What utter tosh.

From the FA I mean. Who cares about nationality? Surely the past fifteen years have taught us that there is absolutely no correlation between success of the senior team and nationality of the coach? If anything, they've done worse under English coaches!

Posted By: King on June 28th 2016 at 13:15:36

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So the FA want to appoint an Englishman as the new head coach (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 12:59:27
- International football's such pish now, you'll need to choose between someone unproven... (Other Football) - bird table, Jun 28, 15:07:48
  - this is true - but on the rare occasions when a team do get a really good manager (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 28, 15:20:50
- Gareth Southgate (Other Football) - Dave in Switzerland, Jun 28, 14:39:06
- Claire (Other Football) - Dunney, Jun 28, 13:35:07
  - He said EnglishMAN (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:38:58
    - H from Steps then? (n/m) (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 28, 13:43:05
      - He's Welsh. (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 28, 13:47:47
        
        Lee? (Other Football) - Huge Small, Jun 28, 14:03:47
        
        Lisa, FFS !! (n/m) (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Jun 28, 14:54:54
    - Equal opportunities (n/m) (Other Football) - Dunney, Jun 28, 13:42:06
- Trevor Brooking (n/m) (Other Football) - yellowman, Jun 28, 13:34:27
- rylan (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:27:26
- Farage (n/m) (Other Football) - promethian1, Jun 28, 13:26:31
- danny baker (n/m) (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:25:37
- capello's meant to be quite good (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Jun 28, 13:24:13
- What utter tosh. (Other Football) - King, Jun 28, 13:15:36
  - do the English cricket and rugby teams ever have English coaches these days? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:27:40
    - The rugby team always did until Jones was appointed last summer (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Jun 28, 13:47:34
  - .... but the UK has just voted to leave the EU... so perhaps they considered that (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:21:10
  - isn't it against EU employment law? (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:20:03
    - Well quite (n/m) (Other Football) - King, Jun 28, 13:28:32
      - it is bizarre thinking (Other Football) - Tombs, Jun 28, 13:32:29
- Q: Why is Hoddle held in such high regard as a manager? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:04:39
  - A lot of the England players who played at 98 World Cup (Other Football) - Hit Squadie, Jun 28, 13:34:53
    - Players like managers who selected them (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:46:48
    - Rooney was saying the other day that the players liked Hodgson... (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:37:25
  - It's something to do with the player he was, presumably? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 28, 13:14:29
  - I rate him as a head coach, I enjoyed watching his England teams (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:10:56
    - prob because it was around the Gazza, Beckham, Shearer, Owen era............ (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 28, 13:18:40
- Agree. he'll only be an FA lap dog whoever they em (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:00:56
  - what does that mean though? (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:11:59
    - Agree about sponsors. We are the richest association in world football (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 14:42:47
      - The top players not playing abroad one is easy (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 15:24:39
  - Employ (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:01:13
- That was obviously going to happen in today's climate (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 28, 13:00:32
  - Slaven bilic for me (n/m) (Other Football) - berstreetsfinest, Jun 28, 13:01:59
  - But if they went foreign: Ranieri. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Jun 28, 13:01:01
    - Good shout, Ranieri deals with the media very well and always comes accross (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:06:58
      - he also lost to the Faroe Islands in his last game as an international manager (Other Football) - Mecagoenti, Jun 28, 14:47:37
      - Everybody likes Ranieri. Don't they? (n/m) (Other Football) - mr carra, Jun 28, 13:12:57
        
        A month into the job and the media will begin the character (Other Football) - Pixelman, Jun 28, 13:15:07
        
        I do (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Jun 28, 13:13:51

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