Obviously he's been looking for the slightest excuse to bail out, this was his opportunity and he took it gladly. Don't think the English F.A. was particularly happy with his style either.

His style was well known when they hired him. He hasn´t changed. Naive from the English FA if they thought he would change. I don´t think they did though.

If he quit on principle, then congrats to him btw for sticking to his guns.

Humble Rex wrote:

I disagree regarding winning percentage. If you win 2/3 of your games in general as opposed to 1/2 of your games I´d say that gives you a better chance of winning things.

As for why he resigned/got fired - I hope it was because he felt the FA was stepping into his domain. I agree with him in principle, that the manager selects the team and appoints the captain. That is NOT a matter for the FA IMO. I fear though that Capello wanted Terry as his captain, but I really hope that´s not the real issue.

Humble Rex wrote:

His style was well known when they hired him. He hasn´t changed. Naive from the English FA if they thought he would change. I don´t think they did though.

If he quit on principle, then congrats to him btw for sticking to his guns.

Remind me of all those famous international managers throughout history remembered for their winning record in qualifiers and friendlies. Irrelevant I'm afraid. It'd be like lauding an Arsenal manager for getting the side past the first couple of rounds of the Carling Cup with regularity, or doing well in the Emirates Cup.

As for the rest of it, Capello should have dealt with Terry himself. His failure to do so is unimpressive. That rule about team selection being the manager's domain only applies when he's not embarrassing his country and failing to control the dressing room.

Capello has a massive record for winning as a coach, albeit at club level. Of course winning more games will get you closer to winning trophies.

As for Terry - we really don´t know what Capello wanted to do. I suspect he wanted to keep him though, which is a disgrace if so.

Humble Rex wrote:

Capello has the best winning percentage as England manager since after the war at 66,7 percent. Laughable to think that Redknob, who has basically never won anything, would do better.

English blood. You foreigners just don't understand what it is to be English. We've saved the world on two counts

What did Pearce say to ince back in the day when racism was legal?

By the way I feel sorry for Capello. Obviously felt undermined and is now missing out on the euros

Those £25m he has earned from your FA over 4 years probably help to make him feel better.

Maybe. That's more money than there is in the hole of Sweden and other third world countries bless

Silly subby time! wrote:

Maybe. That's more money than there is in the hole of Sweden and other third world countries bless

Hole? There is a hole in Sweden? Maybe you could show me some day.

Also a bit rich considering we are one of the few countries in Europe that has its finances in order. Not quite the same in England is it?

Average standard of living here also shits all over average standard of living in England.

I love when someone who lives on a windy island where the infrastructure is worse than most Banana republics (it's similar to the national football team in that sense) calls Sweden a "third world country".

I hear King Kenny has recommended Fergie for the England job

The English Anthem does sound better than that of the Swedes though.

I beg to differ!

y va marquer wrote:

I hear King Kenny has recommended Fergie for the England job

Now that would be one of the few challenges left for that man. Would unfortunately also be good for the England team.

Prove it. Post a video of yourself singing the Du gamla, du fria. You're permitted to perform a duet with Klaus if necessary.

Doubt me singing the national anthem will convince anyone of its awesomeness. I´ll just have to hope then that Klaus can make up for my shortcomings as a singer.

Most national anthems sound pretty much the same to me.
The only one I really like is the French one, it's ridiculously over the top.
I love hearing the Welsh one sung before the rugby internationals in Cardiff as well.