Who Will Be The Next England Manager?

The England managers job is the hardest job in football, having to work with a side of talented individuals who cannot play as part of a team. The over-expectation of fans across the country when a major tournament comes along is enough to put anyone off the role, before you even mention the media frenzy the tabloids get into every time we qualify for a competition, building up false hope inside of us all, to witness our beloved nation fall at the quarter final stage of the competition, usually on penalties!.

A string of managers have tried to bring glory back to England and all have failed, perhaps we should look deeper into the problem of our lack of trophies as a nation and ask ourselves a question of, 'Are we good enough?'. A bitter pill for a lot of English fans to swallow, but the simple fact is. We are not good enough to win a major competition. Top drawer manager such as Fabio Capello and Sven-Göran Eriksson have tried, these managers have won hosts of major honours all over Europe, yet could not fix the English side. Sometimes its not the manager its the players who are simply not good enough. With the post of the England job open again, a few managers have already ruled themselves out of any speculation, Alan Pardew and Arsne Wenger have publicly announced they are not interested. In this post I will go through a few managers who may be able to do a good job as England's gaffer.

Peoples choice, medias choice and likely the FA's choice
Harry Redknapp has done a fantastic job at Spurs

Harry Redknapp 
The publics' choice and some of the England players choice and most likely the FA's number one target, there is no doubt Redknapp could do the job, hes had years of experience in top flight football and turned mid-table Premiership sides into respectable sides, managing to do a splendid job at Portsmouth and West Ham with several mid-table finishes with both clubs and even guiding The Hammers to a near top four finish one season. His latest work has set the world alight at White Hart Lane, after the Juande Ramos era Spurs looked desperate for change, and Harry brought that, bringing them from the foot of the table to mid-table in his first stint in charge, and ever since the only way has been up for Spurs, competing in Europe and being a solid challenger for top four spots, and even 'breaking' the top four gang that usually included, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal. This season Spurs lay 3rd in the league with a very outside shot of a title challenge, will Harry leave this close to the end of the season, it remains to be seen. He has stayed low-key on the speculation in recent interviews and says he focusing on Spurs at the moment.

England Job Rating: 9/10 

Four Four Fucking Two - Mike Basset, managed to get
England to a major competition unlike Maclaren

Mike Bassett

A true believer in the 'four-four-fucking-two' formation. Having starred as England manger in the hit movie 'Mike Bassett England Manager'. His previous experiences in football include a 'Mr Clutch Cup' win with Norwich City. Which, dazzled the FA and he was made manager. Having the tactical genius to rely on Luxembourg to send them to the World Cup was a shrewd move by Basset and it paid out dividends as England went to the World Cup thanks to a Car Dealership owners late goal. Although his World Cup campaign was a disaster of losing 'four nil to those fucking mexicans' and his infamous dressing room outbursts, Basset has the passion for the job, but the tactical ability lacks a little, but hes still one up on Steve Maclaren, least he qualified for a major championship.

England Job Rating: 2/10

Brendan Rodgers 

Rodgers has done a fantastic job at Swansea, but is
still young and may lack experience for the job

Back to reality now.. Brendan Rodgers I see as another candidate, very much an outsider, and lacks the experience, but he is one manager to keep an eye on, he has transformed Swansea in the past few seasons, recently sending them back to the top flight for the first time in three decades, and so far keeping Swansea at a solid mid table position. His style of football would please England supporters as he plays quick paced passing and attacking football, he also has several English players at his disposal, with the likes of Scott Sinclair and Danny Graham, who he may get the best out of if he ever got selected and they got chosen for the team. At the moment Rodgers is still a young manager and with him being Northern Irish this could upset a few passionate English supporters, who want the boss to be 'English'. But keep eyes on this man, he is going to win great things for years to come with his style of football and play. At this moment in his career I don't think he will be considered and having just signed a new deal with The Swans, he doesn't look like he'll be going anywhere soon

England Manager Rating: 5/10

Mourinho would be a top candidate for the role but the
FA want an English manager

Jose Mourinho 
The outspoken Portuguese manager is quickly becoming unpopular with fans and the board at Madrid for his outspoken ways, and rumour has it, both want to part from each other as soon as possible. He again would be a popular choice amongst fans even though he may not be English, he has won things all over Europe and knows the English game very well, his style of football would suit the English game and would be a good manager to work under as he can speak very good English, his communication skills are fantastic, and he always wants a challenge, at the moment the biggest challenge in football is to get England to win something, this could be a nice lure for him, but with the FA insisting they want a British manager next, his chances seem slim, although in my eyes I'd be pleased to have him as manager.

England Manager Rating: 9/10 

Stuart 'Phycho' Pearce 

Pearce already has experience on the international stage

Current England Under 21s' manager Stu Pearce perhaps may not be a manager to over look, first off he is English, and has worked in the international roles before. His track record with the Under 21's may not be great but he has the experience in managing at international level in some aspect. For me as a short term plug hes the best man for the job, longer term I'm not too sure about. His lack of trophies and success with the younger three lions will be a mark on his CV, and probably wouldn't be England fans first choice. Watch this space on Pearce, he has been made temporary manager for the Holland game, a good performance and a win may boost his chances and may be a cheaper option for the FA as compensation would have to be paid to an in work manager, though Pearce and just slot right into position with nothing being paid

England Manager Rating: 6/10