SG, Dana chin up. Maclaren should have never been in that position. Missing Euro08 sucks, but at least the FA has time to put a new manager in place and get things turned around for SA 2010.
I honestly hope it isn't Mourinho. coaching the national team is a completely different beast than a club team and i don't think he's cut out for it. he's great at mind games and those don't play as big a role on the international stage. his man management is ok, but not great and that is the key to the national team. if you can't balance the egos you can't stear that ship. he doesn't do well when he doesn't have complete control of the team and let's face it - you're england. the FA will never get out of the way of good football. if he benched gerrard they'd call for him to be lynched. you know he won't bench lampard. those two cover the same ground and shouldn't be on the same field. he becomes sullen and pouts when personnel choices are taken out of his hands. so no way jose.
you might have a shot at Lippi though. that would be pretty sweet.
Keane would be a better choice though because he actually is willing to talk about hte problem. he isn't gray enough to get the job though.
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