Steve Mclaren in frame to replace Fabio.

[Castrol Craig]

Good god, are the FA really that short of ideas.

can someone tell me how the notion of homegrown managers only is the better one if we only have turnips like him to choose from.....

[greygoose]

Given that he has gone on to win a league title in Holland, whilst his former England players have failed miserably in the World Cup, perhaps you could argue that it wasn't McLaren's fault that England were so poor when he was in charge.

He wouldn't be my first choice but I think any manager would struggle with the current crop of players and the unrealistic expectations of the fans.

[MikeyT]

I think Glenn Hoddle has more chance of coming back than McLaren

[TedMaul]

greygoose said:

Given that he has gone on to win a league title in Holland, whilst his former England players have failed miserably in the World Cup, perhaps you could argue that it wasn't McLaren's fault that England were so poor when he was in charge.

Is a fair point and if he had demonstrated and passion, belief or commitment to the cause during his failure, he may even still be in the job. The issue was that the performance of the entire camp was lacklustre and whilst the players did 5% of f all, so did he. He was not entirely to blame, but nor was he blameless imo.

[hornetrider]

I'd have him back. He's been smoking so much st it has to have improved his creative management skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWptErAWrmQ

[Dracoro]

hornetrider said:

I'd have him back. He's been smoking so much st it has to have improved his creative management skills.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWptErAWrmQ

He's doing what I do when I travel abroad. I can't speak other languages (I'm really rubbish at languages! ) so my compensation is that I speak English but in the accent/style of the language of the country that I'm visiting. It's daft I know but hey

Edited by Dracoro on Wednesday 6th October 19:01