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Saving English football
If Martin O'Neill really isn't available, my ancient West Ham loyalties lead me to drift, oh so tentatively, towards Harry Redknapp. My sons want Mourinho, and I can see the attractions of that idea as well.
As for the deeper, structural problems, the Guardian has a round-up of views from Premier League managers, Sven included. Alex Ferguson hits it on the head: I was at a conference in London on Tuesday and all of the managers said the same thing about the lack of the practice time for young players. It was devastating when schools' football lost its impact on school kids. School teachers stopped running the teams and you had everyone doing it - grannies, uncles, aunties, Tom, Dick and Harry. Therefore they migrated to boys' club football, which is too competitive with too much football and not enough practice. They all want to win. The player has to win by becoming a better footballer and that's what youth development is all about.
The oddest comment, when you think about it, comes from Arsène Wenger: "In my opinion the England manager should be English."
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