Unbelievable that a man who a week ago claimed he was too thick to operate a telephone is now everyone's favourite to manage England.
He's not my favourite, that's for sure! But it does seem as if a lot of people are/have been bigging him up for the job.
He'd probably get Beckham, Scholes, Seaman, Brooking, Lampard (senior) and Jake Livermore in the team and fluke his way to a final.
Malky MacKay, Chris Hughton or Sam Allardyce. Not that I'm biased or anything... Redknapp getting off is nicely timed, although I can see Pearce taking temporary charge until the Euros are over.
So maybe our recent run of average at best form has been timed to perfection and we will rip it up once the job has filled?
I don't think it really matters to be honest. Teams like Germany, Holland and Spain are light years ahead of us. I think we will do well to get out of our group in all honesty. Euro 2012 will be yet another disappointment, anyone who thinks different is just deranged. I Don't say this in a negative or horrible way but it's the truth!
I hate to say it but I actually think Pardew would be the best bet. He is someone with the balls to drop high profile players and doesn't care what the fans think. He picks what he thinks is the best team and formation at Newcastle and doesn't get swayed by the fans..we can see how well they are doing
THFC's take on this must be really interesting when harry got off brilliant when capello resigned oh brown stuff other top six when harry got off brown stuff when capello resigned brilliant what do you think?
I wouldn't hate to say it. I think Alan Pardew would be a pretty good shout. Certainly, he is doing himself a lot of good, managing at Newcastle at the moment. When Pardew came in as Saints manager, the only reason why I wasn't disappointed was because, being in League One, it meant we couldn't have expected better. But I was semi-underwhelmed, mainly because I didn't know enough of the man. After a wee while, I became delighted with the atmosphere Pardew had created at Saints, and the things he was saying about Southampton FC. He had become a Saints manager and absorbed the role and breathed it. Plus, he definitely started the winning mentality [there's an interview where he mentions having to turn the attitude around] at Saints. He may not have managed a promotion in his first season at Saints, but he brought achievement and a trophy, however humble some might have considered it. I've still got a lot of time for AP, and even if senior England players would probably laugh, they'd do well to shut up and take notice of a pretty damn capable manager, IMO.
Harry is a very good short term solution. Long term, more radical...Kelsang Dhondup, the Tibetan managar should be involved or a leading Tibetan monk from a big monastery. I think playing for England could be considered like being initiated into a scared brotherhood; initiates would serve as a valuable high-profile test group as part of an experiment with Buddhism in England.
