Search for England manager suffers massive setback

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 6:42 p.m.


Just when you thought things couldn't get much worse for the England team, former Chelsea boss and in my opinion the best man for the job, Jose Mourinho has supposedly said that he does not want to succeed Steve McClaren as England manager according to BBC Sport.

Mourinho left Chelsea in September of this year and has been out of football ever since and despite looking for a job at the moment, apparently the Portuguese manager is not ready for the international stage. "Mourinho is apparently champing at the bit to return to football management. But not for a job, however lucrative and high profile, that only allows him to do what he does so well - working with players - a couple of times every few months" said BBC Sport's, Jonathan Legard.

However other promising possibilities such as Fabio Capello has declared his interest in the post and the likes of Harry Redknapp hasn't ruled himself out yet.

Here's how the bookies see it; Martin O'Neil 5/2, Fabio Capello 5/1, Harry Redknapp 16/1 and you can get the likes of Steve Staunton at 1000/1. Who would you like to see take over as England boss ???



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Spurs winger set for January exit

Posted by Cathal Breathnach on at 4:28 p.m.

Tottenham winger Wayne Routledge has admitted today that he wants to leave the club in January for some more first team football.

The 22-year old has yet to feature under new Spurs boss Juande Ramos and indeed hasn't featured since Spurs' 4-0 over Derby earlier in the season.

Routledge joined Spurs from Championship side Crystal Palace two years ago, but has been forced to go out on loan to other Premier League sides in order to get some first team football under his belt.

It is believed the Tottenham will let him leave in January on a short term loan deal, with Watford or West Brom the most likely destinations.

I really think Routledge needs to leave Spurs in January and hopefully come back a better player at the end of the season. It has been a shame really not to see Wayne play every week and I feel this move will do him the world of good.

Source : EatSleepSport.

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Who do you want to replace McClaren as England boss ?

Posted by Cathal Breathnach on at 4:21 p.m.

After Steve McClaren's inevitable sacking earlier today, I want to know who do you want to replace the former Middlesbrough manage?. Many names have already been mentioned like former Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho, Aston Villa's Martin O'Neill and former Real Madrid manager Fabio Capello but who do you think is the right man to take England forward.

I would personally go with Mourinho, but that's just my opinion. As you all well know Mourinho done a fantastic job at Chelsea and I feel he would be a terrific replacement for McClaren. So what do you think?

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England get knocked out but maybe it's not all bad !

Posted by Cathal Breathnach on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 10:04 p.m.

England have tonight been defeated at hands of Croatia at Wembley 3-2, thus ending their hopes of qualifying for next summer's Euro 2008. England went into the game needing only a draw to progress from the group but they lost and that was coupled with Russia beating Andora 1-0.

England got off to a shocker and found themselves 2-0 down within a quarter of an hour. The first goal came due to a howler by Scott Carson in the England goal. But England came out in the second half and got their two goals that brought the sides level and all they needed to do was hold out and they qualified.

But they fell to deep and were punished when Croatia grabbed their third and England just couldn't get back from that. England boss Steve McClaren has been under pressure for some time and this will almost certainly see the former Middlesbrough boss get the chop from the FA.

I think this may be the only good news from tonight for England fans because under McClaren I thought they were rubbish. People said Eriksson was bad as the England boss but frankly compared to McClaren their was no contest. It may also just give the England players a wake up call.

Many managers in the Premier League complain that some of their players come back tired from major international tournaments in the summer. Now they can't make that excuse about their English players and maybe next the next Premier League season may turn out to be better with fresher players.

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