England manager?

[Reg Smeeton]

Don't see the point of saying you don't want a foreigner and appointing O'Neill, who is as foreign as Hiddinck in my book.

   If you go down that road then Mark Hughes should come into the equation.

[Fred Elliot]

Mike Bassett !

[strooood]

i recon if we win the world cup we might aswell bash pearce in.
winning it will give us all the success/joy we crave from england. So appointing pearce and starting afresh would give him a bit of time to settle in because we'd be world champs...  a year or two in the wilderness so to speak wouldnt be too bad in the long run after a successful WC campaign

whole different story if we fail miserably at the world cup.

[Spud]

ABM

[reeves4england]

i recon if we win the world cup we might aswell bash pearce in.
winning it will give us all the success/joy we crave from england. So appointing pearce and starting afresh would give him a bit of time to settle in because we'd be world champs...  a year or two in the wilderness so to speak wouldnt be too bad in the long run after a successful WC campaign

whole different story if we fail miserably at the world cup.

An interesting take on it, but would this really give Pearce the environment he would need for his first time at international level?

[oxford_fan]

i'd put o'neill with mclaren - i think it'd be a disaster if either of those took over.

allardyce/crubs wouldn't be bad, and pearce must top the list.

i don't know a great deal about huddink

[janaage]

I think O'Neill would do a very good job for you lot.  Get motivator, good with the press, which is important, passionate, fans would love him

Allardyce has no chance as he was named by Sven as a bung taker so the FA don't want to take the gamble on him.

[oxford_fan]

does o'neill have the tactical ability to win a world cup, for example?

[Reg Smeeton]

does o'neill have the tactical ability to win a world cup, for example?

 O'Neill is a long ball merchant....works to keep a Leicester in mid table, or in Sweatie land,  fair enough if that's your philosopohy then go with it.

  Graham Taylor made the mistake of not playing to his belief in long ball, and trying to get some football played.

[oxford_fan]

thats what i thought, i hope o'neill isn't being considered

[strooood]

oh yeah, if we're going non english it has to be huddink or carlos alberto parreira.

i'd prefer pearce

[Simon Pieman]

Andy King

[yeo]

I want an English manager for the English team.I also dont think you need a mass of expierence to manage the national side.To be honest I dont even think its a full time job.

[Piemonte]

I'd want the best man for the job - that means getting Big Phil some English lessons quicksharp.

I'd prefer to have an Enghlishman in charge but none are good enough currently.

To those who think screaming and shouting at a bunch of 20-something millionaires will motivate them, look no further than the keegan debacle. No tactical knowlege at all.  Tactics & the ability to make big desisions are the making of a quality international manager. Big Phil has a track record in both.

[Simon Pieman]

This is why Andy King should become England manager. He has the tactical and motivational skills we're looking for. Might even give Pook a call up. Gerrard's been crap recently.