Is Fabio Capello the right man for England?

As expected, Fabio Capello has been named as the new England manager. The cultured Italian is a world-class operator, having achieved success in two countries at club level, winning the European Cup, nine league titles and four domestic cups with AC Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. But do you think he is the right choice for England? Vote in our poll below.

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[Fernando.Madrid. SPAIN]

Fabio has made amazing MIRACLES with the Real Madrid. He is the man for THIS England, Spain, Italy, France, Portugal, etc. etc.

Long Life Fabio!!!

[Goetz]

i do find it rather astonishing that no english coach could be found to coach the national team. Other than painting a poor picture of the quality of managment in England I wonder why a coach has been appointed who has a reputation of playing super defensive and conservative, not to say old fashioned. Does anybody really think the English team consists of players who possess the skills to implement Italian tactics? no english player has the technique and it appears also the heart of the 3 lions has been lost somewhere on the way into the 21 century.

[Robert Johnson]

The only way England will win the World Cup is if they have foreign players as well as a foreign manager.

[Richard]

Don't you think it is prematurely absurd to seek a favouritism trend for a manager who has yet to have any games under his belt? Of course Mr Capello has the credentials but will the cultural aspect and media savagery in English football challenge his patience?

[Sam]

I think Gareth Southgate has it right when he said 'what is the point of having international football if the set up is not english?'. The manager, team, coaches and everything else has to be english, otherwise we are just englishmen playing with an italian voice in our ear. Players and talent come and go, we need a revolutionary, somebody like Sam Allardyce. Seriously he looks like shrek, but he is open to new ideas, fitness techniques, problem players. He even had more chapels built in the bolton ground in multiple faiths. In short he can make gold out of pig crap. England players aren't pig crap but I'm not going in for the idea that we're useless or we're godly cos the truth lies somewhere between. Italian players aren't sublime but they have a system that works. Allardyce can give us a system that works for us.

[Jamie]

Sickening, we win - we lose we should do it as a nation! How embarrasing that we should have an Italian tell our players how to play football! What happened to a bit of National pride?

So what we never qualified it's time to rebuild the squad through and through, new young English manager - get some investment in the youth of our country, That's the way it should have been - we had the best manager in the world under Sven and what did he acheive? This is the road to ruin again!

Oh and just another point to all those the Italians play better football than us - We've played the best in Europe and smashed them at a club level for the past 40 years so I'm sure it's not our football style that is the problem!

[Mauro]

primE donnE not prima donnas

sorry, I'm a little bit pedantic, I know...

[John]

For the first time in 37 years I believe that England can actually win a major tournament again with Capello. He's the most intelligent coach they could have and a man of character.
Go for it, Fabio!

[Milanista]

I grew up watching Milan under Sacchi and later Capello, so I can say I know alot about his style of play.

This is the first time in the last 20 odd years I am worried that the English national team will be challenging in the big tournaments against my favourite Italy. I just hope Capello doesn't work out the problems efficiently and get booted out before World Cup qualification starts.

If he is given enough time, I am truely worried he will lead England to the top of the world alongside Brazil and Italy.

Capello, I seriously hope you fail big time, because I want Italy to win the next World Cup.

[justin]

I just want to say, this is the first wise move the FA have made in a long time. Honestly I thought Sven was a great choice after what he did at Lazio I had rated him very highly, but as we all saw, when your a national boss your restricted in the players you can choose. Capellos is the best possible choice for the FA, but I still think he will struggle due to the fact the english just don't know how to pass and dribble properly like the italians or portuguese or brazilians.

I wish you guys luck and I hope we will see Italy vs England more then we have in the past

Justin
Milano

[antonio-sicily-it]

First let me congradulate the country ENGLAND for having the courage to enlist a foreing coach.True visionary are the one that set aside the culture difference and choose other alternative for the common cause.Therefore taking risk with mister Capello seems a plausible reasoning , considering the high prize in stake. Not that there is anything inappropriate from english fans about all the heady chatter for the new coach.Throughout europe, coach Capello is know as an unflinchingly, steadfast and resolute gentleman... Let put aside all this redundancy and let be factual.There's nothing circumstantial about capello, but compelling facts for one things,he's full of plausible details.Elvis Presley say it well "don't be all shook up,and don't be cruel, Let Capello be Capello, one of the best coach that money can buy...If possible... would like to tip my hat to the country England and to paraphrase the words" job well done english fans" .As far me ,i'm not here to write an epigram about your new coach, but a just assessmet about this good man.Mister Capello deserve an eloquent welcome in the heart of the brave english fans..As far being bilingual you don't have to be a linguistic to be a great communicator but to have the right intuitions at the right time.So long friends and be benevolent to your new coach .

[Ex-CapelloMania]

Mr. Capello i'm a your fan ..but i can't to accept your last words in the conference :
- you don't like to be the italian team coach ??????? -

--You are a traitor, now speak ill of your country?--

[Andrew long]

Its all good and well for Ince,Coppell,Adams etc saying thay are sad that the FA have appointed a foreigner, well boys guess what, the FANS are sad that England can't win a tournament.
Question: how many England internationals are coached by an Englishman?

[Michele]

England, and english fan´s are the best to critezise, always pretending that you are the best of europe, best in the world, best ligue in the wolrd, best players ....you talk to much, blablablabla...always putting down italy, living on a island, you live in your own wolrd, the fact is that you never, never win, you are like a mini-cooper trying to race in formula one, we may play to much defense, but a italian player can teach you how to tribbles, insted of just shooting the ball in front with no direction. You playing like in 1899, soccer is not rugby, all the world progessed, is time to live your island mentality, and start to learn to play soccer with Mr, CAPELLO and please, please stop talking, critesising until you win something, a game is made to win not to loose. VAI CAPELLO teached them soccer not rugby, you see is easy to talk, talk less and win onces, is tiring to listen loosers always winning. GOOD LUCK CAPELLO in the land of loosers.

[Nick]

Yes, you don't know much about football. "Mark my words, England will get further than the quarter-final in 2010 but not win it?" No football person would make such a specific claim which such confidence two and a half years before the knock-out competition in question.

[Burnley Bob]

To all the Italians who have posted comments:
Thanks for all your good wishes. Many of you have better English than our football players and managers. Perhaps you could come over here and be coaches too. Who knows? Maybe in a few years, England will begin to compete with Italy, France, Brazil, Germany and Greece(!) for trophies.

[Miki]

Fabio Capello is the right man for English team. His teams never played in a spectacular way, but they always won...

[Matthew in the USA]

I may be an American and, at least in English eyes, supposedly clueless about football, but for all those who say "England's a football power and a football power should have a coach native to its land," wake up!. Slavan Bilic said and couldn't have been more correct. Your system of football is like a rotting log in a forest surrounded by vibrant and flourishing oak trees, everyone else is growing and expanding their tactics and ideals while you just lay there, clinging to that shred of life (read: 1966) you once had. Mark my words: Fabio Capello will get you further than the quarter finals of the next world cup. However, you won't win it.

Of course by saying that, I'm admitting he's not the answer to your problems. This is true. Your problems will not be solved by Capello, an English coach, quotas or any other quick-fix scheme. Your problems will only be solved by removing the dead oak that is your footballing mentality so there is space for you to blossom anew and compete with the strong, vibrant oak trees that have taken over your game.

[Csanad]

English fans should feel blessed. FabCap is jeopardizing his image to try cooking pancakes from mud. And he might even succeed! Who is the top 5 player in England? Would they make a first team in Inter, Madrid, or even Lyon? Maybe 3 of them. Capello will not put the best English players together, but he will choose the 11 who can win games. (He even may ask Almunia to apply for citizenship, otherwise Terry has to be the goalie...)

[Kv]

Nobody's the right man for England. Even Jose didn't want to risk his career on the most poisonous job in football. Sven had the best record of any england manager yet the English sacked him because they have this strange belief that because they won the trophy 40 years ago that they have a god given right to be in the final at every try! After the treatment of Keegan, Sven and Mclaren, you'd be a fool to take that job.

[ALESSANDRO]

First of all I am really sorry because England failed the European 2008. It is a big loss for eerybody. But you British must be honest. In the last 20 years England has been a desaster in soccer.
I think that Lippi is better than Capello, but Capello is the right man for England. More than Lippi.
Now Italy, France, Brazil, Argentina have to start to be just a little afraid about the NEW ENGLAND.
Welcome again in the World Best Teams England! Best wishes from Italy.

[LUCA]

I'm an AC MILAN supporter, right after arrigo sacchi's ever winning team, nobody would have bet a cent on fabio. He was co nsidered Berlusconi's butler. I just want to set out his record with AC Milan during his stay: 4 leagues in 5 years, the first 3 in a row beating practically every record. 3 ch. league's finals in a row, only 1 but spectacular success 4-0 vs barca. How can somebody say he is not spectacular when his teams score mountains of goals?

in rome winning a league is a real feat: horrible city from this point of view, and totti, despite a great player, is a real dh...

what else? figures speak for him.

[Marco]

Guys, we are just so luky: Fabio Capello free and willing to deal with that bunch of spoiled prima donnas...

[Laurence P Hughes]

Wait a minute. Are you telling me that Martin O`Neill would not have accepted a ten million pound two and a half year contract at the end of this season ending May 20008?!
You are all a bunch of hypocrites!

[Al, Rome-London]

Capello?
He surely knows how to win at Wembley ah ah ah :)