Is Fabio the man to bring an end to forty years of hurt?

William

"you can get 14 to 1 on England to win the 2010 World Cup." It never takes long for the English. One semi-final appearance outside England in 50 years of trying and yet they still delude themselves that they should be regarded amongst the favourites for any tournament that comes along. Good luck to Capello though I fancy he'll only be one bad result away from having his nationality and his language skills thrown in his face.

Tiberius

I completely agree with you over Gerrard and Lampard, James. But choosing to leave one of them out is the easy part. Much more difficult for the team is to learn (as Graham Taylor famously said) to play football with your head. Capello will need to be more of a psychologist than a football tactician if he is to lead England to win a tournament.

GUY

FA you let Mourino slip through your fingers with your dithering. you are good for F.a.

JOHNSKI

IT LOOKS LIKE COPELLO HAS GOT THE JOB SO LETS JUST SIT BACK AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT DOS,NT MATTER WHAT WE THINK THE F.A. ARE HAPPY

KIRSTY

BRING ON CAPELLO! SOMEONE NEEDS TO CRUSH THE EGOS IN THE ENGLAND TEAM AND MAKE THEM REALISE IT IS AN HONOUR TO PLAY FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND YOU SHOULD GIVE IT YOUR ALL. ANOTHER POSITIVE ABOUT CAPELLO IS HE IS HAPPILY MARRIED AND HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS AND WILL NOT BRING THE TYPE OF SCANDAL ALA SVEN GORAN ERIKSSON! HE NEEDS TO LEARN ENGLISH ASAP THOUGH.

d eastwood

jose was the man for the job. but hey what do we know?

Paul norman

We moan but do nothing??? The FA board should all be sacked, they run the FA like their own little enterprise, it is not it belongs to the country its our national sport and we let a load of idiots run it, they say that Barwick and his team transformed the english game with their business sense and how they have bought a lot more money into the game? but what about the money they have lost? look at wembley, cost £300m to much and has a roof that does not shut it opens, then look at the cost to the country with england failing to qualify £5b if they were a city business they would be sacked immediately,the pitch at wembley was a disgrace but the Fa did not repair it because they had allready booked the car championship and are going to rip up the pitch so why do it twice NO the FA dicided to let England play the most important game for years on a very sub standard pitch, thanks Brian you realy are a Business man hahahaha, But worse is the apparent surprise and sudden arrest of Harry Rednapp this was just to stop the interest from the public for Harry to become England Manager, what about Terry Venables we played the best football ever in 96 no we will go for a man who doesnt speak the language wow what a business man our Brian is. I suggest we all refuse to go to England matches until the entire FA Board is changed.

Marty

Doesn't matter who you guys get, im sure you will manage to rip him to shreads within 4 years. The big picture is ,as in all over the UK, our coaching methods at the younger ages are all wrong so until we sort that out that mess it will take a miracle for any of the home nations to win anything

Paul

but Marty it is the FA that forces the coaching technique with our youngsters for years. they have been told but they believe that a maths proffesor knows best and so it goes on they will not change the methods and so our kids will be shown how to be aggresive and skills will not be taught. the FA decide that with their FA coaching school. for heavens sake Trevor brooking got the FA to open a real training school but because of the money going on wembley the school has been shelved what a farce. No Marty we must sack the board first or at least let them stay but only run the business side all football decisions should be made by ex pro footballers and managers.

Martin Punch

I'm so disappointed about the apparent disregard of Harry Redknapp for the England job particularly by Brooking. He has been harping on about the distrasous effect on English footbal by the influx of and the over-dependence on foreign elements and now that he had the chance to make a major contribution he opted for a foreign coach. Capello's CV is no doubt vastly superior to Redknapp's but surely Redknapp's knowledge of the English game at the various levels and his success with limited resources made him a serious contender. A very sad state of affairs.

Chris Cummins

Capello would be a good short term appointment (5-10 years), while we try and sort out our football, particularly at coaching level. Then one day we may find an Englishman capable of doing the job, with English players who technically proficient and intelligent, which seems to be lacking at the moment. For now, Capello seems the ideal choice.

Nigel Lightfoot

Lets face it Steve McClaren was the left over management team of the last Foreign manager we had to endure, so for the FA it was no change. when in reality they had the chance to start a fresh with a new English manager and they were all availiable Curbishley, Redknapp,,Allardyce,and all have been successful with little funds to use, but Mr Barwick picks the weakest and least experienced probably hoping he would fail so they could sack him and get in another over paid foreign manager who this time has stated " He fancies having a go " especially at the wage of 4 million a year plus bonuses,Then there is the question if Mr Cappello is that good Why has he never been the Italian National Coach.Can you honestly see a non National getting the job in Italy,Germany,France,Holland need I go on, It can only happen with England. Lets face it the FA have touted the job all round Europe. Instead of backing our own English managers who would manage with pride and passion and more importantly can communicate with the players pitchside with his orders Not through an interpreter.The FA had the chance to put together a management team not just for 2 to 4 years but the next 10 to 20 years Starting with REDKNAPP/SHEARER/PEARCE and then bring in the younger managers like Coppel,Ince etc over the following years.The final point is When Mr Barwick and board sacked Steve McClaren they stated on TV that they would not be rushing into any decisions and will take their time to get the right man yet all they have interviewed is two, Moriniho and now Cappello and all in the space of a month.So ask yourself did the FA employ Mr Capello or did Mr Capello employ the FA ? I know what I think. To play for England you must be English so to manage England you must be English as well. To me the so called ENGLISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION board have no pride in being English they want to run the National side as a Club side,and there is enough Foreign managers running our top sides already. This was their chance to build for the future and once again they missed it.

Iain Swan

Martin Punch - He opted for a foreign coach because no decent English coach - save for Venables- has emerged in 30 years. Only two English coaches have won the First Division/Premiership in twenty years ( Kendall & Wilkinson). In that time 3 Scots have been successful. Nor has an Englishman come close to winning European Cup. Now that you have the best coach available all you need to do is find the players, as your so called "Golden Generation" is a myth . When Owen and Rooney who are your strikers ? Crouch & Bent !? AND you don't have one top quality goalkeeper in the whole league !

Mike Hindley

We have only just stopped paying off Stevn ,why don't we put these people on 1 year rolling contracts ,pay £500,00 ayear plus results bonus. While we are at it cut all football players salarys by 50% and only allow 5 overseas players on the pitch at any one time, the game would inprove overnight and a lot of young brits would get the chance to be good.

dave Bax

What a laugh we use the same idiot that put McClaren in charge to choose his successor. We have too high expectations for our national team, who are rubbish. If Capello has any sense he will dump the ego's and promote the under 21's to the full squad, watch the youngsters play for their country they would perform because they know they are in the shop window.

Daniel

But worse is the apparent surprise and sudden arrest of Harry Rednapp this was just to stop the interest from the public for Harry to become England Manager, -------------------------------- What a stupid comment how can the FA have any control whatsoever on a police investigation. -------------------------------- what about Terry Venables we played the best football ever in 96 no we will go for a man who doesnt speak the language wow what a business man our Brian is. ------------------------------- Part of the coaching team that got sacked when McClaren went, the FA got criticised because McClaren was in Sven's coaching team, and it was probably people like you who criticised them for doing it, it was hardly likely they were going to rehire someone they sacked. -------------------------------- I suggest we all refuse to go to England matches until the entire FA Board is changed. -------------------------------- Clearly you have no knowledge about anything so I suggest you don't go to England matches, or breath for that matter. -------------------------------- Capello is in the top 5 managers in the world and anyone who wants and Englishman put in charge over him is an idiot. Capello has won silverware where ever he has been. The best English candidate has won zilch. It amuses me how brave some people are who come to voice their opinions because quite clearly most know nothing.

Johnboy

Right, enough of this. Capello is here and lets just see how he does. Personally I can't see it'll be any different while we stick with the "established " squad. Anyone who's followed the U21s lately will have seen their difference in desire and passion, so get some of them in the first team squad and let them blossom further under Capellos obvious assistant Gianfranco Zola !!!!!!!!!!!

Kyle

No he isnt we should have an english coach like amrtin o'neil i mean what does capello know about the english team except the players names i doubt he even knows them he is wrong for england steve mcclaren wasnt right either and i doubt england will qualify for the world cup in 2010 which im going to watch

Rams Supporter

Should an English manager be appointed his only possibility of success is if he is given a free hand in all selections. Foreign managers do not seem to be operating under the same restrictions as those locally appointed. Give every applicant a level plane to work on. A Brit (English, Scottish or Welsh - or Northern Irish)would be successful if given the same ability to really sort out, and select, the best English team. The price of a foreign manager is only detrimental to our home team. Those who have the strength to decide should be made aware that an English Team should be just that. At my age, four score years, it would be wonderful to applaud a truly English team to victory - foreigners can only obstruct such a hope.

PHRogers

Capello had the whole world at his disposal. With England he has a few dozen mediocre players from which to choose.

Alan

I'm sorry the FA have done it again and chose a foreign manager to run the english team, but hey you carn't blame capello if someone comes up to you with £6.5 and say's are you working? do you want a job, and bring all your mates with you well yes anyone will accept an offer like that!!! what's wrong is we have to many foreign players in the premiership and we don't have that many players to choose from, also the foreign players know how the english players play they game that's why we have not won anything since 1966. The FA should limit the number of foreign players in the first 11 and give our boy's a chance to improve there game, hence have more to choose from. GIVE US AN ENGLISH MANAGER WHO WOULD HAVE PRIDE IN THERE COUNTRY!!!

Andy horn

NO NO NO . capello is so not the man for england .TERRY VENABLES is the man for england with either .paul ince . paul jewel. steve coppel. tony adams to name just a few bright young managers that could become england boss for the future.It needs an englishman for the pride passion commitment.Venables has done a decent job for england in the past and has the experience both here and abroard to bring a one of these young talents on for the future.We dont need another foreighn inport sven hardly coverd himself in glory .The fa needs to be completely disbanded and put back together with people that have some idear what there doing .BRIAN BARWICK .TREVOR BROOKING .I ask you one has no experience as a player coach at all. The other is 3rd rate ex player with a handfull of england caps .The england players are over payed spice boys they should be payed on results with a goal bonus .If they fail or are booked or sent off hit them in the pocket dont pay them.

St Eloi

You will see a team based upon fitness, possibly finesse(Wayne, Steve,Rio)? That must be the goal, grass roots included. Capello, at age 61, like Trevor Brooking remembers the days when players hitched lifts whilst on 5 mile jogs! No hiding place for the egos either, we pay you play, 5 days a week, when necessary, e.g.Croatia beat England due their superior fitness levels.
Jose, brilliant, but a one team man, more interest in his dog than grass roots. I see a wakeup call coming, from Italy. In France, we welcome some competition. We think we now may have it. I think Italy welcome the same. My friends in Brazil and Argentina feel the same.
If you were to disregard your FA there are two men that should remain, Mr Brooking and Mr Pearce.
Then allow the Reading Manager to mature. He will eventually be your man, Steve Coppell?
btw, I worked(played) for Mr Ramsey(deceased) and Mr Robson. Both "Sirs" I believe. I guess Sir Robson will be contacted for advice.

stephen horton

it really shows how good the english managers are. it shows how much trust the f.a. have for their own countryman

s earl

Limit overseas players to 3 per team,put a salery cap on every club,to stop these obsene wage demands,then the clubs can reduce match prices,our kids will then have a chance to improve there skills,ok,the standard will drop for a while,but in the long term we will again be a world power,the england manager will have a bigger pool of english born players to select his national team from,instead of as it is now the same old faces who if were honest with ourselves just arnt good enough,(they think they are tho)and make the game affordable for the average mum&dad to take there sons along as i used to do with my dad,i wouldnt dream of taking my kids to a game today,the self control todays pro players have is nothing short of disgusting.Imagine germany appointing an englishman as there national manager,hallo ww3.