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"Northern Ireland vs England"

After Englands lackluster performance in the last 2 games will they win?

I'm not sure.

Will the formation be the same and will Owen return to the squad or not?

Again not sure.

Discuss.

Souness!

I'd hate Allardyce to me manager. He's always moaning about something, how it wasn't fair, how his team was cheated etc.

Seriously though, at the moment McClaren would be most likely, as he's in the set-up. But, the same as Curbishley, what has he done as a manager? They've only been at one club, with much lower expectations. It's impossible to tell how they'd do as England boss. As positive and attacking as Newcastle were with Keegan, we barely scored any goals when he was England manager. I think we need to look at how a manager approaches games, how he prepares the team, how he can adapt tactically if things aren't going well, how he plays to his teams strengths, and picks out the weaknesses in the opposition.

Allardyce would be good...

But no, give Sven the chance to put it right... maybe he should listen to the pundits.

I don't think sacking Sven is right. Not yet. If we fail to make the WC then yes, definitely. If we make the WC but go out in the group stages then yes, definitely. Don't forget that's only the 4th (or 5th I can't remember) competitive match we've lost under Sven. You don't sack a manager after 3 poor performances, one of which was a friendly anyway. Give him a chance to make it right.

Who would be the shortlist of sucessors? There's no way the FA would pick another non-English manager next time. So we've got...

~ Allardyce
~ Curbishley
~ McClaren
~ Redknapp (bit out of left-field that but it could happen... :-D)

There probably are others but I can't think of them right now. Out of that list I'd probably go for Curbishley.

I'm not sure about Allardyce either. He's doing alright with Bolton, but he's got big players and loves playing the long ball.

Yeah, very 70s porn star.

Legend.

Yes, but he has a very nice moustache.

Meka Dragon wrote:
> I'm sorry, that's just wrong. Young didn't cross the ball in once.
> Neville is an excellent crosser of the ball.

Now all he needs is to cross the road without holding Beckham's hand and he'll be a real man.

Ruddie wrote:
> I thought Luke Young was really good in the 2
> games looks far more dangerous going forward and much more solid in
> defence then Gary i love David Nevile!

I'm sorry, that's just wrong. Young didn't cross the ball in once. Neville is an excellent crosser of the ball.

Psycho for England!

Despite only managing about 10 games in his career, im sure he could whip these clothes horses into shape!