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Am i the only one who finds the constant criticism in the media of the England team very boring?I don't care how bad the writers thought the game was,we won like we had too.The way the media go on you'd have thought that beckham had been sent off and sven had been caught indulging in a spot of sheep bothering. :)
Its all just hype of course, but it is probably one of the major reasons why i can't seem to get worked up about england games anymore,even important games,i just find myself switching off :cry: .I find this to be very sad,cause the reason i got into football in the first place was because of the england team during italia 90,now i am only slightly interested and the only teams i really care about are Swindon and the England cricket team.

I am with you on this one.  The press really do greatly piss me off, not just with regards this.  There is no much negativity in the press it is horrible.  

England did a job, they did it pretty well and comfortably really.  Get off their backs.  The press just creates more pressure which does affect performance.

100% right Harold.......what really annoys me is wastrels like Robbie Fowler having a pop in the media because he's got a book out.

   WC qualifiers are no more than that...get the points job done....Italy showed how difficult it can be to win in a footballing backwater.

Yeah I agree, it's as if the press expects England to win at least 4-0 against every lesser footballing nation, football doesn't work like that and it would be pretty boring if it did. England won and deserved to win and our unbeaten qualification record is as good as any other team so the criticism is not really appropriate.

The press seem to be at the stage of wanting Swen out, and they usually get their way though this time I think he will stay until our 2006 campaign is over.

I think the press have got bored of Sven, he's done ok but at £4million a year you'd expect him to be good. He's not really done that much yet, he's just done alright but I don't think he deserves the sack at the moment. We should have kept Hoddle though, he is a legend.

If Chelsea win like that the media kisses their ass and claims its how champions play...

Bring in Big Sam Allardyce or Stuart Pearce. :)

I think your right,the press have an agenda and what sven out.Just what we need a year before the world cup,to sack our coach. :-))(

He'll be gone as soon as the WC is over, he gets paid £4 million a year ffs, what has he done since taking over apart from shagging Ulrika?.

He got lucky when we beat the Germans 1-5!

That's why he's still in this job - it gave the FA too much faith in him, so they rewarded him with a mamouth contract.  Sven's not going to quit a £4 mill a year job, and the FA cannot sack him as it would mean a massive payout.

Hopefully after next summer we will be a Sven free country. 8)

I want to see an England manager with a bit of passion, he sat there against Wales with no emotion on his face whatsoever, i want a manager that will get up and scream his fecking head off at ythe players if they're playing crap till you can see the veins popping out his neck.

I dont really see what screaming at international quality players is going to achieve. Its not a pub team.

Before Keegan was appointed the press and general public were all for someone to motivate the players and jump around. That worked out well didnt it?

I agree, it's horses for courses really.  I think it wrong to say "we must have this.....we must have that......".  You have to be open-minded and get the best that is available at that time.

Its called motivation, we need a manager who isnt scared of dropping the top players instead of the team picking itself.

Ah, but there are many ways to motivate players!  Surely there is also a difference between shouting at players and actually having the bottle to drop them!

We need both to happen.

For me it clear what we need, and I'm loath to say it's another foreigner.

Big Fillipe Scolari of ex-Brazil and Portugal fame.  He has bollocks, and will not be scared to drop the big name players if needs be - look how well taking Figo off against us worked - Sven would never take of Becks to try to change a game.

Big Fil is quality, I've always thought he has the attitude of an old school English manager - love him!

I agree we need someone to have the bottle to drop big players, that should be a pre-requsite to any job like this.  But i still dont think we need a shouter-per-say.

Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't kingy a shouter? :)
I don't mind sven,but it would be nice to have a bit of  excitement when watching England again,i find myself not really caring. :( In the past we would play well and lose in heart- breaking fashion on pens,now we just lose in major tournaments like we deserve to cause we've have been shit.Now i'm not sure if thats because of sven or if its cause our team are tired,i just don't know.

Kingy for England.

Can you imagine his weekly outbursts in the Sun and the Mirror?  :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

Yes Qualifiers are qualifiers and the result is all important,That would be a good argument if we ever perform impressively in the final stages-but we dont.

One name: Jose Mourinho

... would never manage England.

No thanks, I don't want to have to cheer his name when we win stuff.

Ah, notice you said when we win stuff, not if we win stuff.... :D

Yes I did notice that, and it was on purpose, but I'd still rather he weren't in charge of England - I just couldn't take it.

personally I couldn't give a fuck about the England v NI game tonight, I'm really excited about the Ireland game...

but if we win, who cares?!

Its all about success, and who better to give England a bit of success, swagger & presence than Jose Mourinho

Look at me Im Oirish!

I'dlove to have Mourinho in charge of England, best manager in the world. I'm excited about the England game tonight.

I'm a plastic paddy 8)

Im only having a laugh.

Again, a debatable  8) .

blame spacey for the cool smiley, I use it excessively for no reason 8)

see?

I don't belive Mourinho would want to manage us,when at chelsea he gets paid a massive amount of money and can seem to buy whoever the fuck he wants.Plus the way the premiershit dominates not just here but also around the world,you could say the chelsea job is bigger,national teams aren't as important anymore,higher league teams make most of the money.Any way why would the chosen one want the England job where all he'll get is constant criticisim,at stamford bridge he is a king.

The special one, this is mildly amusing....

http://www.soccerclips.net/2_upload_music/gudl1f5k7gg0.wma

Sonic,am i right in saying your dad is irish?,if he is you've a genuine reason for wanting them to do well.What pisses me off is when st patricks day comes around and people in England[who are English] celebrate it like it means something to us.And they never know when st georges day is,i do despair :) .

yes my old man is Irish.

No I don't think Mourinho would manage England, but he would be one of the few managers I would like to have in charge. I don't think Sven deserves the sack at the moment, this is the wrong time to sack him.

I agree Ben, he should stay on for tonight, then clear his desk tomorrow. :mrgreen:

Its garunteed (sp?!) Sven will be gone after the world cup curbishly or big sam to takeover...

Hope it's not Big Sam - he's far too long ball.

 Don't blame me 8)

Do I use the cool smiley excessively? I'd never noticed.

 I don't think I do, I reckon my posts are so hip to the groove that they just attach themselves automatically 8)

See!! I never touched it.

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The time to sack sven would be after the world cup if we don't win it or come very close, unless we somehow manage to fuck up the remaining qualifiers which would take some doing, then he would deserve the sack now.