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Capello Confirmed

  • 14-12-2007 06:14PM
    #1
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭


    Just broken on SSN, confirmed on 4 and half year contract.

    Cue England winning 2010 world cup and we are greeted with Sir Fabio


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,488 ✭✭✭dc69


    sir fabio lol


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Maybe the FAI will get the finger out now and hurry up and appoint someone.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 20,665 ✭✭✭✭Rikand


    dublindude wrote: »
    Maybe the FAI will get the finger out now and hurry up and appoint someone.


    well now that the English FA have gone with Capello, Does that leave the door open for us to get Lippi ? ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭x in the city


    we are kidding ourselves to think we can get lippi, we couldnt afford him for one year.

    we will prob end up with someone like aldridge .........:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 729 ✭✭✭justfortherecor


    Well Mourinho has played the game to perfection,
    Making it known that he's interested in international football, but not with the english team. Surely just highlighting his desire for the irish job.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    Well Mourinho has played the game to perfection,
    Making it known that he's interested in international football, but not with the english team. Surely just highlighting his desire for the irish job.


    He would be useless, coming over here thinking he is the bees knees. Don't need any of that.

    We need to go for an Irish canditate, someone with a bit of passion that will get the lads all fired up, forget all this tactics nonsense. We need someone like Packie Bonner or Liam Brady!!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    well now that the English FA have gone with Capello, Does that leave the door open for us to get Lippi ? ;)


    :D Eamon Grumpy seems to think we can attract a world class manager, I think he is kidding himself, we just won't be able to attract a big name.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    i expressed a delight when mclaren took over the england job, couldnt have been happier, but capello worries me, he may actualy turn england into a winning team, that will keep me awake at night in cold sweat!!!!! nothing against england mind you, just the media


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,692 ✭✭✭✭OPENROAD


    kryogen wrote: »
    i expressed a delight when mclaren took over the england job, couldnt have been happier, but capello worries me, he may actualy turn england into a winning team, that will keep me awake at night in cold sweat!!!!! nothing against england mind you, just the media


    I'm now praying England win the next three world cups :D little sleep for you I hope, nothing personal.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,495 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Oddly, while a shoe-in for any league title, Capello has done nothing in a knockout situation for what, 15-20 years?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    excellent appointment, they gonna win something soon.



    kdjac


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭Kulgan


    Soon?

    Yea I fancy them for the carling cup


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,346 ✭✭✭✭KdjaCL


    Kulgan wrote: »
    Soon?

    Yea I fancy them for the carling cup

    dunno arsenal may play their under 11s in that, then sky sports have more reason to complain about foreigners in the game they bought and lost to more money, they getting like the sun more and more every day but with flashy grapics.


    kdjac


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,402 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    It makes me laugh when you hear Ince, Coppell, Adams and Southgate all grumbling about the FA not appointing an Englishman as manager, but none of them seem to be able to offer a credible candidate. Probably because there are no English managers qualified to do the job properly right now. The FA got lucky in that Capello was available when they needed a manager and I've a feeling it's going to pay off big time for them.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    I think he'll take them to at least the semi finals of the world cup (unless they get a tough draw against a great team)

    I'm really interested to see what he does with the team. Normally as a football fan I've an opinion about everything, but how he's gona make this team work is really beyond me. How he makes Gerrard and Lampard and Rooney work in the same team will be an amazing achievement.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,392 ✭✭✭d22ontour


    I think accomadating one of the under-performing midfielders 'for country just so the whiners don't start' is hard enough , but both ? They can not play together unless he comes up a 3-6-1 type formation me thinks.

    :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭Requiem4adream


    PHB wrote: »
    I think he'll take them to at least the semi finals of the world cup (unless they get a tough draw against a great team)

    I'm really interested to see what he does with the team. Normally as a football fan I've an opinion about everything, but how he's gona make this team work is really beyond me. How he makes Gerrard and Lampard and Rooney work in the same team will be an amazing achievement.

    I know this is a bold statement but he doesn't necessarily have to accomodate them all in the same team. With the reputation he brings as a coach and for being his own man, i wouldnt be surprised to see him upset the applecart a little.

    Bentley on the right, Stevie G OR Lamps alongside Hargreaves, Joe Cole on the left. It's a balanced 4-4-2 IMO. Of course there are other personnel that can come in left and right, aaron lennon , SWP etc.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,584 ✭✭✭shane86


    Unearthly wrote: »
    We need to go for an Irish canditate, someone with a bit of passion that will get the lads all fired up, forget all this tactics nonsense. We need someone like Packie Bonner or Liam Brady!!!


    Packie Bonner? I concur, sure look at how well we have done any other time we appointed a former legendary player with zero managerial experience :eek::p

    I dunno, Brady isnt exactly the most inspiring, imo.

    ugh, the English media will be on fire at the next tournament :( Everyone seems to think they will win tournaments based on Capellos club record. Sven had great club success yet limped through each tournament and many qualifiers, then returned to club management with quite an impact. Maybe England is just a train nobody can drive too well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    I think it's madness demanding to win a competition. In international football you could have one bad game at the WC, or make 1 tactical mistake and you're dead and buried. Not like a league format where consistency is rewarded and the best team usually wins.

    Even if Capello ended up in a penalty shootout he would probably lose it as the English are just crap at them, whereas if it was a team like Portugal, he'd probably win it.

    I think Capello will do a good job but if 1 thing went against him and he was knocked out, he would be classed as a failure.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,452 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    I'd imagine he'll go 4-4-2, and Lampard will probably be dropped for Hargreaves. I wouldn't be surprised if Beckham held onto his position on the right for a while yet, depending on his fitness. I can't see him getting on too well with either Ashley or Joe Cole, but time will tell.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    nipplenuts wrote: »
    Oddly, while a shoe-in for any league title, Capello has done nothing in a knockout situation for what, 15-20 years?
    Yeah, was just thinking that. He doesn't seem to be a cup specialist. Just had a glance there and hes won the CL once obviously and a couple of Italian Cups back in the early 90s.

    Should be interesting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,097 ✭✭✭✭Tusky


    If I was he.

    Carson

    Richards--Ferdinand--Terry--Cole

    Phillips--Gerrard--Hargreaves--Cole

    Rooney

    Owen


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    I can't believe the level of opposition to this appointment I've heard already, and I don't even watch that much TV to be honest. So far I've heard Paul Ince, Tony Adams and some newspaper "analyst" on BBC laying into the decision for no reason other than the fact that the guy isn't English.

    Sorry guys, but the "English" route has been tried. It failed miserably, remember? Thats why you'll be sat at home next summer, like us.

    They'll blame anyone but the players, who are more than capable of qualification to any tournament but consistently under-achieve. Looking at Tusky's team above, I see no reason why they couldn't make the last four at least, of a major tournament. Especially with the likes of Lampard, Defoe, and special-teams player Beckham in the wings.

    I hope Capello does the business and these guys eat their words.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    nipplenuts wrote: »
    Oddly, while a shoe-in for any league title, Capello has done nothing in a knockout situation for what, 15-20 years?
    SofaKing wrote: »
    Yeah, was just thinking that. He doesn't seem to be a cup specialist. Just had a glance there and hes won the CL once obviously and a couple of Italian Cups back in the early 90s.

    Should be interesting.

    I think the more crucial aspect that is being missed out on here is how Capello will cope with a limited amount of time to see the players and get to know them and vice-versa. All of his success has been at club level, where in spite of the fact that he may have a reputation of turning things around quickly, he was still working with his players day-in, day-out. International management is a different ball game completely in that respect.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    Can he even speak English?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,117 ✭✭✭✭MrJoeSoap


    Lex Luthor wrote: »
    Can he even speak English?
    Not very well from what I've seen.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,968 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Lex Luthor wrote: »
    Can he even speak English?

    Limited but he's an intelligent guy and will learn quickly
    He learned Spanish quickly when he started with Real Madrid so it's the same situation here.

    Anyway, he wears glasses so he must be intelligent :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,563 ✭✭✭kinaldo


    SofaKing wrote:
    Just had a glance there and hes won the CL once obviously and a couple of Italian Cups back in the early 90s.
    Nope, no Italian cups, unless you count the Italian Supercup which is something akin to the Community Shield.
    Lex Luthor wrote: »
    Can he even speak English?
    On the trail of Capello
    By Brian Alexander

    Capello does not seem to be a hit with Milan's cab drivers
    On any trip abroad when chasing a story, taxi drivers invariably play a key part in the process.

    It proved to be the case again in Milan.

    Like a cabbie in London, these kings of the road can be insightful and informative about local opinion.

    Chat to them and you get a sense of how the land lies.

    I knew that Fabio Capello had a family apartment in a suburb north-west of Milan called Legnano.

    The driver who took me there loathed Capello.

    How could any man of Milan dislike a coach who had won four Scudetto and the European Cup for the city? "He likes himself too much," came the reply.

    The sub-plot of that animosity is that Capello has never thought twice about moving from club to club, opportunity to opportunity.

    In a country where football is part of the religious and political fabric of society, loyalty (or lack of it for professional advancement) can be a tricky subject.

    Especially when a top coach moves on to Roma, Juventus and Real Madrid and repeats the success story of collecting silverware.

    Situated on the edge of an industrial estate, Capello lives in a modern, red-brick building set off a dusty road and behind imposing metal electronic gates.

    It looked an unlikely base but my doubts were dispelled when we spotted Capello himself standing in the driveway.

    "Can we do an interview?" I asked. "No," was the firm but warm response.

    It was the kind of "No" that gives someone like me nowhere else to go. It was emphatic, inviting an awkward silence rather than a second attempt.

    Capello had seen the Football Association hierarchy in London the day before and laid out his demands for Team Fabio to join him at Soho Square.

    "Why are you here in Milan? Why aren't you in London signing your contract?" I ventured.

    In broken but half-decent English, Capello insisted he was with his wife awaiting the arrival of a furniture removal lorry to arrive from Madrid, where he had recently vacated his grace and favour property he used during his reign at Real.

    Various former players and colleagues talked about Capello's intelligence, his determination and his focus on getting results.

    "You might find the style of play boring at times," admitted Roberto Beccantini of the respected newspaper La Stampa.

    "But you will get the results. That is the Capello way."

    Beccantini is as close to Capello as any journalist can be. "I have worked hard to create a bond with him for nearly 20 years," he said.

    "But we are not friends. We have a professional relationship. He tells me what I need to know, but that is it."

    And another freelance writer spoke about Capello as being "intimidating".

    He said: "If you ask a stupid question, you do not even get an answer. In the past I have seen him bring a formal press conference before a big game to an end because he didn't like the questions. He just gets up and leaves."

    And that same steely approach will be seen on the training pitch with his players. He won't be a father-figure, but the boss.

    Capello gets what he wants, as has been proved with the appointment of Franco Baldini, Italo Galbiati, Massimo Neri and Franco Tancredi as his assistants.

    If the cab drivers of Milan are anything to go by, we may not love Capello, but we will love what he does for England's reputation around the world.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/7145648.stm


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,563 ✭✭✭kinaldo


    When they finally got together over coffee and biscuits, the FA's people were impressed that Capello's English was a lot better than generally thought and he explained his ideas for transforming England very well.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/mihirbose/2007/12/post_5.html


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,176 ✭✭✭Unearthly


    MrJoeSoap wrote: »
    I can't believe the level of opposition to this appointment I've heard already, and I don't even watch that much TV to be honest. So far I've heard Paul Ince, Tony Adams and some newspaper "analyst" on BBC laying into the decision for no reason other than the fact that the guy isn't English.

    Sorry guys, but the "English" route has been tried. It failed miserably, remember? Thats why you'll be sat at home next summer, like us.

    They'll blame anyone but the players, who are more than capable of qualification to any tournament but consistently under-achieve. Looking at Tusky's team above, I see no reason why they couldn't make the last four at least, of a major tournament. Especially with the likes of Lampard, Defoe, and special-teams player Beckham in the wings.

    I hope Capello does the business and these guys eat their words.


    I don't think it's a case of they tried the English route so can't use it again. They should just look for the best man for the job, forget about anyones nationality. If he happens to be English(which is clearly not the case here) then pick him. No point grouping people into categorys. I heard people saying they tried the foreigner route after Sven left.


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