England Manager - Another FA cock-up in the making?

[Pavilionaire]

Is anyone else getting a bit concerned about recent developments?

Hiddink is about to take the Russia job, O'Neill is reported by the Mirror to be househunting in Hexham near Newcastle, Stuart Pearce appears to be going into meltdown as City lose again, Curbishley is setting the midtable alight with another bore-draw, Allardyce's Bolton will be trophyless this season.

Maybe Basle did us all a favour by beating Boro 2-0 in the UEFA Cup, otherwise we might have had McLaren taking over after the WC?

 

[Parson Henry]

and Steve Coppell is now to be a prem manager.

 

[sir danny cullip]

Pardew said that he wanted curbishly to get the job in his programme notes yesterday. Hopefully there will be some developments within the next 2 weeks, all seems to have gone a bit quiet recently.

 

[Trigger]

Maybe Basle did us all a favour by beating Boro 2-0 in the UEFA Cup, otherwise we might have had McLaren taking over after the WC?

Or maybe not, Christian Gross is on his way!!!

 

[Pavilionaire]

I bet Gross has still kept his return tube ticket.

Moving on, I would be very disappointed if Curbishley gets the gig. Also, if Stuart Pearce says he's ashamed to show his face to his wife and family after losing 1-0 to Boro imagine what he'd do to himself if we lost to Germany in the World Cup!!!

 

[Brovion]

I bet Gross has still kept his return tube ticket.

Moving on, I would be very disappointed if Curbishley gets the gig. ...

... although it would be a 'traditional' FA appointment. Think Greenwood, Keegan, Hoddle, a few Cups and a couple of promotions between them. They've tried the experienced coach routine and all it's done is raise expectations to the level where some people (hiya Easy) expect us to qualify for tournaments and are upset about 'only' getting to quarter-finals. This has scared them so now they want to go back to a traditional "pipe 'n' slippers" man (metaphorically speaking) and we can go back to the 1970/80s when we were happy just getting to the Finals stages.

(Note to new readers - England never even qualified for the Final stages of ANY tournament during the 1970s).

 

[Pavilionaire]

Wasn't the 1970 World Cup Finals during the 70s then?

 

[Marshy]

Its O'Neill's job in my opinion. Done and Dusted.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Wasn't the 1970 World Cup Finals during the 70s then?

It was but we didnt qualify for it

 

[Pavilionaire]

So then we didn't get knocked out by Germany, Banks didn't make that wonder save from Pele and Bobby Moore didn't steal that bracelet?

 

[blockhseagull]

So then we didn't get knocked out by Germany, Banks didn't make that wonder save from Pele and Bobby Moore didn't steal that bracelet?

I see what you are saying, but we didn't qualify...we were holders

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

So then we didn't get knocked out by Germany, Banks didn't make that wonder save from Pele and Bobby Moore didn't steal that bracelet?

What I meant was we went into the finals automatically, as previous winners. Therefore we didnt need to qualify.

 

[The Large One]

No, we didn't PLAY to qualify for it. And had we have done, that would have been during the 1960s.

After the 1962 World Cup, we didn't qualify through the World Cup Qualifiying groups again until the 1982 World Cup.

 

[blockhseagull]

No, we didn't PLAY to qualify for it. And had we have done, that would have been during the 1960s.

However, even though we were holders...doesn't that mean we QUALIFIED as holders

 

[The Large One]

However, even though we were holders...doesn't that mean we QUALIFIED as holders

Yes it does.

'The holder and the hosts AUTOMATICALLY qualified'. This is the first World Cup - aside from 1930 - where this is not the case.

 

[blockhseagull]

So we did qualify in the 70s ??

 

[Hatterlovesbrighton]

This whole situation reminds me of the press hounding out Bobby Robson for Italia 90. Who did we get next?

ONiell for me. Anyone apart from Allardyce.

 

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Didnt qualify for 1974 or 1978, and the 1970 qualification took place in the 60's

 

[Brovion]

No, we didn't PLAY to qualify for it. And had we have done, that would have been during the 1960s.

After the 1962 World Cup, we didn't qualify through the World Cup Qualifiying groups again until the 1982 World Cup.

Well spotted TLO, I can't believe it was necessary to point that out.

 

[smudge]

My preferences.

1. Hiddink
2. O' Neil
3..........erm, can't think of another one!