Please god not 'Arry' the media athon would be unbearable. Though the fall from grace would be one of the most spectacular. Sod it give it to 'Arry'!

I think Benitez would be a good appointment, has a great record in management in europe, whether it be in champions league or la liga. We also need to get away from the old players Rio, Terry, Lampard all need to be left out now. None are permanent fixtures in the team. Pick parker as captain, 8/10 every week, will escape the huuuuge media scrutiny as he seems to be one well liked. Got great young plyaers coming through at the min in Walker, Smalling, Jones, Wilshere, Chamberlain, Sturridge, Walcott, Welbeck.

Hart

Walker
Jones
Cahill
Cole

Parker (c)
Wilshere

Rooney
Gerrard
Walcott

Welbeck

Squad-

Sturridge
A.Johnson
Smalling
Jagielka
Young
Chamberlain
G.Johnson
Downing
Bent
Rodwell
Lescott
Baines


The three behind Welbeck can all interchange, with Rooney and Gerrard being able to drop in to make a midfield 5. I think we have a lot to work with, just pick players who have failed time and time again.

pretty much Keith, as i said earlier its Tabloid radio, it has it's place if thats what you want. I probably do an hour of talksport most weekdays as i find Durham funny, but the whole premise is take a ridiculous position on a particular point and let thousands of people ring in on a 0870 number.

Like the tabloids, i don't take it seriously, but it provides the odd bit of titillation

No Dawson or Lennon or Defoe ? and what about a second keeper ? maybe Green ?

Bent has no chance with 'Arry as manager but maybe Sandra could make the squad ?

forgot about Dawson. Wouldn't conisder the other two as one isn't good enough and one always a sub.

Pathetic.













Eventhough many previous managers have done better with England squads than Capello in major tournaments?

I like Capello as a manager, always have but the to suggest that players aren't up to playing to his level?!?!

Tell us which of the player that played under Capello that you'd say are truly world class, you know, the quality of player that could win the world cup or European championship.

well,there's..................ermmmm ?

yeah,get your point Cata


but surely the sign of a good coach is to get the best out of the players available at any given moment ? And to get the best out of the players needs respect for the coach from the players ? I don't think many of the players had that respect for Fabio ?
Maybe things like confining them to barracks in Rustenberg didn't help morale ?

Hart

Cole Jones Smalling Richards

Wilshere Parker Gerrard

Sturridge Rooney oxlade-Chamberlain

The point wasn't about the players really though was it? It was about Rob's view of Capello being some sort of super manager that England players aren't up to his ability, strange comment.

I've never thought England were good enough to win a major championship, possibly the later rounds like QF or maybe SF but there are teams much better than England. There's a transition going on with England, there's a lot of older players who need someone to drop them and a crop of younger players who look to have plenty of ability, the future doesn't look bad at all for England.

How many of the Greece team were world class, or the Italian side of 2006.

I think that he did a decent job given his qualification record. He'll split opinion, his stats look impressive yet for his salary, the FA will no doubt feel short changed.

I think Redknapp will take it, I think he'll take a largely experimental squad to EU2012 and really he's got a free ticket. If we do better than expected, he's a miracle worker. If we perform poorly, what could he do given the timescale, picking up the mess. He can't lose. He can also help this cause by taking a young squad and then he can tell us how the plan was to get a tournament into this lot before WC2014.

If I was him, I'd take a group of 'leaders' in Parker, Gerrard, Rooney, Cole & Carrick and then the rest of the squad I would take young emerging players, I'd emphasise to the above that they all need to take some responsibility and leave it at that. Squad something like :

Hart, Foster/AN Other, Richards/Walker, Jones, Dawson, Lescott, Jagielka, A.Cole, Baines, Parker (c), Gerrard, Wilshire, Carrick, A.Young, Lennon, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Walcott, Sturridge, Rooney, Welbeck, Carroll.

*Adam Johnson, Defoe, Cleverley, Rodwell, Bent etc etc see if someone finishes the season like a train to force inclusion.
He can force the FA's hand salary wise as he has support from supporters, the media, the FA itself, the players, so he'll have leverage to get the salary he craves.

On a different subject, with Ireland at Euro 2012, surely the uncapped James McClean must be playing his way onto that plane. He could be a weapon in that tournament, he's got something about him.