As the Independent’s Jack Pitt Brooke tweeted:
Harry Redknapp started the day in the dock, and ends it on top of the (English) football world.
— Jack Pitt-Brooke (@JPBIndy) February 8, 2012
But let’s take a few minutes to contemplate the absurdity of the thing. Redknapp is by far the most popular choice. He’s English. He’s done superbly well in his time with Tottenham. And, that’s it.
But unless the FA is willing to allow Redknapp to somehow (how?) manage England as kind a ridiculous part time job at least until the end of the current Premier League season, I don’t see any way he’ll repay the faith of Tottenham supporters during his tax evasion trial by telling them to sod off while he manages the most over-hyped team in World Football. He could start in May, though.
So who else then? David Beckham? ALAN SHEARER!?! Good lord, maybe Capello might change his mind?
Jose Mourinho, of course.
.. or Neil Warnock.
Has anyone hired Gus Hiddink yet?
Gives the FA time to let ‘Arry finish up at Tottenham, then turn to him after the win Euro. :P
Fact. Rafa Benitez is still unemployed.
$1000 says he’s called every member of the FA in the past hour.
get Neil Warnock in there right now, before his price goes up
give it to David Beckham
He can do both. Didn’t Hiddink take over Chelsea while he was still manager of Russia? I say ‘Arry manages Spurs until the season is over and then becomes England manager full time once the season is over.
Yeah, and Russia did SO well after that..
Chelsea did fine. My perspective is always about club football.
England will always stink; I don’t care who the manager is.
Well at least you’re realistic about it.
But yeah, I think it’d be a tragedy if he left Spurs. He’s done so much good there.
there is roughly a month between the end of the Premier League season and the start of the Euros…surely he’d finish out the season with Spurs then take over, assuming he’s the one to get it.
Rafa’s not a bad shout…look what he did in 2005 with an “average” (according to most pundits) Liverpool squad.
Got lucky as hell?
“Got Lucky as Hell?” hahahahaha
I’m sure England would kill for that kind of luck.
However, the manner in which Rafa ended his career at Liverpool plus his long list of ridiculous press conferences will preclude him from consideration.
FACT!
Rafa’s probably getting paid more from Inter to not manage than England would offer….gotta love the golden parachute.
He might still be on Liverpool’s books too…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl1kMzR9bqY
Whether you believe in it or not, luck is a factor in every teams successes.
The clip you posted was one isolated incident in Rafa’s tenure where he was lucky. His tactics in the first leg of that semi-final or in the final itself are proof that he is a class manager.
U think Sir Alex Ferguson never had luck in his tenure? or Jose Mourinho? even Pep Guardiola at Barca?
Just because a manager gets a bit of good fortune that shouldn’t define his successes.
In the spirit of pacifying increasing Falklands aggravation, and due to his unemployed status, El Diego seems an obvious fit!
Formation Geek will have to become its own half hour show with Maradona’s tactical nous and the England players’ ability to follow it through!
SB
Kristian Jack for England Manager!
I’d love to see KJ get pilloried by the English tabloids. I wonder what kind of dirt they would dig up on him? Probably just guilt by association with the other Footy Show staff.
No more hangin with dunlop lol
YES! KJ FOR MANAGER!!!!!! Formation Geek! He can analyze himself!! Assistant coaches can be the whole footy podcast! sharman as assistant, dunlop and dobby as coaches!
Give it to (wait for it…..) JOHN TERRY! He could pick all the white players with hot wives.
Well the mouthbreathers in the English football media must be salivating, they just got a few months worth of copy going forward.
The state of the English national team and English football journalism are both an absolute joke so this should be a fun ride.
100% guaranteed that in all the breathless articles dedicated to speculating, predicting, endorsing potential managers, nary a sentence will be spent on the actual technical merits of various options.
Ie. You won’t be seeing any articles along the lines of “Candidate X will want to play formation Y which means that players A,B,C may/may not be part of the mix going forward”. Or “Candidate X favours a youth movement vs veterans”. No it’s just going to be a bunch of diarrhea on paper. Add in the angle that the Fail/Sun/Mirror are all going to get xenophobic and demand an English successor and this is going to be a circus.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiG8E-iflsI. Who needs Capello, Redknapp, or Jose Mourinho. We got this guy