alexthegreat Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle could choose from Owen, Shearer, Sheringham, Wright, Ferdinand, Fowler, Collymore and a few others as strikers when he was manager. His midfield was good enough that he felt he could leave Le Tissier and Gazza at home for France 98. He had Southgate, Adams and Campbell in centre defence, and Seaman and Flowers were still decent goalkeepers. He still didn't manage to do anything Eriksson didn't manage - was unlucky v Argentina but less so v Romania before that. The bizarre reasons for his sacking are still there, hes done nothing of note for more than a decade, and the players are far, far worse than when he was in charge. He would be a ridiculous appointment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 He'd probably have been kept on in the first place if he wasn't fucking up qualification for Euro 2000. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle has English grit & passion & pride, he's a bulldog with the testicles of three lions eating an English breakfast and drinking a pint of bitter. He is also bat s*** crazy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle could choose from Owen, Shearer, Sheringham, Wright, Ferdinand, Fowler, Collymore and a few others as strikers when he was manager. His midfield was good enough that he felt he could leave Le Tissier and Gazza at home for France 98. He had Southgate, Adams and Campbell in centre defence, and Seaman and Flowers were still decent goalkeepers. He still didn't manage to do anything Eriksson didn't manage - was unlucky v Argentina but less so v Romania before that. The bizarre reasons for his sacking are still there, hes done nothing of note for more than a decade, and the players are far, far worse than when he was in charge. He would be a ridiculous appointment. Aye, but it might be a laugh. And at the end of the day it doesn't really matter, this England team are destined to fail regardless of who's in charge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle had England playing technical football and was tactically very astute. He's a tremendous coach and ironically the ideal international manager because he prefers coaching, scouting and working on tactics than the actual day to day management side of things. He may not have mnaged for a while but he still coaches I believe. That said, we should be look ahead not back. Me, if Redknapp doesn't want it, offer it to Shearer. Other national FAs appoint rookie managers, why not Big Al. Pearce would be a disaster. He was a great player and I love his passion but he is more Graeme Taylor than say, Redknapp. He is all about passion, fighting, team spirit and doing it for the 3 Lions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle had England playing technical football and was tactically very astute. He's a tremendous coach and ironically the ideal international manager because he prefers coaching, scouting and working on tactics than the actual day to day management side of things. He may not have mnaged for a while but he still coaches I believe. That said, we should be look ahead not back. Me, if Redknapp doesn't want it, offer it to Shearer. Other national FAs appoint rookie managers, why not Big Al. Pearce would be a disaster. He was a great player and I love his passion but he is more Graeme Taylor than say, Redknapp. He is all about passion, fighting, team spirit and doing it for the 3 Lions. You say look ahead not back but Redknapp is a good few years older than Hoddle but with no international experience be it as a player or manager. I'd give it to Hoddle, the only man since Euro 96 who you could see a proper pattern of playing and tactics and with proper forward planning. I wouldn't give it to Redknapp and actually could see someone like Shearer or maybe Ince give it a good go too. Let's plan for 2018 from now. Get a younger coach in and give him a 6 year contract with a remit for continual progress and hopefully come 2016 to 2018, a real shout at winning something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle had England playing technical football and was tactically very astute. He's a tremendous coach and ironically the ideal international manager because he prefers coaching, scouting and working on tactics than the actual day to day management side of things. He may not have mnaged for a while but he still coaches I believe. That said, we should be look ahead not back. Me, if Redknapp doesn't want it, offer it to Shearer. Other national FAs appoint rookie managers, why not Big Al. Pearce would be a disaster. He was a great player and I love his passion but he is more Graeme Taylor than say, Redknapp. He is all about passion, fighting, team spirit and doing it for the 3 Lions. You say look ahead not back but Redknapp is a good few years older than Hoddle but with no international experience be it as a player or manager. I'd give it to Hoddle, the only man since Euro 96 who you could see a proper pattern of playing and tactics and with proper forward planning. I wouldn't give it to Redknapp and actually could see someone like Shearer or maybe Ince give it a good go too. Let's plan for 2018 from now. Get a younger coach in and give him a 6 year contract with a remit for continual progress and hopefully come 2016 to 2018, a real shout at winning something. I actually agree in the main, but for the Euros I'd give it to Harry. Long-term he is not the answer though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 If I was the FA, I'd do everything possible to bring in Mourinho just for the Euro's. You know he can delivere the title - he's a master of knock-out tournaments in the end. He also knows some (still) key-players like Lampard, Terry and Cole perfectly and would get them to performe at the very highest level again for those 4 weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Craig-NUFC Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 If I was the FA, I'd do everything possible to bring in Mourinho just for the Euro's. You know he can delivere the title - he's a master of knock-out tournaments in the end. He also knows some (still) key-players like Lampard, Terry and Cole perfectly and would get them to performe at the very highest level again for those 4 weeks. I very much doubt any manager on earth could win the Euros with England. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistle17 Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 I honestly wouldn't mind Hoddle. I don't think we're spoilt for choice at the moment so it might come down to the fact that its between Hoddle, Pearce and someone else. Obviously, if 'Arry is available then he should get the nod, but I have a feeling England will struggle to find many options certainly short term. Long term, I think some managers might be tempted to try and succeed where so many have failed- so that could bring with it some exciting names. But I don't think the FA are capable and that's general knowledge now which could well work against us. But whoever it is long term they don't have a lot to work with. Compare us to Spain, Germany, France, Netherlands etc and we have a severe lack of up and coming talent in abundance. We don't even have a bloody national training centre for f*** sake. It's all caught up on us now. And for the record; I cant see us getting past the group stages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Hoddle had England playing technical football and was tactically very astute. He's a tremendous coach and ironically the ideal international manager because he prefers coaching, scouting and working on tactics than the actual day to day management side of things. He may not have mnaged for a while but he still coaches I believe. That said, we should be look ahead not back. Me, if Redknapp doesn't want it, offer it to Shearer. Other national FAs appoint rookie managers, why not Big Al. Pearce would be a disaster. He was a great player and I love his passion but he is more Graeme Taylor than say, Redknapp. He is all about passion, fighting, team spirit and doing it for the 3 Lions. Because he's as thick as pig s****, perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 I've got my doubts as to whether Redknapp will want the job when he finally has to make his decision. If Spurs qualify for the Champions League, he's going to be weighing up whether to keep a good thing going (and in many ways the day to day involvement with players might suit him better) or whether to go for a job with maximum pressure and many question marks as to whether he or anyone can deliver on expectations. He doesn't react to criticism particularly well. The idea of going for a foreign manager seems to be out of favour but I do think it can be easier for someone from abroad to handle that pressure. The other unknown factor is how much influence Trevor Brooking has over the appointment. He's known Redknapp for a long while as an insider at West Ham and the relationship is said to be a distant one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Hoddle had England playing technical football and was tactically very astute. He's a tremendous coach and ironically the ideal international manager because he prefers coaching, scouting and working on tactics than the actual day to day management side of things. He may not have mnaged for a while but he still coaches I believe. That said, we should be look ahead not back. Me, if Redknapp doesn't want it, offer it to Shearer. Other national FAs appoint rookie managers, why not Big Al. Pearce would be a disaster. He was a great player and I love his passion but he is more Graeme Taylor than say, Redknapp. He is all about passion, fighting, team spirit and doing it for the 3 Lions. Because he's as thick as pig s****, perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 If Hoddle was offered the job, I could see Shearer being given a role in the England setup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Surprised the media haven't touted El Tel yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 If there is a number less than zero, that's the percentage chance that Glenn Hoddle will be England manager again. Even in his own interview he says it won't happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 If Hoddle was offered the job, I could see Shearer being given a role in the England setup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Probably fits the job description for this Technical Director role tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Pardon my memory but didnt hoddle come out and say that "all disabled people will go to hell"? I'd say that would be the main block to him becoming england manager again tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Of course he didn't say that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Pardon my memory but didnt hoddle come out and say that "all disabled people will go to hell"? I'd say that would be the main block to him becoming england manager again tbh :lol: Not that extreme like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Ok my memory did fail me ( i did say ) but he did say something about disabled people having done something wrong in another life and that's why they are disabled. Still unforgivable in my opinion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 This was the exact Hoddle quote: "My beliefs have evolved in the last eight or nine years, that the spirit has to come back again, that is nothing new, that has been around for thousands of years. You have to come back to learn and face some of the things you have done, good and bad. There are too many injustices around." "You and I have been physically given two hands and two legs and half-decent brains. Some people have not been born like that for a reason. The karma is working from another lifetime. I have nothing to hide about that. It is not only people with disabilities. What you sow, you have to reap." "You have to look at things that happened in your life and ask why. It comes around." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 That quote is actually fine if he really believes in Karma, all religious people believe a lot of stuff that is highly offensive to reason. Difference is he was England manager and they usually keep quite about absolutely anything interesting or debatable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danswan Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 It's a shame as, since SBR really, Hoddle's been the best candidate. We really had a chance in 1998, and I don't think we have since. Was anyone on here really incensed by what he said? I think it's an interesting theory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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