Which England manager has had the greatest impact thus far?

howard wilkinson. charismatic tactical genius. good looking too, looks a lot like the guy off saw imo.

 

robson and venables

 

it has to be capello

 

Sven-Göran Eriksson

• Three consecutive tournament quarter finals (only matched by Brazil).
• Top qualifying place in all three International tournaments.
• Took England from 17th place to 5th in the world rankings (peaked at 4th).
• Highest point percentage in tournament matches of any England manager. (*)
• Lost only 5 competitive games.
• That Germany match and beat Argentina in the WC.

* Capello is currently leading the table but he has only managed four games.


Until Capello can match or exceed any of that then he must be rated behind Sven.

 

yes but he has turned the team around very quickly

 

Which will mean nothing if he does not deliver or exceed some of the above. You simply cannot rate a manager on the basis of a handful of games.

 

What does that mean? Euro and WC?

If so Holland had quarterfinals (or better) at Euro92, WC94, Euro'96, WC'98 and Euro2000.

 

It was during his time as manager.

 

Teso is referring to the time frame of Sven managing England 2001 -2006. During these years no other European team managed 3 QFs at 3 consecutive tournaments.

Holland's record (under several managers) in the 90's is not relevent here.

 

yeah i was thinking it was kinda out of left-field

 

But look at the players he had. He should have done better.

 

But look at the women he shagged.....he did just fine.