The FA Appoint Capello
The FA have finally picked the right type of person for the job. I never had too much problem with Sven, except his lousy friendlies when he would play a seemingly random selection of players with no sense of rhyme or reason, his policy of having a few too many favourites and his love of tabloid-friendly antics. However after the McLaren debarcle it amazes me that there are still people in the game wittering on about have to have an English manager. Quite simply there is nobody that fits the bill. In reality the national jobs tend to be taken on successfully by older coaches who can be pragmatic enough to work with players they do not see everyday and get them to play as a team. We have had too much of this rubbish from the newspapers saying that any decent coach should be able to get Lampard and Gerrard to play together, when in reality a decent coach would realise they do not complement each other and would find alternatives. The coach picks the best team, not always the best players. Capello is a man happy to ruffle a few feathers and egos to get results. He tactically out thought Sir Alex for years in the Champions League with Juve and the whole Beckham saga at Real Madrid also proved he was able to be pragmatic enough to accept when his judgement was off and correct a mistake – nobody gets it right all the time, but the best correct their mistakes quickly.
Within the English game who can we say has got a CV that can even be considered in the same light as Capello? In fact the only Brit that can fill the role in reality is Sir Alex, but he’s a Scot and the liklihood of him taking that on and being allowed back north of the border are minimal. As for this crap about not getting the chances, well you need to prove yourself first. Whenever you hear a coach going on about a young player they are always saying they need to ‘prove themselves’ and ‘take their chances’ but somehow they expect that with a record of a few years coaching a middle table Premiership side they can do the job on the international stage. If they are good at a smaller side, they will get the chance at a bigger cub, but they have to be prepared to do what it takes. Schuster at Real Madrid, did well in Germany and got the Real Job that way, Mourinho at Porto etc. The only British coach I can think of that has actually moved abroad to do this recently is Chris Coleman. Quite simply this is not an anti-English coach view, the simple fact is that the best, most dedicated coaches rise to the top jobs. The likes of the Premiership is where the money is, so the top coaches look here for the jobs, this means competition is much more fierce for those positions. The current crop of British coaches need to realise this or we will forever be coached by foreigners….and this will be on merit.
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