I was struck by the fuss about the Capello Index and how this was exactly the sort of trouble that Sven-Goran Eriksson would have got himself into, with his various ludicrous commercial escapades.
And that got me thinking. Capello's performance at the World Cup was eerily Sven-esque:
- rigid adherence to 4-4-2
- crap substitutions
- distracted by commercial issues
- bizarre fascination with Emily Heskey
What is it about becoming England manager that turns everyone into a crap manager? The only England manager I can think of who emerged with his reputation enhanced was Terry Venables and he was also the only one who got England out of their 4-4-2 straightjacket...
And that got me thinking. Capello's performance at the World Cup was eerily Sven-esque:
- rigid adherence to 4-4-2
- crap substitutions
- distracted by commercial issues
- bizarre fascination with Emily Heskey
What is it about becoming England manager that turns everyone into a crap manager? The only England manager I can think of who emerged with his reputation enhanced was Terry Venables and he was also the only one who got England out of their 4-4-2 straightjacket...
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