Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Curb your enthusiasm...



Alan Curbishley deserves a special mention now.

Here at nextenglandmanager.co.uk , we are proud West Ham fans, and whilst we are still getting over the departure of Harry Redknapp, we are thankful for everything Alan Pardew did for the club, especially the FA CUp final last season, one of the truly great finals!

Best of luck to Alan, we're sure he'll be back soon, and good luck to him!

Onto the next person into the hotseat at Upton Park, Sven has had his name thrown around since the rumours about the takeover started.  We think he is a great manager (despite what he didn't do with England!), but not sure that he will 'get' the mighty hammers...could be interesting, but we're rooting for a more traditional, hands on, kind of manager.

Other names in the frame include Terry Venables and Paul Jewell.  Leaving Wigan may be something that Mr Jewell does involuntarily in the not too distant future, but we're not sure if the sunny south is for him.  Venables would be a great manager, but does he want the pressure of club football again at the moment, when he has a job shaping England as a national team?

Our money is going on the favourite, local boy, and former Hammers hero, Alan Curbishley.  Having had a nice relaxing 6 months out of football, since leaving Charlton, Curbs has been linked with every job in Football.  He did wonders at Charlton, and if he is to come in at West Ham, we hope he can work with the new owner to take West Ham to the pinnacle of English football - look out Manchester United, Chelsea think they'll be bigger than you in 2014, but they never said anything about West Ham!!!!!
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Elsewhere, Dean Richards has commented that he has not been approached by the RFU regarding the England Rugby coach job, left vacant by Andy Robinsons departure last week.  The RFU will have a mandatory head scratching period, before they appoint the next coach, but the smart money has to be on the Harlequins head coach, Richards, who did great things as an English player, and has a fantastic coaching record with 4 (consecutive) titles, and 2 Heineken cups to his name.  He wants it, the fans would get behind him, as would the players.  Let's hope Rob Andrew can convince the board that this is the first step in taking England Rugby back where they belong, and getting the national game sorted out from the mess it is in at the moment!

What do you think?

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