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[McDermotX]

Genius decision by the english fa to hand capello a new contract 2 weeks before the tournament. So that means he will be sacked with a huge pay-off now

Nah.........sure it was nailed on mate, Eng-er-land were going to win this tournament...Best players in the world, best league in the world, best manager in the world, golden generation etc etc..
All the other teams in the tournament are nowhere near as good.......where's their Rooneys, their Gerrards, their Lampards etc etc

Sky told me so

[Tatterdemalion]

Players deserve all they get and more, but there's no escape for Fabio. He's made one **** decision after another, from picking an injured king, to dropping James, playing anyone but Joe Cole on the left and Joe COle on the right. Wasting Gerrard. Picking SWP, playing him on the left. ****ing the team off with last minute team selection, playing Heskey over Crouch. Probably more.

Yeh.... in retrospect you are right!

[Rich]

Love the bleating about having an Englishman as manager. Can someone remind these cretins what happened last time we went down that route!

[Mattshark]

Out of curiosity, what did Joe Cole do when he was brought on?

[EwarWoo]

Just looking at all the inbreds on SSN there..........we need an English manager, not an Italian, and we'd be getting further in knockouts etc etc.......

This is actually the bit I love when England get their usual early exit

I dunno, I think there' something to be said for an English manager knowing the English game and the English players and getting the best out of an English team.

It boils down to more than nationalism / racism and does have some pragmatic value.

[McDermotX]

Players deserve all they get and more, but there's no escape for Fabio. He's made one **** decision after another, from picking an injured king, to dropping James, playing anyone but Joe Cole on the left and Joe COle on the right. Wasting Gerrard. Picking SWP, playing him on the left. ****ing the team off with last minute team selection, playing Heskey over Crouch. Probably more.

Yep........hopeless stuff from Capello..........only international job he's had as well, which has to be significant

[Mattshark]

I dunno, I think there' something to be said for an English manager knowing the English game and the English players and getting the best out of an English team.

It boils down to more than nationalism / racism and does have some pragmatic value.

Really? So out of the top English teams. The one who have European success, how many have English managers?

[Kenneth]

Out of curiosity, what did Joe Cole do when he was brought on?

Played on the right

[Kenneth]

ANd that linesman needs sending home with a ****ing guide dog.

[EwarWoo]

Really? So out of the top English teams. The one who have European success, how many have English managers?

How many of them have had to pick from purely English players who are almost exclusively playing in the English league? The answer to my question would be the same as yours

[cream]

Gerrard can play in the kaka position. Can you imagine if brazil played one if their best in a position which it's difficult for him to perform!

I think it's obvious that we should have played 3 in the middle and one up top.

There is more to it than just Gerrard and his position. I'm talking in general about English players, where is the flair, imagination and creativity ???

[Kenneth]

Where's everyone gone?

[little dave hedgehog]

crying into some beers.

[Bender]

Where's everyone gone?

There all jumping of Tower Bridge into the Thames

[Bender]

Fabio Capello said he will not resign as England coach but will discuss his future with the Football Association after his side's World Cup exit.
England were knocked out the last-16 stage of the competition following a 4-1 defeat to Germany.
"I have time to decide and I have to speak with the FA chairman [Sir Dave Richards]," said Capello.
Asked whether he would be resigning, he added: "Absolutely no. We have to wait until I get back to London."
BBC