Stuart Pearce.

[Dubciteh]

he's a shocking manager be it international or club, worst of a generation in my opinion, he has managed the u21s and made a balls of it last time.

He is currently playing Richards centre back instead of lescott after smalling got injured and put Jones right back. He is the real clueless.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

i'd close my curtains if that cunt was managing Brazil in my back garden

Laughed my fucking arss off at that. Funniest thing I've read here in years.

[Dubciteh]

i'd close my curtains if that cunt was managing Brazil in my back garden

Laughed my fucking arss off at that. Funniest thing I've read here in years.

He is right tho, i would myself, same if pearce was in charge of Barca...

[Nickyboy]

Maybe he brought Jones on instead of Lescott to give him some experience in a meaningless friendly where it didn't really matter. Everyone already knows what Joleen can do. Think it was quite refreshing to see some of the newbies play without fear. Bin off Terry, Lampard, Gerrard and Cole for the Euros IMO

[Ted Hughes]

I must have been pissed when I posted earlier.

His changes fucked up the England team better than Holland could manage.

[Bianchi on Ice]

stuart pearce will get the job. he will have scoddy parker as captain, but insist he takes beanie with him into the centre circle before each game. he will play duncan edwats at right back, micah centre back, robert green in goal looking after said beanie. he will play 3 defensive midfielders, possibly 4, depending on the moodswing of captain (not) starfish. one may well be fabrice muamba, as auxilliary ball winner/loser. parker will run a lot. ashley young will be the fulcrum for falling over and downing will continue his ascent as one of the best wingers named stewart in the north west, but rooney will be isolated and go varying shades of puce before getting sent off. lots of clenched fists. stuff about "passion". anthem singing. newspapers speculating about foreigners cheating. large endorsement contracts. tactics. of which there will be none. unless poor passing is a tactic...then fucking game on, go team england, go stuart, stuie baby.

[Crossie]

stuart pearce will get the job. he will have scoddy parker as captain, but insist he takes beanie with him into the centre circle before each game. he will play duncan edwats at right back, micah centre back, robert green in goal looking after said beanie. he will play 3 defensive midfielders, possibly 4, depending on the moodswing of captain (not) starfish. one may well be fabrice muamba, as auxilliary ball winner/loser. parker will run a lot. ashley young will be the fulcrum for falling over and downing will continue his ascent as one of the best wingers named stewart in the north west, but rooney will be isolated and go varying shades of puce before getting sent off. lots of clenched fists. stuff about "passion". anthem singing. newspapers speculating about foreigners cheating. large endorsement contracts. tactics. of which there will be none. unless poor passing is a tactic...then fucking game on, go team england, go stuart, stuie baby.

hehhehehe

[clawbaggio]

Agree with the consensus of opinion - thoroughly decent chap but shit boss. I remember going to all those home games where we couldn't even manage a goal. what sealed it for me was when his team completely rolled over at our place and let the scum win the league. We were safe from relegation with nothing to lose and should have got fired right into them . where was his fucking famous passion that day?
Also he started with that "I'll never criticize a referee" shit and gave the refs carte blanche to give us a load of crap decisions.
Maybe we're still paying for that now, or is that harsh giving him the blame?

[DoomMerchant]

are you gentleman saying that he's a one-trick stuffed pony? On the touchline?

cheers

[blue 68]

Brings back awful memories, our bus literally halved in size that season and I actually gave up my season ticket for a couple of years after Pearce. Like everybody said nothing against the man but we've no hope of winning the Euros under him, in fact just let the missus book a holiday with a flight home on the date of the final as I'm sure we will not feature.

[Bianchi on Ice]

will england even score a goal? hes managed it before, or should I say not managed it...we all saw it didnt we? (or didn't see it..or "them", as the case may be)

[LookMumImOnMCF.net]

You know what, fuck it. Give him a go.

Pearce is, tactically, a pony. I'd say he has the brain capacity of a stuffed toy horse, but so what? In Sven and, later, Fab Cap England have had their recent share of tactically astute men but the media have not been pleased with them. Switch it up and put someone different in there. I believe the importance of tactical astuteness is heavily reduced in international management anyway - couple this with the fact that England couldn't winning a tournament with Stephen Hawkins in charge and what have we really got to lose?

At least Euro 2012 will be a fun ride.

[Pretty Boy Lee]

Let's face it the FA pick the team and our players are too shit to win anything.

Give Pearce the job for all I care.

The football we played at the last world cup was less enjoyable than home games under Pearce.

[Dameerto]

Lovely man is Stu, passionate, loves England etc etc.

Then again so does my next door neighbour Michael, but I wouldnt appoint him for the job any more than I would Pearce.

He has no credentials and has demonstrated no ability to indicate he can manage at this level, or should be given the England National Team managers job. His main quality appears to be his Englishness, how he overcame missing a tournament penalty and how he waved his fist when netting a penalty 6 years later.

How can you say he's got no credentials - HE WAS IN A PIZZA ADVERT!!!

[mr_nool]

will england even score a goal? hes managed it before, or should I say not managed it...we all saw it didnt we? (or didn't see it..or "them", as the case may be)

Of course you will. You play a Swedish team lead by a manager who's suffering from a bad case of hubris. We will probably try to "play football" and run the game instead of playing an organised defense with sharp counters. And no matter how bad you think the English team is, the quality of the players is so much higher than in the Swedish team. I mean, Seb Larsson walks into that team. And Martin Olsson from Blackburn is certain to play left back.

[Dubciteh]

I bet if trappatoni was england manager they would be far better than they have ever been at getting results. An organised hard to beat team would do well in the tournament(well enough to satisfy realistic expectations) and thats the very least england should be but rarely are.

I wouldnt give it to Pearce if he was last manager on earth, some people say england players are class some say there shit but the truth is somewhere in between but they certainly have enough to aim for the semi's if they are organised,disciplined and motivated. Look at Ireland, on paper our team is no better than Scotland and Wales but through Trappatoni and the things i mentioned above we are a very hard to beat team(only 2 losses in 4 years) and punch above our weight, and just watch this summer you never know we may even pick up a couple of points yet englands C team(and most of the u-21s) would prob all get in our team.

[Yffi_88]

Fed up of these seemingly passionless tacticians that come in and play about with the team only to resort back to the same players that have won us fuck all for the last ten years. Picking up a huge pay check just to fail again and again.

It will be nice to have someone who actually gives a fuck about the team, and - by the looks of it - picking a fresher line up managing us.

Someone mentioned the penalty in '96. Spot on.

Sometimes, when your players aren't really THAT good, it's passion, determination, enthusiasm and all those things that SP can give that will win you games.

Give him the job. If it all goes tits up - what's new? If we do go out early doors again, then at least we might do it with a little bit of pride.

Then next, we can make him King and re-capture France.

[aaron bond]

Regardless of who is the manager, England has pretty much no chance of winning the Euros. The squad simply isn't good enough and hasn't been for years. I'm sick to death of hearing the media and the majority of public going on about how we have all these amazing players when we don't.

On our day, we can get together a very good first 11, but there is no depth in the squad, so when the usual injuries come up, poor players get into the side.

Spain can pick from Casillas, Reina or Valdes to start in goal. We can pick from Joe Hart and erm...that's it. Fortunately, Joe Hart is excellent but it's absurd to think there isn't one other good English goalkeeper. At the last World Cup, Silva and Fabregas were back-up midfielders for Spain. Our back-up midfielder is Michael Carrick.

I know I've gone to extremes there by using Spain as an example but too many people in England believe we should be considered in the same category as sides like Spain, Germany, Italy, Brazil, Argentina. You only need to look back at our record in tournaments to see we're not in the same league as those sides. Realistically, our level is probably closer to sides like Croatia, Russia, USA. That's what our results and generally performances show.

I will watch Euro 2012 and of course I would like England to do well. But my bigger concern is making sure our City players do not get injured and are ready to come back fit to defend our title in August.

[Scatman]

he's a shocking manager be it international or club, worst of a generation in my opinion, he has managed the u21s and made a balls of it last time.

He is currently playing Richards centre back instead of lescott after smalling got injured and put Jones right back. He is the real clueless.

I remember when Micah and Ned were coming through the ranks and Pearce was talking about them. I think this was when he was coaching the youth team rather than the first team. He was saying Ned was a sprinter and would eventually be played at full back, whereas Micah (unheard of at the time) was going to be a great centre back. I remember he talked about this "prodigious leap" of his and that he just seemed to hang in the air. I don't remember Micah being all that bad at CH when he played there a couple of seasons ago but he is certainly coming into his own at FB and that is definitely his best position. SP obviously still doesn't see it this way.

[john@staustell]

I thought we were awful under him as a manager. After a promising start, the next season the players weren't allowed over the half way line. Except the uncut Diamond of course.