The Worst Job in England?

What I aim to give here is totally subjective look at the job itself. Let's look at a very basic job description: 1. Select England squads for friendly and competitive fixtures. 2. Organise training regimens for players once released by their clubs. 3. Try to implement a set of tactics for their players to follow in matches. 4. Perform media duties that the FA are contractually obliged to meet. Ok, so how would an England manager select an England squad. Well he has to go and watch these players play. This will entail going to watch matches live at stadiums and also watching tapes of other games that have ...  Read the complete review

Some people say this is the worst job in football, and to a certain extent it is, but I have to ask is it worse than managing Scotland or Ireland or Wales and if so why? Well the England team many years ago was chosen by the FA and the manager was simply the coach, this really didn't work well as the FA was made up of regional club chairmen and each were keen for their own players to be in the team, improving their worth and the clubs profile, therefore we had a situation where the England team was a disparate group of individuals rather than a strong team (spooky sounds almost the same as England circa 2006-2007). Eventually England allowed the manager to ...  Read the complete review

I can see why most people would think that but Worst job in England? No way! What other job can you get, do terrible in and get a £2.5 million pay off? Of course im talkin of the late great Steve Mclaren the amazingly average former Middlesborough manager, who took the reins of the prolific underachieving england. Mclaren was in charge for a total of 18 months a fair time to earn £2.5 million im sure you'd all agree. 18 months seems like a long time at first but when you look at i closer it wa only 12 games, which works out at £208,333 a game!! And this awful spell hasn't hampered his career prospects as he now is manager of a dutch club with champions league prospects, ...  Read the complete review

The England coach, of course, will always be balancing on the edge of a cliff in this job, ready for the fall with the voracious British tabloid mafia press always aiming the shotgun at their heads, and it will be no different for the man they call the Italian Job. As the fans sang England to a 2-1 victory last night to that ubiquitous England theme tune from the same movie ...'it's the self preservation society...' the pertinent lyrics were all the motivation the players needed on the pitch if they wanted to stay in this team. You have to say it was the most intriguing and interesting friendly for a very long time last night at Wembley. How fitting for Fabio ...  Read the complete review

The ultimate job in English football or so we are lead to believe but given recent history the job has more often than not become a poison chalice to all that have embraced it. How many ‘successful’ England managers have there been, well Sir Alf Ramsey comes to mind for winning that trophy however after that there have been very few who have come through with their reputation intact. Records shows that there have only been 3 managers who have come close to Sir Alf Ramsey in terms of their record, Greenwood, Hoddle and yes Sven Goran Eriksson. Also Terry Venables tenure which consisted of a semi-final appearance in his single tournament and no qualifying campaigns was ...  Read the complete review