Sunday 12 February 2012

Who Next for England?

    So Capello has stepped down as England head coach, his major salary has been defended by Football Association Chairman David Bernstein and has four months to find a replacement. But who??  The smart money is on Harry Redknapp, as he is who everybody(except Spurs fans) want to take charge of England. If he does where does this leave Tottenham Hotspur, as he has transformed them over the last couple of years in to a team that can truely mix it with the top teams in the Premier League. How could he leave a team where he has the squad assembled to really push for a title challenge, no Spurs team has looked like doing this in a long long time.
  Could the England manager's job be taken on a part-time basis? If it were Harry then short term the obvious answer most people would give is yes. As it is just friendlies ahead of the European Championsips and the season in its most exciting phase so to disrupt the pattern for Spurs could have an effect. Thinking beyond the Euro's, could it still be done part-time? What does the England job really consist of that requires it to be full time? (any ideas). Is there not a chance if hypothetically speaking it was Harry Redknapp, he could build a trusted unit of scouts to help with his watching of games and collation of who is in form, who is not and what the future is looking like. There are some great people out there not in management who may be ideal, one example is Alan Curbishley who has a wealth of experience of the English game in to the modern era. This would give Redknapp the freedom to continue the work he has built at Spurs.
 Yes it is just a theory but everybody has got ideas on what might work, but who else is there that could do the job? any suggestions welcome.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/16988862