Thursday, November 22, 2007

Here we go again!

So, after another manager, or so it seems, is about to bite the dust, who will be the next one to take the job?

It has to be someone that can inspire the players to play football, you would think that would be something relatively simple to do, seeing how much they are paid!

English or foreign, it doesn't matter, passion is what we need, there have been so many uninspiring performances in the last few years, not only under McClaren, but also under Sven - is it time we started looking at the under performing players? Are managers too often used as a way of papering over the cracks, and being made scapegoats? We need a manager that will boss the team in the way that Sir Alex Ferguson does at Manchester United, the players respect, and are probably scared, of him, and they are there to perform - no player is bigger than the team, and he will not take any bol****s from them, which is how it should be?

Vote in the poll, we'll keep you updated with what we hear if you do the same!

Thursday, April 19, 2007

From the bbc website...

...part of an article from the BBC.co.uk website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6572149.stm)

Duncan Fletcher will step down as England coach after their last World Cup match against West Indies on Saturday, the BBC understands.

Peter Moores, currently the England Academy coach, will take over on a temporary basis.

He will be in charge until the Schofield report, into the Ashes debacle and World Cup failure, is published in early May.

Fletcher, 58, has been England coach since 1999.

David Morgan, the England and Wales Cricket Board chairman, is set to confirm Fletcher's departure at a news conference scheduled for 1630 BST.

Fletcher had come under increasing pressure after England were beaten 5-0 in the Ashes series and then failed to reach the semi-finals of the World Cup.

They exited the World Cup after a humiliating nine-wicket loss to South Africa on Tuesday.

The ECB would not comment ahead of the Thursday's news conference.

Spokesman Andrew Walpole would say only: "We are aware of the issues being discussed and we feel the best way to deal with that is on Thursday and the best person to deal with it is the chairman."

Asked whether Fletcher had already resigned, Walpole refused to comment and stressed: "I am not going to answer any questions - you can address all your questions to David Morgan." Fletcher decided against holding his usual post-match news conference after England crashed out of the World Cup.

Instead he played a round of golf with England captain Michael Vaughan in Barbados on Wednesday.

BBC Sports Editor Mihir Bose said: "The performance at the World Cup has clearly not been good enough and Peter Moores will take over on a temporary basis.

"Clearly the preparation ahead of the Ashes went wrong. If you look back at that first wide ball that Stephen Harmison bowled it was clear that the preparation wasn't there.

"As for one-day cricket, England have never been very good."



Fletcher quits...

...as expected, news is coming through that Duncan Fletcher has quit as England, sorry England and Wales, Cricket coach.  Who will be the next England Cricket manager, any thoughts?