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Topic History of: Beautiful cross from Becks; lovely header from Terry
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chrissy	Exactly. Look what he did with Celtic. He hasn't impressed with Villa, but has had limited resources, but I still believe he could go on to be the best manager England never had. Why the pause in making the right decision?
Anthony	I agree with your point to an extent, Cat, which is why I would favour an overseas manager. However, his achievements at Leicester, a club of limited resources, were relatively impressive, and they certainly haven't had any success at all since he left. When he took over at Celtic, if my memory serves me well, Rangers were in the ascendancy at the time and he reversed that. Not enough to warrant the England job perhaps, but his credentials were certainly superior to McClaren's.
The Cat	When did O'Neil become a footballing genius? He didn't set the world on fire with Leicester. He inherited an already top team in Celtic. He's now at Aston Villa and again not really impressing. Not sure why people think he should be the next England Manager.
Anthony	McClaren's strength is as a technical coach. When he left Derby as assistant manager, we went downhill immediately, and maybe it's no coincidence that Man Utd's only European Cup win in decades came during his brief spell as assistant there. His only experience as manager was at Middlesbrough where he hardly covered himself in glory. The FA's reasoning in giving McClaren the job ahead of O'Neil was that O'Neil didn't give such a good interview. Surely ludicrous. If I apply for a job, I have to give a good interview as the employers don't know anything about me, but surely for a job of that nature, your record speaks for itself. I'd still favour an overseas manager. The FA won't do this after Sven but the truth is, despite all the media stick he took, his record was way better than anything since Alf Ramsey. In fact, since we're still paying him a fortune for doing nothing, could we not force him to come back? I wonder what the legalities of that are. To answer ITK's point, no, Beckham is not at LA Galaxy yet, but the contract is signed, so I'm not sure there's any way out for him.
chrissy	Indeed Jonathan. I scratch my head and cannot think of anyone more suitable. A dignified, no nonsense kind of guy and I admire him enormously. McClaren doesn't inspire great confidence and I don't believe he's a motivator of men.