest. We need a coach who has displayed commitment to the England cause, a coach who has spilt blood for the England cause. Remember the picture, head bandaged covered in blood? It can only be Terry Butcher, shout it loud TERRY BUTCHER FOR ENGLAND. he has coached in foreign leagues so is internationally experienced. TERRY BUTCHER for ENGLAND.

Then at least my beloved BRENTFORD will have the chance to get a decent manager and avoid another relegation. Employ TERRY BUTCHER NOW PLEASE

[nikaas]

ther is no aston martin/seat ibiz. we talking about the english footbaal and wright manager for it. i would call need a leader. if any one take from this point of view as a leader in football there is only one,that is `jose'.noone else. if fa bring him down here we all watch that england taking the world cup 2010. we need special one.he is the only one got the correct leadership correctoers where england team needs.thanks

[wwwcjg]

Jose Mourinho is great

[ibrahikm]

will jose has the huge experiance in england he will successe

[Albion]

Why not try someone who coaches kids every weekend ,sits and passes all exams ,loves the game ,and a bonus loves his country,
We have such a man ,in the North of England,davejustice,at,blueyonder.co.uk
Lets face it he couldn't be any worse than what we have,in fact he is a hundred times better

[Vishan]

I totally agree with Cassandra.
Give the job to a journalist... they are the ones that spoil the entire team.. They put them under pressure!... give them the job and lets see how well they do...!!
therer the main cause of englands failures!.

[Frank Upton]

Let's face it:

International football between countries is boring.

Club football is exciting.

The England players think so, too.

[PIER PAOLO GROTTESI]

Mr FABIO CAPELLO WITH ZOLA ASSISTANT

AND ALONGSIDE MR SHEARER THE BOMBER.....AND ENGLAND WIN NEXT
WORLD CUP 2010
YOU'LL SEE

PIER PAOLO GROTTESI FROM ROME

A GREAT ENGLAND AND LIVERPOOL SUPPORT SINCE 1980

CIAO

[Lee]

Give the job to Posh Spice.

[Patrick]

My name is Patrick, i am from Frankfurt Germany. I hope that Klinsmann will not become the Manager of the English football association because only the very thought makes me a lot of fear. If this high quality team with these players will reach his doable power, all teams on this planet would pray not to play agains the three lions. Emagine, what J.K. does with our team (I mean it makes me proud, germany is really good now), BUT what do you think he could create with a much, much higher potential like your players have. Not “IMAGINE all the people” …”IMAGINE Jürgen Klinsmann”

Greetings an good Luck for WM2010 from Frankfurt !!!! (sorry for my English)
Patrick

[Marcello Castellano]

Message to Fabio Cappello:

Why are you thinking of being such a traitor to Italy?

I've been wishing for you to coach our Azzurri for years, and now you want to be our enemy?

I've lost a lot of respect for you Fabio.