New Irish manager

Mods, should Coppell have a separate thread?

This is about the English FA but you can replace it with FAI and Mourinhio with Hodgson or Coppell or whoever.




Jose Mourinho may or may not be bluffing about his interest in taking over as England coach - but there is one simple way to find out.

The Football Association should call Mourinho's bluff. Today.

Mourinho is far and away the outstanding candidate to succeed Steve McClaren. He is also available.

And yet we have the farce of the FA canvassing luminaries such as John Toshack, Michel Platini, Franz Beckenbauer and Sir Alex Ferguson before making its move.

This is utter nonsense. Never mind "the process", just get on the phone.

No-one with a basic working knowledge of football should need to consult anyone, let alone a man who has underwhelmed with Wales, to get the gist of Mourinho's ability and achievements.

And the same applies to Fabio Capello and Martin O'Neill, who would also be excellent choices.

The FA will not be criticised if Mourinho is asked and says no.

But chief executive Brian Barwick and his cohorts will be destroyed if Mourinho is not even asked the question because they are waiting on big Tosh's carefully-crafted opinion, or there is some other inexplicable hesitation.

Mourinho has teased England about his interest, leading to understandable claims that he is using potential FA interest to land the big one at Real Madrid, Barcelona or AC Milan.

So pick up the phone or better still get on a plane.

If a journalist can find the gates to his Portuguese home, the task should not be beyond the Football Association's finest.

If Mourinho is asked and turns the offer down, the FA can move on.

If he agrees, and his huge ego might just tempt him, almost all of the FA's sins will be forgiven.

But ask him. Now.

You might have gathered from this that I would happily lead the public campaign for Mourinho to succeed McClaren. From the ridiculous to the sublime.

Mourinho is charismatic, successful and might just frighten the life out of some of the grey men we saw announcing McClaren's departure - another reason to appoint him.

He is, above all, a proven coach with or without money.

Mourinho's achievements in winning the Uefa Cup and Champions League with Porto arguably carry more weight for him to be the next England coach than his achievements with Chelsea.

And world-class players speak in awe of Mourinho as a man manager able to get big performances from his players - another perfect quality for the hit-and-run nature of international football.

Now we come to the part of the equation that will have them shaking in their suits at Soho Square.

Namely Jose's combustible personality.

In short - who cares?

What does the FA want? A Mr Nice Guy who will never ruffle feathers inside or outside Soho Square or anywhere else, or a man who might upset some along the way but offers them the best chance of success?

I know which one I would pick. And I'd bet a huge majority of the English football public agree.

The FA can stop the speculation about Mourinho's intentions, or otherwise, by simply offering him the job.

He will either take it or it will flush out his true intentions.

Mourinho would be a brilliant choice. The FA would be negligent not to make the approach.

And it should be made now.

does mourinho live back in portugal? i thought he was still in London....

in fairness chelsea are playing better and more attractive football than they have under mourinho in the last 18 months.

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

does mourinho live back in portugal? i thought he was still in London....

in fairness chelsea are playing better and more attractive football than they have under mourinho in the last 18 months.

Yeah Mourinho lives in Portugal, some sky reporter went to his home there to interview him.

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

does mourinho live back in portugal? i thought he was still in London....

in fairness chelsea are playing better and more attractive football than they have under mourinho in the last 18 months.

er, they're not. That's an invention of anti Mournihoites. They're playing the exact bloody same - the only time Chelsea really play top class stuf is when they're losing or they have they're very best 11 on the pitch. neither happens too often.

Originally Posted by irishfan86

Yeah Mourinho lives in Portugal, some sky reporter went to his home there to interview him.

replace "interview him" with "beg him to be the next england manager" and you're on the money

Just scanned today's Herald and foot.ie gets a dubious mention in Paul Hylands column.

Don't have direct quotes but the sites been cast among a motley crew that comprises the anti-Venebles brigade in his eyes.

Howard Kendall has applied for the job apparently and he's sounded out Peter Beardsley as his assistant.

Originally Posted by Wolfie

Just scanned today's Herald and foot.ie gets a dubious mention in Paul Hylands column.

Don't have direct quotes but the sites been cast among a motley crew that comprises the anti-Venebles brigade in his eyes.

Must be doing something right if we're in the opposite camp to that gobsh1te!

Originally Posted by Maroon 7

Howard Kendall has applied for the job apparently and he's sounded out Peter Beardsley as his assistant.

So Venables now has some competition amongst washed out has beens? I'd prefer Venables tbh.

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

So Venables now has some competition amongst washed out has beens? I'd prefer Venables tbh.

Call me cynical but is Kendall's 'interest' a way to make the 'Barrow Boy' more acceptable?

Yeah, I'd thought of that.

It's like when Ian Hislop said of Anne Widdecombe's book "totally crap, but compared to Edwina Currie's drivel it was a joy to read". The next edition had ""a joy to read" - Ian Hislop" on the cover!

Originally Posted by soccerc

Call me cynical but is Kendall's 'interest' a way to make the 'Barrow Boy' more acceptable?

Yeah!! Expect to see Glenn Roeder, Steve Wigley and Chris Hutchins get linked to the post over the coming days!!!!!

Originally Posted by soccerc

Call me cynical but is Kendall's 'interest' a way to make the 'Barrow Boy' more acceptable?

Yeah - to create a "Beggars can't be choosers" scenario as Ealing Green might say.

Originally Posted by soccerc

Call me cynical but is Kendall's 'interest' a way to make the 'Barrow Boy' more acceptable?

Possibly. Funny thing is he's won at least twice as many trophies as Vanables and his success was in the same era. So how can the Vanables apologists in the media dismiss Kendall as a has been (which he is) while still championing their hero?

From football365.com

Holland coach Marco van Basten has announced he will step down from the role after Euro 2008

Offer him the job NOW! Like right now... whatever the price!



(Think he'll probably end up at Barcelona though)

he'd probably drop doyle and call up roy o'donovan

There was an article in one of the Swedish newspapers at the weekend ranking the wages each of the EURO 2008 coaches are paid.

Van Basten is on 1 million euros a year, Hiddink is on 1.4 million euros a year, Reinhagel is around 1 million euros a year, and Beenhakker is around 700,000 euros a year.

If Stan's annual wage of approx. 400,000 euros is used as a benchmark for what the FAI can afford, they can afford to employ the services of France's, Romania's, Switzerland's, Austra's, Croatia's, Sweden's and the Czech Republic's coach. All of these boys (perhaps not Domenech as his salary is performance related) are currently paid less that what Stan was getting.

the fai told the selectors that the minimun salary for ireland boss is 1 million euros.
i can see why van basten is quitting now

Originally Posted by eekers

the fai told the selectors that the minimun salary for ireland boss is 1 million euros.

Really?

I think the FAI have already made their appointment. They put in place a selection committee for cosmetic purposes only.