Well, here we go again. England coach Steve McClaren and assistant coach Terry Venables have been sacked following the national team's failure to qualify for the Euro 2008 finals.
Few will shed tears at McClaren's departure. He was a honest, likeable character, but a manager capable of taking England to next year's finals? Well, sadly we know the answer to that question.
The men in blazers from the FA who messed up picking the successor to Sven-Goran Eriksson (remember the fiasco with "Big" Phil Scolari?) deserve culling as well.....but that ain't going to happen (turkeys don't vote for Christmas). So let's turn our attention to the next England manager.
Place yer bets, folks....
9-2 Martin O’Neill, Jose Mourinho.
7-1 Fabio Capello.
12-1 Luis Felipe Scolari.
14-1 Sam Allardyce, Guus Hiddink, Alan Shearer.
20-1 Marcello Lippi.
22-1 Stuart Pearce.
25-1 Harry Redknapp, Arsene Wenger.
28-1 Alan Curbishley.
33-1 Steve Coppell.
Whoever the next England manager is, I hope he'll be able to select a team capable of playing modern football, instead of this motley collection of wealthy, pampered, overrated "superstars" who treat each other like strangers on a football pitch.
Nationality is not important (but beware of xenophobia in our fickle press if results go against you).
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