Fabio Cappello out as England coach

Seems the FA wants Redknapp in there anyway. Shame - Fabio was one of the most successful coaches in England history.

 

A lot of the fans didn't like him, wanted a in-country coach, and apparantley not a lot of the players were fond of him either, It's very weird that he's gone just before the Euro tournament, I wonder if they fired him or he was pressured to leave.

 

I don't understand why Cappello was defensive of Terry. Terry is a screwup - that is proven. As for the racism, it's all on tape. All you have to do is watch what he says and it's obvious.

 

I viewed it more as the FA overstepping Capello's authority and that was the last straw. I also agree with classic308 about the timing of it with Redknapp's acquittal - seems like Capello was pushed out, but who knows?

If Klinsmann weren't already in place, I'd take Fabio for the USMNT in a minute - he has nearly a 61% career win %, and has won titles in Serie A and La Liga.

 

I'm with you on that !

 

But, as we've seen time & time again, stud club managers seldom make great national managers. Dunno why, beyond they're with their guys full time at a club and rarely with the country team (?)

Very few stud players make it as great managers either - I think that one's down to it all coming too easy to them (?)

In any event, I honestly feel national managers should be citizens of said country - FWIW, my boys disagree, but I just think it's wrong that you've got to be, eg, English to play for 'em, but the manager can be from anywhere......

Cheers,
Ian

 

I'm with your boys for one reason - especially magnified with the US - having a foreign manager exposes you to different styles of play.

That being said, the coach is a cog in a wheel - you still need players that fit the style too

 

Throughout the years, people generally don't think John Terry is a nice guy, outside of Chelsea I haven't come across people that like him.

Didn't he bang his best friend's wife/girlfriend? I mean he's pretty immoral.

I guess all these bad things pile up into not liking him, and once he's done something bad, people generally think he did something bad, and the racism he said was caught on T.V., so that was evidence while Redknapp was innocent after all the stuff.

Taken from wikipedia.

 

Terry is a complete scum bag. My girlfriends brother was a groundsman at Chelsea for a while and some of the stuff i have heard about Terry (and Lampard) is far worse than anything that has ever been reported in the media. For example, on a daily basis they mocked and took advantage of a disabled chap who works at the training ground.

I can see all points of view here. Terry is innocent until proven guilty and it's the manager who makes all decision relating to the team. So with the FA going over FC head and making an important decision for him, i can see why he resigned. On the other hand, you can't have the England captain involved in this sort of stuff, especially with Terry's record and stripping him of the captaincy that he should never have had was logical. Those who suggest England fans didn't want or like Cappello haven't got the first clue what they are talking about. FC is one of the most successful managers of all time with a track record in every country he has coached, only an idiot would suggest that that type of coach wasn't wanted by England fans. The issues England fans had was his salary, which was about £6 million a year and more importantly that he signed his new big money contract on the plane on the way to the World Cup in South Africa. As we all now know, that was one of Englands worst ever tournament performances and rewarding FC with a new big contract before the tournament had started looked foolish.

The only negative is the timing, which now seems to be have removed all chance of England being successful in the tournament, which is very unfortunate as there was momentum and belief behind the squad.

In the world of professional sport, all talk of nationality goes out of the window or me with a new coach. You get the best man for the job. Gus Hiddink and Harry Redknapp are the only options. I'd be staggered if someone other than one of these two become permanent head coach.

 

Well said. At least from what I can gather here in the States, Redknapp appears to be interested, and the comments from the players are supportive.

 

+1

Plus, he's English!

I don't think a change of manager at this stage is a disaster either - These guys are at (should be anyway!) the very top of the pyramid - They should be able to play well under almost any manager that they respect and 'Arry is certainly that from what I've heard/read.

Cheers,
Ian