André Villas Boas - Manager - Porto (2 Viewers)
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I wouldn`t say he failed with England
England was a wreck before he was the manager
They didn`t qualify for the european championship and looked aweful
Capello came in and dominated the qualifying group to the world cup
Its true they didn`t look like world champions at the WC but they did qualify from their group and only lost to Germany who are also one of the favourites!
So I wouldn`t call it failure (I wouldn`t call it a success eigther but its still much more than the past England managers did)
England was a wreck before he was the manager
They didn`t qualify for the european championship and looked aweful
Capello came in and dominated the qualifying group to the world cup
Its true they didn`t look like world champions at the WC but they did qualify from their group and only lost to Germany who are also one of the favourites!
So I wouldn`t call it failure (I wouldn`t call it a success eigther but its still much more than the past England managers did)
even to this day i can't help but laugh at the ignorance of english fans who actually think they are the best international team
England were simply awful at the world cup, they never looked like a team capable of coming close to winning the competition at any point and barely qualified from a relatively straight forward group.
They also didn't exactly have the toughest group to qualify for the world cup, their main opposition was a Croatia team which badly missed Modric.
They also didn't exactly have the toughest group to qualify for the world cup, their main opposition was a Croatia team which badly missed Modric.
Portugal are a good team but never an elite Brazil are definitely an elite team
Germany are more of Brazil level than Portugal level
Yes they were aweful
I expected them to play more like they played in the qualifying for the WC than how they did at the WC itself but it didn`t change the fact they reached the farest point they could as Germany are simply a better team
BTW they could have avoided them if they finished the group 1st but it didn`t happen because of poor refereeing
As for the qualifying yes they didn`t have a tough group they got a normal one like almost every national team and they dominated it.
In fact they didn`t have a tough group in the european qualifing group but they didn`t exactly qualified.
Germany are more of Brazil level than Portugal level
Yes they were aweful
I expected them to play more like they played in the qualifying for the WC than how they did at the WC itself but it didn`t change the fact they reached the farest point they could as Germany are simply a better team
BTW they could have avoided them if they finished the group 1st but it didn`t happen because of poor refereeing
As for the qualifying yes they didn`t have a tough group they got a normal one like almost every national team and they dominated it.
In fact they didn`t have a tough group in the european qualifing group but they didn`t exactly qualified.
Capello has always beenone of my most respected managers in the game. Success leading to success leading to success...his abilities are beyond doubt. However...he has not done 'much more' than past english managers. Neither did he inherit a wreck, unless you are talking about mentality, but even then, a core of the team was playing for top premiership teams who were doing fine and dandy at home and abroad. He was not as tactically astute as usual during the world cup. Admittedly, injuries played their part, but so did capello, as much as the players themselves. that bunch of players should have done better. The yanks fought hard as they always do, and their technique is improving year by year, but the goal we conceded against them was a joke. and that goal, after such a bright start, seemed to sap the blood from the english veins, for the rest of the tournament as a whole. a goalless draw with algeria? struggling hard to overcome the might slovenia, then getting savaged by our old enemy, the krouts...whether over-rated or not, that england squad should be winning those games. mental frailities galore...a little similar, in some ways, to our own issues. once the chips are down, a defeatist mentality sets in, and capello simply couldnt rouse the troops. weakness in goal and alongside terry in the middle at the back contribued massively, but most english supporters i know, most football supporters from anywhere i know, see capello as failing as much as a team which together should have been so much better...still, to me, one o a handful of truly world class coaches.
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