| England manager 20:10 - Jul 27 with 3750 views | digswellhoop |
im watching Bobby Robson on sky
who's your best england manager not including alf ramsay |  | | |  |
| England manager on 09:16 - Jul 29 with 593 views | Sonofpugwash |
Alf Ramsey. |  |
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| England manager on 09:33 - Jul 29 with 584 views | Toast_R |
| England manager on 00:08 - Jul 29 by numptydumpty |
Won't be a foreign older manager a la Sven or Fabio next time.
Although just imagine Guardiola in charge. Yes please !!
Definitely go with that but more likely to be someone like Eddie Howe next time but could not see him leaving Newcastle for the England job. [Post edited 29 Jul 2023 0:09]
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He's done so bloody well so quickly he's likely.to be a victim.of his own success at Newcastle. Just when the FFP rules are starting to change the behaviour of wealthy clubs spending big as well. I can see the Newcastle fans giving it the "Taken us as far as he can" line if he doesn't carry on the momentum which is going to be a big ask when the teams above them are a chasm away. |  | | |
| England manager on 10:23 - Jul 29 with 545 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
Robson got them to a WC QF and SF despite being criticised throughout both campaigns. Be interesting to see what Venables would have done with more time. Southgate has a fantastic record but you look at the England squad now and it's one of the strongest in the world. They should have beaten Italy and arguably a better coach would have backed his attacking players more.
Yes, got to agree with Fat Sam. A record that will never be beaten - even Bradman couldn't average 100. | | | |
| England manager on 10:58 - Jul 29 with 508 views | themodfather |
Sir Bobby Robson came across as a lovely man, good manager, took ipswich to a fa cup win, uefa cup win, league tittle runners up twice in 2 yrs , but Greenwood took over as English footy was in the dumps, hooligans , we had not been to a world cup in 74 and 78 . talk of bans etc . and as said bobby got us to a semi, lost on pens and a QF hand of god cheating bar steward etc . | | | |
| England manager on 13:57 - Jul 29 with 455 views | ed_83 |
| England manager on 10:58 - Jul 28 by Northernr |
It's interesting how strength in positions has ebbed and flowed over some of these reigns as well.
Ericsson had an absolute embarrassment of genuinely class centre backs. Some of the players who didn't get capped there at the time would have been first choice in other reigns.
Similarly, at the end of the 90s, it was Shearer and Sheringham, and then Owen came on the scene. But you had Ferdinand, Wright, Cole, Sutton, Fowler, Collymore, Le Tissier, even bloody Dean Holdsworth and Dion Dublin all scoring well into double figures in the Premier League at that time. These days it's Kane and... Rashford? |
Same in reverse with left wingers. We spent years in the late 90s / early 00s either shoehorning right-footed players into a 442 (Anderton, Scholes, Emile bloody Heskey) or picking terrible left-footed ones (Steve Guppy) because there wasn’t a single player who could do it naturally.
Now you’ve got Grealish, Sterling, Sancho, Foden, Rashford and countless others to pick from - admittedly part of that’s due to changes in how forwards and fullbacks play in a 4231 and more of the former cutting inside rather than playing as old fashioned wingers, but still. | | | |
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