AuthorSports Billy And so just as quickly as it began, its all over for Big Sam and his England Managerial career. Caught giving advice to people around implementing 3rd party player ownership, whilst being secretly filmed by a national newspaper. Are we to be outraged by a football manager advising people on legal transfer loopholes in the already murky world that is professional football, or should we be outraged with the newspaper that purposefully sabotaged him and set him up? Not sure which of the above is more troubling to be honest, although what bothers me most as an England fan is who will come in and fill this Big Sam shaped, football transfer advice giving hole?
Foreign managers have been tried in the past (with mixed results) and appear not to be an option in this instance, but given the lack of actual English managers with any real experience that are currently available, the list of home grown managers makes for slim pickings. Eddie Howe is relatively new to this management lark, but seen as having bags of potential. Would he want to give up his Bournemouth gig where expectations are a darn sight lower than that of the English national job and all its delightful media and national pressures? I cant see it myself. So who does that leave who’s English with any real experience? Gary Neville maybe? After recent stints with Valencia and England, he may be happy with his comfy Sky Sports job and have no interest in getting back in to the management hot seat. And after that extensive list of two managers, that leaves us with Alan Pardew and Steve Bruce – both have managed for a long time and have had successful (ish) careers. These are the “obvious” two candidates for the job, according to the press and the bookies. The last sentence which I have written and just re-read worries me more than the Big Sam issues that were raised at the start of this piece. If Pardew and Bruce are the answer for England, what is the question?! Personally, if one of those gets installed then its more of the same for England for the foreseeable future - More of picking on reputation rather than merit, and ultimately more underachievement and disappointment. I am English and I love my football, but its very hard to be enthused with anything related to the National side after years and years of constant disappointment. My first exposure to England in a major tournament was when they got to the semi’s of Italia 90. Back then, I never knew how good I had it! |
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