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Ya'll don't need to change your plans on account of us, but Keith & I will be in NYC on the 18th. We'll probably be at Kinsale's on that Saturday. I checked ahead- there are no huge games on schedule for that day- a couple English FA Cup games, plus Dortmund, Bayern (does Kinsale's broadcast Bundesliga games? I hope so!), Real Madrid, and Juve in action as well.
Anyway, just thought I'd throw that out there.
The Guardian does some intense Donovan with Dempsey analysis
That's a bad bet.
Anyway, as a Spurs fan I'm just glad there's closure on this and the club can move ahead. I'm fine with Harry staying on as manager and I'm fine if he moves on to the England job. There's no denying he's done a good job for Spurs and that the players who matter for the club seem to genuinely enjoy playing for him. Levy in charge of the cash and Harry in charge of the game has been a good partnership.
As for all the Mourinho rumors you're about to be bombarded with...I'd prefer Guardiola.
I wouldn't, Guardiola have never been outside the Barca-bubble. Mourinho is more wise to the ways of the world.
You are completely ignoring his time in Qatar! This will not stand!
I can sort of see Guardiola being interested (a) if the job was open and (b) if Barca win Champions League again... but his tactics don't really jive too well with the current roster (as far as I can tell), so I'm not sure it would be the greatest of fits, even before getting into the whole "can his !@#$ work outside of Barca" question.
EDIT: Punctuation nonsense fixed.
I don't know though Capello does seem to be trying to get fired. This whole England Captain thing is beyond stupid. Tactically, I'm not sure Spurs are set up for either Pep or Mourinho. I just worry Mourinho will come in for a year or two and then leave the earth around WHL scorched.
Guardiola will mostly likely end up taking a 1-2 year break when he finally decides to retire himself from Barcelona and probably only un-retire himself for the Spanish national side.
I will have to miss out on the next couple of Kinsale's Saturdays due to vacation, but I'm still down for the 26th if anyone else. And Shooty is right, the company tends to be the point rather than the event, unless there's a major piece of action going on. (Bottom of the 9th, penalty shot, etc.)
ummm... **** Utd.
Harry thinks his odds are better than that, but that's because, you know, he can't read.
I bet he would have no problem with the football part, but I wonder if he could handle headstrong players and owners in a less strucured environment than FCB. It didn't go too well with Zlatan.
I think it's a combination of the job being available, that Spurs will most likely be playing in the CL, that Spurs have shown their willingness in the past to pay top dollar for a manager (when they went after the Special One himself) and winning silverware with Spurs is a ####### challenge that, if you manage to do it, will prove you are the greatest manager in the history of mankind.
I definitely see him leaving Madrid, maybe this year, I just can't picture him going to a team that is not one of the 2 or 3 richest in the league.
Perversely, this is the only reason I can see for him taking the job--that it would be the last thing anyone would expect him to do.
More realistically, I think Harry will be managing Spurs next year. I just can't see the FA willing to hold themselves up to ridicule by hiring the Cockney who says he can't read or write to manage ENGLAND, GLORIOUS ENGLAND. I think he'd do a good job, though. He's a good manager.
The above looks good and it's in English.
If not Harry, though, then who? It's gotten to the point where I don't even read speculation anymore about anyone else getting the job. And if Capello gets himself fired before the summer, who takes over on a short-term basis just for the one tournament?
Is it possible Capello just doesn't want another South Africa on his CV this summer, so he figures he's back a player, get fired for doing so, and the blowback won't look like he was just trying to quit?
Alan Pardew is the new, hot name.
I hope not. Newcastle really need some managerial stability for a change. (unless you think Mourinho would take over, then I am all in. The special one on Tyneside would be ####### priceless.)
I think the method is to look at the table and keep going down until you hit the name of an English manager. So...Pardew is right after Harry.
Oof. Zambia missed a great chance. Ghana look the better team overall, but Zambia are having their moments.
Every time I see Pep he looks like a guy being beaten down by the job. I realize it's probably just his fitness level but he is thin to the point of looking emaciated and he always looks exhausted. I think the "2 years off then Spanish National Team" path someone suggested above makes the most sense for him.
In addition to the year in Qatar, he spent three seasons in Italy and one in Mexico as a player, so he's already demonstrated a willingness to follow a non-traditional career path (Barca were shocked when he left as a player).
All that said, I don't think he'll leave this year. He'll leave at the point where he feels he can't add anything to the club's performance, and they aren't there yet.
The big question is if he is enough of a turd to captain England.
Stuart Pearce 9/2
Alan Pardew 16-1
José Mourinho 16-1
Roy Hodgson 16-1
They're only begging because it would be hilarious.
They don't have to commit for a multi-year stint, having a short-term manager going into a championship isn't all that unusual.
Let's hope no one even thinks about Neil Warnock.
So who is going to quit their job to run the team for a few months? They're only luring someone worthwhile with a long term appointment.
Don't you realize that Svennis is free and all set for a new challenge? Failing that, there's always Shooty...
Otto Pfister!
I'm torn between Berti Vogts and Lothar Matthaeus, with Raymond Domenech as my dark horse.
And not even the haters want Sven....
Oh whither AlouGoodbye. He was, IIRC, a pretty big supporter of Capello, even going so far as to say Capello was his number one choice to replace Hodgson at Liverpool.
Edit:
And a double post
I'm kind of stunned Capello left. Someone referenced Mike Bassett upthread, sometimes I think the FA won't be happy until they actually reach that point of absurdity.
If the FA statement is accurate (and there is no reason to believe that it isn't), then Capello isn't entitled to compensation. I also think a suit for constructive dismissal is fanciful. He doesn't need the money, has a deep contempt for the country and its "institutions" (FA, press, etc), and has better things to do with his life.
If he wants it, he can have either the Juve or Milan job, depending on which club fails to win the scudetto.
Of course they should hire me. I'm the only man with the guts to kick Gerrard, Lampard and Terry off the team.
And just to prove I'm not crazy...The Special One is already the bookies favorite to be the next Spurs manager. Heh.
Adriano is so fat he can only dribble gravy anymore.
The Ivory Coast will be facing sentimental favorites Zambia in the Cup of Nations finals, the evil bastards of Torino beat the evil bastards from Milan in the Coppa, and some little Spanish team beat the mighty Valencia in the Copa del Rey.
Warnock is the obvious choice. We've tried the exotic (Sven) the unintelligible (Cappello) and the parochial (McClaren). We've had the dodgy (Venables) and the barmy (Keegan, Hoddle) before that. It's time to go in a different direction: unintentional comedy.
And another thing: it's hilarious that the catalyst for Capello's resignation is the treatment by the FA of England's Brave and Loyal John Terry, who of course tried to screw Capello over before the last World Cup.
Then I started learning about him. The mocking American tourists after 9-11, the sleeping with teammates significant others, the general cocksuckerness...I mean, it's like he's Milton Bradley and Derek Jeter all rolled into one delightful package.
Gordon Strachan is still available.
Damn. Didn't know about that one. That's sickening...
I was clicking on the old one today via bookmarks and thinking, "Harry skates and Capello sacks himself on the same day and there are only two posts about it?!?"
My predictions are Harry for England and Benitez for Spurs. Although I can see Levy going for someone like Brendan Rodgers. Swansea may be sensing such attention from Tottenham and others, as they are looking to ink their manager to a contract extension.
Is it really impossible for 'arry to do both jobs until the end of the Spurs season in late May and then take on the national job full-time? I have no idea if others have tried such a thing for other major European national teams...
Alex Ferguson did this in 1986, taking over the Scotland job in late 1985 after Jock Stein's death and managing Scotland at the World Cup despite remaining Aberdeen manager. Aberdeen did okay (they won the Scottish Cup and League Cup) Scotland did not (they had a very tough group and went out in the 1st round)
Then again, Scotland are not a major European team...
This is a straight line, right?
It helps when your owner is your friend and you have the international track record that Guus has. Redknapp isn't in that position.
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