Friday 10 February 2012

The FA does it again.

As the England Merry-Go-Round springs into action again, amid speculation of Harry Redknapp taking up the post to lead us to another underachieving campaign, I begin to wonder why.

So many comments I have read seem to be in support of his resignation. Of course most comments have Little to do with his actions at all. Most non-Chelsea supporters don't like John Terry, so to support Capello is supporting John Terry. I for one don't like John Terry nor am I particularly fond of Capello. I do however believe this whole event was completely wrong.

Capello's authority was usurped by the usual men in suits who seem to know how to administer the game but have no idea of how to run a team. The decision to support Terry as captain, as poor as that decision may have been, is for the manager to make and no one else. If his form is poor, then that is the time to stand him down.

Capello had a poor World Cup as manager but is our most successful manager in terms of win ratio(66.7%). So four months from a major championship we are without a manager. Perhaps Redknapp will come in, maybe Hiddink can be persuaded. All of the good English managers are in jobs and unlikely to leave and i wouldn't blame them.

The FA need to wake up and look at themselves. There are far worse things going on in football than worrying about an employee publicly criticising its employers, as many of us do. Maybe they ought to consider their own conduct in the World Cup bid, or that for all the money that flows through the Premier league, we are unable to produce our own Messi, Ronaldo or Bale. Maybe the FA should be taking positive action to improve grass roots coaching, lower league infrastructure and facilities.

But in reality as has happened for decades, they sit in their ivory castle firing the unconventional or those that challenge their authority. English football is worse for this saga and the suits will continue to hold back English football.

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