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Brian Barwick - CALL MOURINHO TODAY!!!

World Cup England
by bluebarsidebob (U7403703) 30 November 2007
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I really hope he has already contacted Jose because to have not called him, even to say "we will be in touch after an initial planning period" would be an insult and we would lose the best candidate just as we messed up recruiting Phil Scolari last time and look who we ended up with!
Jose Mourinho is the best candidate, he knows it, we know it, the whole world knows it! Why should he be kept waiting unless the FA are keeping him as a last resort?
When recruiting at any level, time is the biggest killer of all deals and if Brian Barwick has not yet contacted him then that is sufficient grounds to sack him for Gross Incompetence!

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posted Dec 1, 2007

Roy Keane acting like a prima


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not a phrase you hear everyday.....
.....and yes, MunichMadrid7980, you're absolutely right-he aint english, he's barnsley! grew up in the next village to me, he did, as it goes....

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posted Dec 1, 2007

donna....sorry!

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posted Dec 1, 2007

You could put GOD in charge of England and we still wouldnt win anything. Face it, we are not good enough!!!!!

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posted Dec 1, 2007

Forget Mourinho, Capello, Wenger, Redknapp and Hodgson. The man best suited to the job is Mick McCarthy. Mick lead the least able group of Irish players of all time to the knockout stage of the world cup in Japan/Korea, and if it hadn't been for Roy Keane acting like a prima donna, and the gutless Football Association of Ireland failing to back their manager, we would have done a whole lot better. Mick McCarthy got the Irish team through a qualifiying group containing Holland and Portugal, and the 1-0 win against Holland, with ten men on the field, was a magnificent achievement. Mick lead by example as a player, and gets the most out of his players as a manager. Most importantly, he gets them playing with pride and self-belief.
Oh yeah, Mick McCarthy is English too.

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HE HAD GOOD PLAYERS AND IF HE WAS SUCH A GOOD MANAGER THEN WHY ISN'T HE MANAGING A HALF DECENT TEAM WELL ?

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posted Dec 1, 2007

nigusa,

The FA interviewed God in the late 1970s, but they went for Ron Greenwood instead.

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comment by peterm8 (U7571461)

posted Dec 2, 2007

England need a coach you can turn an average bunch of players into a team capable of performing in major competitions and i see only one coach who has done this....Gus Hiddink,

he will want to see Russia through Euro 2008 but the FA should tempt him with an offer for when that is finished.

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posted Dec 3, 2007

honestdaveblogger, ur damn right. But i think i can do a better job than McLaren-or even u. England, give me the job. One of my biggest achievements todate is leading my secondary school classmates to victory in inter-class championships. By the way, it was in Uganda, where i come from.

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posted Dec 3, 2007

It has to be Mourinho or Scolari for sure. There is not one outstanding English coach in the top four Premier League teams, and this time they have to get it right (AGAIN).
Now if Sir Alex Ferguson was available then he could be a choice of course.
But the FA will probably screw it up anyway as they appear to have little knowledge of the modern game.
The Brazilian TV Channel GLOBO, has a young comentator called PVC who knows more about Soccer Strategy and Implementation, than all of the alternative choices I have seen mentioned.



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comment by keseak (U6669204)

posted Dec 7, 2007

Too much of consultation may mar the quest to engage the world class of a coach to take on England,hurry and clean up for the exercise as we no longer can wait to hear of the England Manager being announced. Nothing less than the ranks of the Mourinhos shall be accepted.

Leak on England

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