New England manager

[who are ya?]

So, how long untill the media push Hodgson out of the job

[TBM]

I can see the headlines now, when we crash out of the Euros

"Twit-Who?"
"What a Woy to go"
"England suffer from Hodgson's disease"

[who are ya?]

"England Dwop Down FIFA Wankings"

[Extended-Phenotype]

''Roy is a c/nt with a c/nt face''

Telegraph, obviously.

[FiNeRaIn]

Woys Wubbish Boys

[Friday's Legacy]

Harry Redknapp will not be England's next manager because his wife objected to it, according to a report.

The Daily Mirror claims that Redknapp's chances of getting the England manager's role "were relegated by his caring wife Sandra", leaving the way open for Roy Hodgson who was confirmed as England's new boss on Tuesday.

Citing sources "at the heart of the FA", the paper claims that the reluctance of the Tottenham boss's wife to relocate to the Midlands were the issue.
Neither Harry nor Sandra Redknapp are interested in moving from their mansion in Sandbanks, near Bournemouth, which boasts some of the most expensive houses in the UK. The pair remained at their south coast home even when Harry took the Tottenham job three and a half years ago, giving the 65-year-old a horrendous daily commute to Spurs training ground in Essex.

And it is in the commute that the problem lay: the FA are apparently keen that the new manager should be as much a manager of English football in general as merely a coach of the national team, however, and they had stipulated that the new boss must work from their new £100 million National Football Centre in Staffordshire.

Harry Redknapp was happy to take on the 400-mile daily commute to the Midlands, but Sandra was apparently so worried about her husband - who had heart surgery just six months ago - that she refused to let him do so. The rigours of a seven-hour daily drive, she feared, would be too much for him.
The paper adds that the issue made Hodgson "the only serious candidate" for the role, with the 64-year-old - who is originally from Croydon - already based in the Midlands.

[FiNeRaIn]

Nonsense, they didn't even interview him.

[Friday's Legacy]

Nonsense, they didn't even interview him.

Do you always believe the official line, FiNeRaIn?

Money is the reason they didn't go for Redknapp, nothing else. They will have spoken to Tottenham, even if they never spoke to Redknapp himself. Once they knew what compensation would be required they soon switched their attention to the cheap option.

[Ian Royal]

Delighted for Roy. Seems a genuine and intelligent guy. My only concern is whether the thickos in the players, fans and media will give him the chance he deserves. When it comes down to it, it was a contest of:

Off the Field:
Harry - even if not proven guilty, he still showed up some pretty spectacular dodginess and incompetance. And there's plenty more dirt around Harry. Would cost £10m in compensation.
Roy - no scandals or dirt associated with the man. An air of respectability Would cost £0 compensation.

On the Field:
Harry - Career in England, no International experience, 1 FA Cup, success generally achieved by spending bucket loads of money on new, better players, mostly money his club didn't have. One of the lads, when arguably its the lads attitude that is part of the problem.
Roy - Career in Europe and England, previous International experience. Success generally achieved through prudent use of transfer market and squad.

If England was a big budget Premier League Club Harry would undoubtedly be the man for the job. It isn't. For a job where it's about finding and nurturing talent and managing with what you've got. The job has to go to the man that's been successful that way, and has much much more relevant experience.

Might actually consider supporting England now, if it was Harry with Terry as captain, I'd rather have cut off my testicles with a rusty spoon than supported the dirty scum.

[Hoop Blah]

Nonsense, they didn't even interview him.

Do you always believe the official line, FiNeRaIn?

Money is the reason they didn't go for Redknapp, nothing else. They will have spoken to Tottenham, even if they never spoke to Redknapp himself. Once they knew what compensation would be required they soon switched their attention to the cheap option.

Not sure I believe the Mail's excuse of travel etc, but Redknapp had made noises a while back about only doing the job if it was the best thing for his family. I think he had his doubts.

I don't really believe it was a financial decision either.

I agree there will be more to it than is revealed by the official line of one man, one enquiry though.

[soggy biscuit]

Nonsense, they didn't even interview him.

Do you always believe the official line, FiNeRaIn?.

Over the British media yes, every single day of the week

Newspapers are desperately trying to clear the egg from their face by trying to convince people that they were right all along yet something changed at the 11th hour

Hodgson's record is 10 times that of Redknapp's. They wanted him, they got him

[Big Ern]

I think we have a better chance at the Euro's now that Roy is in charge. Let just look at the tactics of Harry and Roy

Harry: Lets his coaches do all the technical stuff, but allows players to generally do what they want on the pitch. According to Harry it is "10% Tactics and 90% the players." No wonder the players love him as they can go out there and do what they want trying to be superstars, the result seem secondary. There are only a 3 or 4 Internatioanl teams in the World that can play open football, giving players freedon, and still win, and England are not one of them. We would get slaughtered the moment we faced a decent team under Harry.

Roy: Uses the zonal marking system with a rigid 442. Each player knows there job as it is drilled into them. There is no "Do What You Want" which attracts the players to Harry, but a more cautious approach with Full Backs knowing when to push up and when to stay. 2 protective Midfielders that know when to burst forward and either a level front 2 or a horizontal front 2. This approach may not be as pleasing to the eye, but it gave Greece success in the Euros, and to some extend when Spain won the World Cup, scoring 8 goals in 7 games.

All in all, I still think are chances are very slim, but as we showed against Spain recently, we can beat anyone on our day and a consistant approach in terms of tactics and diacipline will help us achieve that. Harry's approach, like Keagans, would have been a disaster.

[blindedbythelights]

Nonsense, they didn't even interview him.

Do you always believe the official line, FiNeRaIn?

Money is the reason they didn't go for Redknapp, nothing else. They will have spoken to Tottenham, even if they never spoke to Redknapp himself. Once they knew what compensation would be required they soon switched their attention to the cheap option.

so we're moaning hes the cheap option now didnt we all moan Copello was too expensive

[sandman]

They moaned McLaren was too matey with the players and they moaned that Capello was too strict with them. Basically people will moan whatever happens.

[sandman]

Beckham never had it in the first place.

Not being able to win the highly criticised, dubiously nominated and selected World Player of The Year award of which only people in Europe are ever chosen?

Congrats. Maybe he can wave his runner-up trophy at the ref next time he spoons a penalty.

Maybe he can wave his Champions League Winners Medal, six Premier League Medals, two FA Cup medals and his La Liga Winners Medal at the ref while he's at it.

[Franchise FC]

Maybe he can wave his Champions League winners Medal, six Premier League medals, two FA Cup medals and his La Liga Winners medal at the ref while he's at it.

How lucky can one man be ?

To play for that lot and have so many others carry him to those medals

[who are ya?]

You leave him alone

[Franchise FC]

You leave him alone

Where's that sarcastic emoticon when you need it ?

[who are ya?]

This one m8..

[Franchise FC]

This one m8..

That's a bit too playful for my liking - sarcasm should be more cutting