View Full Version : Good Article Re: Next England Manager
Prenn
12 Feb 2006, 09:18 AM
http://football.guardian.co.uk/Columnists/Column/0,,1707825,00.html
Very accurate. I found it incredible that a member of the three man panel to decide the next England manager stated that there's no difference between British and English when there so clearly is, especially in football. I'd never trust a Scot or Welshman to manage England, someone from NI is a little different he's still foreign as far as England is concerned.
white riot
12 Feb 2006, 09:27 AM
O'Niell hates the English with a passion, I'm serious, he was a pundit for the BBC in '98 and they were talking before one of the Scotland games and Des mentioned England and O'Neil replied with a face like a smacked arse "why do we have to talk about them?" Des gave him a look and said "because this is the BBC." he wouldn't have it though, it was perfectly obvious that he'd rather have a hot poker shoved up his arse than even mention Englands chances. He also managed Celtic that tells you something right there, I wouldn't let him within a hundred miles of the England job.
Colm
12 Feb 2006, 10:50 AM
It's obvious it's going to be O'Niell as the FA's main target when they said "there's no difference between British and English"
Pazarius
12 Feb 2006, 11:40 AM
I almost posted something similar myself. The team is England; it is not Northern Ireland any more than it is Sweden. As far as I'm concerned, you either pick the best English manager available, or the best overall candidate. Martin O'Neill is neither.
Prenn
12 Feb 2006, 11:45 AM
I also find it strange that the statement ignores the fact that our fiercest rivals are the other home nations. A dutch manager is much more preferable to a non-English British manager because far less baggage will come with him.
Colm
12 Feb 2006, 01:44 PM
http://bettingzone.oddschecker.com/bettingzone/mode:o.card:internationalspecials-internationalspecials.odds:1378212x.sid:704819
The bookies have him favourite to be the next England manager also.
sinner78
12 Feb 2006, 02:19 PM
lets face it ,the FA will appoint another muppet manager.
It wont be allardyce or scolari .
It will be some numpty like alan curbishley or strachan.
Prenn
12 Feb 2006, 02:24 PM
lets face it ,the FA will appoint another muppet manager.
It wont be allardyce or scolari .
It will be some numpty like alan curbishley or strachan.
I may just be nervous about the appointment of the new manager but I have this nagging feeling that we won't qualify for Euro2008.
The thought of Martin O'Neil as England manager scares me.
The Potter
12 Feb 2006, 10:28 PM
Well the whole British statement was rather bizzare but I would welcome O'Neil as England manager. Good tactically, good motivator a strong character and excellent with the press.
Danson's Magic Hands
14 Feb 2006, 08:36 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/4711250.stm
I don't normally give any credence to gossip out of the papers, but this one has to be seen to be believed.
"Gerry Francis has been approached by the FA and is a shock candidate for the England job. (The Independent)".
As far as I know, Gerry's last full-time occupation, apart from cultivating his mullet, was Bristol Rovers manager. We sacked him. In fact, we called him out of retirement to be manager, just so we could end his career all over again. It was a lot of fun.
Have the Independent been asking the office cleaners to make up football gossip?
Chewmylegoff
14 Feb 2006, 07:41 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/4711250.stm
I don't normally give any credence to gossip out of the papers, but this one has to be seen to be believed.
"Gerry Francis has been approached by the FA and is a shock candidate for the England job. (The Independent)".
As far as I know, Gerry's last full-time occupation, apart from cultivating his mullet, was Bristol Rovers manager. We sacked him. In fact, we called him out of retirement to be manager, just so we could end his career all over again. It was a lot of fun.
Have the Independent been asking the office cleaners to make up football gossip?
probably. gerry francis isn't even a shock candidate for the QPR job.
still think barry fry is in with a shout. for both.
Chewmylegoff
14 Feb 2006, 07:46 PM
i would much rather have a german manager than one from scotland, wales or either part of ireland.
at least there would be a chance that they would actually be a good manager for a start...
Colm
14 Feb 2006, 07:50 PM
probably. gerry francis isn't even a shock candidate for the QPR job.
still think barry fry is in with a shout. for both.Best candidates for England are
Barry Fry
Martin Allen
Chris Kamara
Ronnie Moore
Dave Bassest
sendorange
15 Feb 2006, 06:03 AM
It would be just like the FA to offer the job to O'Neill.
In management terms he isn't even the best "British" candidate out there. Not a bad manager by any means, but the FA are working under very odd criteria.
The FA still needs sorting out at the top, can't have utter morons like Dave Richards making decisions. He practically ruined Sheffield Wednesday, yet he winds up in a key position with the FA?
sinner78
15 Feb 2006, 06:21 AM
The FA still needs sorting out at the top, can't have utter morons like Dave Richards making decisions. He practically ruined Sheffield Wednesday, yet he winds up in a key position with the FA?
his bank deals ********in crippled sheff weds.
Spent money the club didnt have to spend.
There arent any football people making the choices in the FA.
Id be very disturbed if that irritating piece of sh1te O'neil gets the job.
listening to him talk kills me.
sinner78
17 Feb 2006, 06:34 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4722748.stm
check the latest so called poll on BBC.
who are these jokers who want O'neil?
Prenn
17 Feb 2006, 10:56 AM
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who are these jokers who want O'neil?
The rabid sheep, you know, Sun and Mirror readers. They can only keep one name in mind at a time hence they were wanting Big Sam when he was touted for the job, then Pearce when his name came up, before that we had Trevor "Six games" Brooking when he helped out West Ham.
These people are stupid and wouldn't know how to form their own opinion. Ignore.
Chewmylegoff
17 Feb 2006, 02:33 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4722748.stm
check the latest so called poll on BBC.
who are these jokers who want O'neil?
from that article
"The new man needs to be in place by the summer" - Glenn Hoddle, Former England manager
bring back glenn hoddle.
Colm
17 Feb 2006, 05:51 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4722748.stm
check the latest so called poll on BBC.
who are these jokers who want O'neil?It's only a 1000 people and it is the BBC
if it was 100,000 people taking a poll i reckon it might look different.
Pazarius
17 Feb 2006, 08:31 PM
It's only a 1000 people and it is the BBC
if it was 100,000 people taking a poll i reckon it might look different.
If you do a 1000 person poll correctly it can be very accurate. You can show through statistics that, provided both samples are representative of the entire population, the increase in accuracy in moving from 1000 to 100,000 people is negligible.
The problem is, as always, making sure your sample is representitive of the population.