The irony of bringing up Spain in this conversation is that if the FA appointed the English equivalent of Luis de la Fuente, you and half the forum would be spitting feathers.
A 60 year old with zero experience managing in the top flight and underwhelming results as the u21 coach. He's basically the Spanish Jason Wilcox.
Because he was fucking clueless tactically.I thought, during the tournament, why doesn’t the Waistcoat use Boulders like Pep does.
He didn’t want the job full-time.Why didn't they keep Joe as manager for a little longer?
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I think his health wasn't the best at the time.He didn’t want the job full-time.
The faith healing bit possibly, the fucking beyond cruel shit about the disabled then on yer bike sunshine.Hoddle was a very decent coach. The other stuff shouldn't have mattered but it did to the FA.
And to disabled people and their families.Hoddle was a very decent coach. The other stuff shouldn't have mattered but it did to the FA.
And he won the Euros equivalent with the under 19s and under 21s. Also silver medal at the Olympics with the under 23s.To be fair to de la Fuente he has experience with the whole Spanish set up and they do play the same way throughout the national sides. They have been successful with that too.
English coaching still has to catch up with Pepball. How many progressive English coaches are there out there?Aye but Fuente wouldn't have been getting 4 cracks winning a tournament and last 8 years in the job if he didn't.
That's the issue with England, it's not the initial appointment per se, it's keeping a manager that was clearly tactically inept when it come to playing against a good side.
Any other country that's won things would've had Southgate out on his arse two tournaments ago.
Good.According to the BBC, the FA is unlikely to restrict its search for a successor to English managers.