Sven

[neilo]

So hes going
Overkill , your country needs you lol

But seriously anyone but Mclaren

[la gran siete]

Scolari to take over?

[Sick Boy]

He's going

An English manager please. Cue the verbal abuse. Don't care If a foreign manager would be a better choice, they would not be accepted so they are on the back foot already.

[Lex]

Alan Curbishley

[Henry]

Hiddink please!

Not McLaren and not Allardyce.

Sir Clive Woodward must fancy himself for the job

[LFC_SL]

End of an era .... the guy just never had a plan B. Can't people understand that?! Keegan had the same team bar Rooney, Sven's done no more than asked of him. England are one of the favourites; thats much to do with Sven as Rooney

So Curbishley & Allardyce - no, needs to prove it in Europe.
McClaren - no "These kids are the future of Middlesborough Football Club", McClaren after Arsenal 7 Middlesborough 0

I honestly believe Hitzfeld, O'Neil or Hiddink would be the way to go; if O'Neil's personal circumstances allow it, and the xenophobia of the tabloids stop

[Ian J]

Originally Posted by LFC_SL

Keegan had the same team bar Rooney, Sven's done no more than asked of him. England are one of the favourites; thats much to do with Sven as Rooney

A couple of years ago Crystal Palace were in the relegation zone of Division One at Christmas when they sacked their manager and replaced him with Iain Dowie. As people may recall they were promoted to the Premiership that year using the same squad of players that the previous manager had nearly relegated.

It is fatuous to suggest that England are one of the favourites and have their best chance of winning in forty years despite having a poor manager and it's typical of the Brits to try their hardest to destabilise the efforts instead of getting behind the manager and the team.

[gooner#14]

PSYCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!! PSYCHO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! all the heart but has he the experiance

[JohnG]

I agree about Svens lack of Plan B ideas. When the Portuguese deliberately crippled Rooney in Euro 2004 Sven had no idea how to change things around and stuck to the same game. I'd love to see a more attacking minded manager as I strongly believe that we could still have won that game in Euro 2004 if we'd had got at them (they don't like it up 'em you know!). The same goes for the game against Brazil in the World Cup, we didn't rattle them enough in the 2nd half.

[Orson]

I'm another who's not a fan of Sven. He seems to have done nothing to inspire the team, which can virtually pick itself. The coaching/team building seems none existant, and he now seems to be 'bigger' than the England team. I'd have him out now, never mind waiting until the World Cup.

To replace him though... Jose too expensive, Allardyce & Curbishley possibly too inexperienced, McClaren seems to have lost the plot a bit lately. I'd consider Wenger, but he's a bit of a Sven clone.

As an Englishman who wants the best for England, I'd have Martin O'Neil, if available, failing that, take a chance on Sam Allardyce.

[JohnG]

I do think that Sven should have been made to go now and we should have someone else to inpsire the players to win the World Cup. I think we have one of the best squads we have ever had and Sven will waste our best chance of winning the big one.

[la gran siete]

Although it owuld be nioce if an English manager did take over , none of the current lot are good enough. The fact that the top 5 English clubs dont ave one speaks for itself. The likes of Curbishley should be managing an Aresenal or Chelsea and be successful before being considered for the top job. Its also got to be someone with several layers of skin who can brush off intrusive media attention and ridiculous expectations heaped on by the general public.

[Nebby]

Peter Taylor for me.

He did a fantastic job with the under 21's, right up until that idiot Howard Wilkinson decided he could do a better job and sacked him, and is doing a good job with them again, now that he's back in the role. He knows the present crop of young first team players from his original stint with the U21s, plus he also knows the boys that are coming through the ranks now and will form the spine of the team over the next few years.

After all of the hoopla the FA have had to put up with Sven, he might be a nice, steady and safe appointment.

[la gran siete]

Personally I have no probs with Sven staying until after the WC. His win / lose ratio is better than most of his predecessors, he got us into the last WC much against the odds and he got our lads to put 5 past Germany on German soil ,an occasion which I shall never forget. It felt almost as good as the 1966 final.So I say let him get on with the job, hope for the best but dont heap ridiculous expectations either on him or the squad.