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Sports => Football => Topic started by: JDB on December 28, 2005, 11:00:40 AM
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Capello Dreams of Managing Manchester United
Sorry to interrupt the Jack/TTFF/Camps bashing but this is big news for the United fans.
Personally I real rate Capello. As a younger replacement for Fergie he could build a side to dominate for the next ten years.
From Soccernet Capello dreams of managing Manchester Mnited (http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=353357&cc=5739)
Let the Jack/TTFF/Camps (cannot forget Camps) attacks continue with full force.
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cool it JDB Ferrie still there
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As a fan of Juventus I'd be sad to see him leave to go to Man U., but I'd be interested to see if he can be as succesful in England.
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I think Capello is probably the best coach around right now.
Every club he has been to he has had immediate success however I doh think he leaving Juventus to go ManUre.
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yea boy how many clubs did he win trophies wit...
please correct me if im wrong. Real Madrid, AC, (Inter?) Barca...
da correct atol?
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1990-96 Milan
1996-97 Real Madrid
1997-98 Milan
1999-04 Roma
2004-?? Juventus
and he won titles with every club
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Capello is simply the best. He prove that time and again.
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as a long time fan of both man utd and juventus ah would be sad to see him leave juventus because personally I think either juventus or barcelona winning the champions league and he brought juventus back to the top of serie a over ac milan and ah love fergie but ah think his time may be up and other than mourinho, capello is the only other man I wouldnt mind to replace fergie
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as a long time fan of both man utd and juventus ah would be sad to see him leave juventus because personally I think either juventus or barcelona winning the champions league and he brought juventus back to the top of serie a over ac milan and ah love fergie but ah think his time may be up and other than mourinho, capello is the only other man I wouldnt mind to replace fergie
I wouldn't say only. Other possible replacements: His assistant Quieroz, Capello, Ancellotti, Martin O'Neill (if yuh want to stay UK). Rafael Benitez is up there with any of those coaches mentioned. As a matter of fact, he has outcoached the best time and time again, in Spain and in Europe. Last season he run through Capello, Mourinho, and Ancellotti on the way to winning the Champions League. He is a very good tactician, who pays attention to details (always making notes while game is in progress). De man is noted for doing the business while being very frugal with his budget. At the end of the day, it's about the right fit. The ownership style of a club is often a very powerful reason why coaches decline and leave coaching jobs.Â
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6 Italian Championships: 1991/92 - 1992/93 - 1993/94 - 1995/96 - 2000/2001 - 2004/2005
1 Spanish Championship: 1996/97
1 Champions League:: 1993/94
1 UEFA Super Cup: 1994
4 Italian Super Cups: 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - 2001
He won a lot with Milan till 1995, but that is also thaks to: van Basten....( Rijkaard & Gullit)
I don't think he is the best trainer, he is very good trainer and I can understand that they all want to leave Italy. Do you see how many Itallians go to look at a Juve game ? The stadiums are all empty !
Johan Cruijf is right.. its not only how many cups you win but also that you have to play attractive football. On the short term you can get away how Mourinho does it. But on the long term Barca is now a much better position. I don't find Juve playing that good and the supporters either otherwise they would buy tickets.
Nou Camp is practically aways sold out.
They take more risks and perhaps also lose sometimes but at least the supporters love the club & go see the matches.
I did not like what Capello had to say about the rasism either, its such a easy remark.
We don't want perfection, just the racist out of the stadium.
"It's absurd to punish the clubs," said Fabio Capello, Roma coach and a former player. "Perfect controls are never going to be possible, just as it is impossible to gag fans on their way into the stadium.
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Well said, Dutchman (with respect to his statements). I also think that Capello is the best current manager (sorry, I am not on the Mourinho bandwagon, despite his obvious talent).
The problem with managing United as I see it, is the possible issue of Fergie's lingering presence. Hopefully, Fergie will make a clean break and the new guy gets a free hand. All premature talk, of course...
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J: me eh mind Capello because he is a boos coach but my dream coach for Utd when Fergie leaves has to be Gus Hiddink. Hiddink is a boss tactician and has a way of winning with every single team that he takes over. He is currently doing the same thing he did for South Korea, with both PSV and Austrailia. De man is a boss and he is better at developing young players than most. Plus all of his teams play a very high tempo, possession, attractive type football. He speaks about 5 different languages... Hiddink!
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Capello: Ronaldo The Best I’ve Coached
Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello has made the surprising admission that Ronaldo is the best player he has ever coached.
The pair failed to get on in their brief spell together at the Bernabeu, and Ronaldo was quickly offloaded to Milan in January after becoming frustrated with a lack of starts.
The Brazilian has since been highly critical of Capello, and in the weeks before Real won the title last Sunday, he said: "I hope Real Madrid win the League but only for the sake of my old team-mates, not for the coach, who doesn’t deserve it."
Such utterances would surely have enraged Capello, whose future at the club is far from certain.
But he said: "Ronaldo needed a change of scenery to rediscover his motivation. He is the best player I have ever coached."
Capello also spoke about Antonio Cassano who has rarely featured for the club this season.
"He is an undeniable talent, but that is not enough to play a key role in a team and play regularly," Capello told Sky Italia.
http://goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=334988
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he practically run Beckham outta town, and now he say the best player he ever coached needed a new team to be motivated. No wonder he win the league and still might loss he wok.
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true but it speaks loads for ROnaldo......MC doh forget Capello was always ahrd headed and a shrewd man ..when he come in he does love to stamp he self and make sure ppl noe who run things..so he ruffle the feathers..
Ronaldo though not enough words about him even though he hasnt reached the highs of his younger days dribbling past aopponents and stuff....
Zidane said he is the best player he has ever palyed with saying that he is still "quicker with teh ball at his feet than most are without" -when zidane could say that about you then all talk done
now capello saying this...it shows that ronaldo tried the same thing as beckham to stay and be profeisonal and work hard unlike cassano and capello respected that.
men must respect a humble person
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Capello orders England to dress smart and ditch the PlayStations
By NEIL ASHTON - More by this author »
Last updated at 23:07pm on 4th February 2008
Fabio Capello's hardline England regime began on Monday when he presented his squad with a list of rules.
Sportsmail can reveal that the tough new measures include:
A ban on visitors, including agents and friends, from the team hotel in Hertfordshire.
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Players must eat at the same table.
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They have to be on time for meals.
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No walking around in shorts and flip-flops.
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They must wear England track suits instead and suits and ties to games.
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No mobile phones in public areas.
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A ban on the 'PlayStation culture'.
Despite the strict nature of Capello's regime — the new coach refers to the players by surname only — England's players spoke enthusiastically about their new manager.
Rio Ferdinand, one of the candidates to be captain against Switzerland on Wednesday evening, claimed Capello's arrival was 'like the first day at school'.
Capello is determined to adopt a no-nonsense approach for England's under-achieving squad and wanted to distance himself from Steve McClaren and Sven Goran Eriksson's failed regimes, during which players' agents routinely wandered around the hotel and spent time with their clients while they were preparing for the doomed Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
England's players — minus Shaun Wright-Phillips who has an ankle injury for which he will have more tests on Tuesday — were put through a tough physical work-out by fitness coach Massimo Neri at their London Colney training base on Monday morning before Capello took them for a high-intensity, hour-long training session.
They were at Wembley on Monday night for a second training session and Ferdinand admitted that Capello, who won four league titles in four different cities as a club manager, had impressed the players.
Ferdinand said: 'It was a bit like going into the first day at school. We had a good training session and he got his points across well.
'He told us that we were going to train well, train hard and that has started already. We had a meeting at 8pm on Sunday night and then had some dinner. It was just to say hello and meet his backroom staff.
'I enjoy being coached and I enjoy being coached by the best in the world. You want to suck up as much information as you can. When you have someone with his kind of CV, you have to take notice.
'Things will be tweaked, but you expect that. To expect someone to come in and take the reins in the same way as the person before is wrong. We expected changes and rightly so.'
Steven Gerrard, also a candidate for the captaincy, said: 'When we met him for the first time I think the third word that came out of his mouth was “winner”.
'He never once mentioned individuals, it's all about winning. All the things he put across in training were better than I thought they would be.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=512328&in_page_id=1779&ct=5
Yuh mean no Fifa, that is rell pressure ;D
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Good.
Where more Pro Evo people overhere btw ;D
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
all what u said here has a part to play in why England aint doing shit in football anymore..........
why not jus have cappello open up a daycare while u at it to...........
if the guys want to be "businessmen" and study money instead of football like u saying then they shouldn't be playing, drop them an get men that serious about playing an winning and not about how they look on tv an billboards..........
players are getting babied to much now, so if they dont like how he's running his shift thay could always leave i sure he aint holding ah gun to none ah them head.
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
McLaren is that you?
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
all what u said here has a part to play in why England aint doing shit in football anymore..........
why not jus have cappello open up a daycare while u at it to...........
if the guys want to be "businessmen" and study money instead of football like u saying then they shouldn't be playing, drop them an get men that serious about playing an winning and not about how they look on tv an billboards..........
players are getting babied to much now, so if they dont like how he's running his shift thay could always leave i sure he aint holding ah gun to none ah them head.
You are correct English players have been babied for too long,it's the reason why they keep changeing Coaches all the time and thinking that's the problem,they get someone who have the balls to lay it on the line,he has nothing to prove to anyone his credentials speak for itself,he wants to make a difference and doing things his way not what the past Coaches did,a big problem England have always had is players doing crap and Coaches continue to take the blame for it,if they have to get any results that have to change,is either they want to play under the man or play somewhere else.
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
Priorities fella.
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
i agree with most of what he's saying. i just think more discretion is needed on mobile phones.
and i don't see the need to be calling players by their last names, like they're in the army. ok, thhe fighting spirit is neccesary, but oh gosh...
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The last name thing is common in the workplace, and it is a work relationship Capello has with them.
Capello not there to be their friend.
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The last name thing is common in the workplace, and it is a work relationship Capello has with them.
Capello not there to be their friend.
eh heh, dais right
and how many championship de man have
his technique must be working
"He is arguably the best coach on the planet. Everywhere he has gone, he has won. Whether it was AC Milan, Real Madrid, AS Roma or Juventus, every club that Fabio Capello has coached, has earned something to put in its trophy case. "
here is another FACT
"Some of his former players have become some of the best managers. Carlo Ancelotti of AC Milan, Frank Rijkaard of Barcelona, Marco Van Basten of the Netherlands, and Roberto Donadoni of Italy."
http://calcio1.blogspot.com/2007/12/england-needs-to-listen-to-capello-for.html
PFL should start a Caribbean Coaching School like the Coverciano coaching school. The one Capello and dem others went to in Italy.
There was a segment on BBC last night
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so a side who cant make a note on the int'l scene have them little restrictions on players and ya tink is a scene???
dem fellas gonna embrace that! and if they smart they should!
businessmen or not...ya let ppls know to leave msgs or forward ya calls to ya associates
the Playstation culture go be jus in d hotel more or less...he cant stop them frmo doin that home...
if they trainin he want dem focused rather than peongin til d mornin most probably
d man is a proven winner....hadda give he a chance
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
all what u said here has a part to play in why England aint doing shit in football anymore..........
why not jus have cappello open up a daycare while u at it to...........
if the guys want to be "businessmen" and study money instead of football like u saying then they shouldn't be playing, drop them an get men that serious about playing an winning and not about how they look on tv an billboards..........
players are getting babied to much now, so if they dont like how he's running his shift thay could always leave i sure he aint holding ah gun to none ah them head.
i was actually being sarcastic with my earlier post but i guess i don't do sarcasim very well
on a serious note i agree with you completely, English players have been spoilt rotten for a long time now and their degree of professionalism is shocking
having a no nonsense coach like Cappelo is the best thing that could happen to them
if he can't get them winning no one can
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I would not look at it as restrictions,is just that every Coach has a package/game plan/training plan/traveling plan/eating plan etc etc we can go on and on with what Coaches do,everybody own differs slightly,it's one way of controling there team.The thing is not every Coach will be able to get away with that according to who the players are(level/country) may find it unacceptable,some times you have to be flexible in implimenting what's best for your players but then again it boils down to respect,how much players respect and believe what ever that Coach is implimenting is for theirs and the team betterment.
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Coop's i don't think Cappello is going to stand for any shit by any of England's so called superstars
there's only going to be one way of doing things or else it's the highway
the dropping of Beckham was a very serious statement of intent imo
Cappello could easily have given Becks 10 minutes as a sub so that he gets his precious 100th cap
instead he was ruthless and that sent a message to the rest of the team and the English public that nobody gets special treatment while he's in charge
any player that doesn't toe the line will be out on his arse
imo :)
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buh wha de ass is dis, i watch Rio interview on tv and to me he didn't seem disgruntled or anything about how he new new coach handling dem. can u imagine how fellahs like Rio and dem feeling right now to have a successful coach in charge, especially dem fellahs from successful clubs. manu chelsea etc. imagine in de past dey used to go from dey club team( Ferguson, Mourihnio)and go to camp with friggin Mclaren. so what if dey blasted agent ha to leave dem alone for a lil bit?
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The man has a reputation to protect and uphold. Is about time somebody make these fellas earn the right to where the shirt and represent the country. No more Stevie G, Jt and Roon. Gerrard, Terry and Rooney. Anymody actually think dem men respected Sven and McClaren? The two groupies who were coaching the national team!
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Well, as much as I am not invested in English football, ah hadda say 'bravo' to Capello ... dahs de procedure.
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Read dem and d WAGs d riot act ah set ah babies
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Capello needs to respect the pro's more, rather than laying down the law too much
He won't win their respect if he's laying down the law all the time...
he needs to learn all about them and what makes them tick
what Capello also fails to realise is that a lot of the squad are seasoned businessmen, therefore they have to take vital calls at any time..so banning phones/Blackberries is out of order imo
also i know the WAGS are a bit rough, but why shouldnt they join in and come to matches? although poor Ashley might feel a bit left out
He has done it at every club he has coached. This is nothing new from Capello, but it will be new for England players.
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This is nothing new from Capello, but it will be new for England players.
yeah, is dem poor likkle rich boy prima donnas....maybe they might win something now ::)
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Capello resigns - unconfirmed
Keegan replaces Capello (http://www.goal.com/en/news/1689/comedy/2009/04/01/1181744/fabio-capello-resigns-as-kevin-keegan-is-appointed-england-coach)
I not seeing anything on Soccernet or CNNSI. Can anyone confirm?
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Why allyuh dont read articles before allyuh post them......lol
ah love it!!
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Boy, I went back and check after... too late, I had already post here. :rotfl:
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Why allyuh dont read articles before allyuh post them......lol
ah love it!!
man thought he was hot of the press with that one .... :rotfl: :rotfl:
:beermug:
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Why allyuh dont read articles before allyuh post them......lol
ah love it!!
man thought he was hot of the press with that one .... :rotfl: :rotfl:
:beermug:
Did I really? I could have sworn I was asking for confirmation of the accuracy of the article.
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Keegan replaces Capello (http://www.goal.com/en/news/1689/comedy/2009/04/01/1181744/fabio-capello-resigns-as-kevin-keegan-is-appointed-england-coach)
I not seeing anything on Soccernet or CNNSI. Can anyone confirm?
ahahahahahahahahaha ah man get catch :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Hoss I eh even read the article and the first thing that crossed my mind was April fools....
Didn't think that wolfman was the one getting fooled though lol...
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That was funny. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
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Hoss I eh even read the article and the first thing that crossed my mind was April fools....
Didn't think that wolfman was the one getting fooled though lol...
Nah dred, ah get catch, oui! :-[
;D
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Hoss I eh even read the article and the first thing that crossed my mind was April fools....
Didn't think that wolfman was the one getting fooled though lol...
Nah dred, ah get catch, oui! :-[
;D
Small ting- happens to the best of us. :beermug:
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When Fabio took up the reign of England, I thought not even his coaching ability could transform England's tier 2 performances on the world football level, you could argue he has done nothing yet w/the same (though I would not make that argument) and so we will see how 3 lions fair in the WC, but what a resume.
Clubs like Milan and RM had star studded players and so again one could argue when he took up the mantle of managing those clubs the player personnel infrastructure was already there, but he even achieved success w/a less than star studded Rome club in 2001.
Who ranks above him? Who is his coaching equal? Personally, would not want to see England win a WC, but would be interesting to see how he does w/this England squad next year
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When Fabio took up the reign of England, I thought not even his coaching ability could transform England's tier 2 performances on the world football level, you could argue he has done nothing yet w/the same (though I would not make that argument) and so we will see how 3 lions fair in the WC, but what a resume.
Clubs like Milan and RM had star studded players and so again one could argue when he took up the mantle of managing those clubs the player personnel infrastructure was already there, but he even achieved success w/a less than star studded Rome club in 2001.
Who ranks above him? Who is his coaching equal? Personally, would not want to see England win a WC, but would be interesting to see how he does w/this England squad next year
England has beaten Croatia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Andorra.
Some REAL BIG teams dey boy.... ::) ::)
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When Fabio took up the reign of England, I thought not even his coaching ability could transform England's tier 2 performances on the world football level, you could argue he has done nothing yet w/the same (though I would not make that argument) and so we will see how 3 lions fair in the WC, but what a resume.
Clubs like Milan and RM had star studded players and so again one could argue when he took up the mantle of managing those clubs the player personnel infrastructure was already there, but he even achieved success w/a less than star studded Rome club in 2001.
Who ranks above him? Who is his coaching equal? Personally, would not want to see England win a WC, but would be interesting to see how he does w/this England squad next year
England has beaten Croatia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Andorra.
Some REAL BIG teams dey boy.... ::) ::)
Pre-Capello England would have struggled to beat Ukraine and Croatia, but I hear you, WC would be the real test (which I did state), but they do look alot better under his reign
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Pre-Capello England would have struggled to beat Ukraine and Croatia, but I hear you, WC would be the real test (which I did state), but they do look alot better under his reign
Despite not beating the biggest teams, England does look a lot better than before. Capello has his core players who he believes in and they work well for him. Despite Heskey's lack of scoring he has opened up the game for Rooney & co. to have their way upfront. Capello has gotten results with Gerrard and Lamps on the field at the same time when most thought it could never work. What I like about him is that he isn't afraid to demote nor promote anyone. Most thought Beckham would not ever play on that squad again much less get starts but Caps saw that Beckham could still contribute and now he's back in the fray. Right now as far as international coaches go is him and Hiddink that standing tops in terms of what they have gotten from their respective squads.
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Pre-Capello England would have struggled to beat Ukraine and Croatia, but I hear you, WC would be the real test (which I did state), but they do look alot better under his reign
Despite not beating the biggest teams, England does look a lot better than before. Capello has his core players who he believes in and they work well for him. Despite Heskey's lack of scoring he has opened up the game for Rooney & co. to have their way upfront. Capello has gotten results with Gerrard and Lamps on the field at the same time when most thought it could never work. What I like about him is that he isn't afraid to demote nor promote anyone. Most thought Beckham would not ever play on that squad again much less get starts but Caps saw that Beckham could still contribute and now he's back in the fray. Right now as far as international coaches go is him and Hiddink that standing tops in terms of what they have gotten from their respective squads.
Sense Killa, but I eh wah dem go no way, but w/how they lookin rite now, anyting possible
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England has beaten Croatia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Andorra.
Some REAL BIG teams dey boy.... ::) ::)
If you want to be consistent, you'll have to go ahead and say that Germany are rubbish too since Capello's England also defeated them recently as well...Holland are ranked #3 in the World and England drew with them 2-2 (after being 2-0) down so you might as well include the Dutch into your superb list of crap teams...
England's 4-1 win over Croatia was their FIRST defeat at home in their entire history...Ukraine reached the quarter finals in Germany 2006, losing to the eventual World Champions, Italy. You fail to mention that Ukraine have only been an independent nation since 1991, taking that into account, they've done well to get to where they are in such a short period compared to other former Soviet bloc states who became independent. Croatia and Ukraine are hardly slouches. Croatia finished third in France 98 and are currently ranked ninth in the World and never lost a qualifying match on the way to Germany 2006. They eliminated England in the European championships qualifiers and beating Germany (amongst others) once they got there...
Capello has transformed England from a bumbling catastrophe to a well oiled and efficient unit with the same core of players who failed to qualify for Euro 2008. Capello deserves a lot of credit for his accomplisments in such a short space of time and to to say that the opposition that England have faced since during his tenure are sub-standard is not only wrong but also disrespectful to the massive strides they have made since the European Championships qualifiers...
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Capello arranges South American ref for friendly
WEMBLEY, England (AP)—Paraguayan referee Carlos Manuel Torres will take charge of England’s friendly with Egypt at Wembley on March 3 as coach Fabio Capello looks to gets his World Cup squad used to officials from another region.
The Football Association said Monday Capello asked for South American officials to recreate World Cup conditions even in a friendly on home turf.
A FIFA referee since 1998, Torres will have two countrymen as linesmen although he is not on the list of officials for the World Cup.
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details mama....simulation papa
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The FA have given Fabio Capello their backing to remain as England manager - and he is "more determined than ever to succeed".
The Football Association confirmed the news this afternoon, bringing a swift end to speculation about the Italian's future.
"I am more determined than ever to succeed with the England team," said the Italian tactician.
The decision was taken following a meeting of the four-man Club England board, which decided unanimously to keep Capello, despite the Three Lions' woeful performance at the World Cup.
The full FA board subsequently ratified the recommendation, which means Capello will now continue in his £6million-a-year role until the end of Euro 2012.
"Sir Dave Richards has called me to tell me everyone at The FA wants me to continue," said Capello. "I explained it is very important we use the disappointment as a motivation in the future.
"I can assure the fans I am now fully focused on our European qualifying fixtures, starting with the friendly against Hungary in August."
In the immediate aftermath of England's record 4-1 defeat by Germany in Bloemfontein last Sunday, it was felt Capello would have to go, even though it had not been four weeks since he signed a revised contract, removing a break clause that would have taken effect after the World Cup.
Yet, within 24 hours, Capello was signalling his intention to continue, leaving the FA in no doubt they would be forced into a costly compensation exercise should they decide to part company with the 64-year-old.
Crucially, while many former players, including Alan Shearer, demanded Capello's sacking, those far closer to the action adopted a different approach.
Bolton chairman - and senior FA figure - Phil Gartside, threw his weight behind Capello, which was seen as crucial given he is a long-time ally of Club England chairman Sir David Richards.
Another member of the FA hierarchy, David Sheepshanks, urged caution at virtually the same time as Roy Hodgson, the overwhelming favourite to replace Capello, was being installed as Liverpool manager.
The FA did have alternative options in Harry Redknapp and Stuart Pearce. But given how much it was going to cost them, Capello's admittedly impressive record prior to the entire World Cup finals campaign, which started badly with the ill-fated 'Capello Index' and got worse virtually by the day, and the need to end the uncertainty, Richards feels the FA have reached the correct conclusion.
"We are all still extremely disappointed at our performance in South Africa, and we believed it was important that we took some time to reflect on everything in a calm and considered manner back in England," said Richards.
"After fully discussing our performance we remain convinced that Fabio is the best man for the job.
"He went into the World Cup with a reputation as one of world football's finest managers and we are confident Fabio will benefit from his first international tournament experience and this will undoubtedly make us all stronger for the Euro 2012 campaign."
Although it had been suggested some members of the FA board were unhappy at the way the Club England offshoot had taken full responsibility for the post-South Africa period, acting chairman Roger Burden expressed his support for the move.
He said: "The FA Board supports this decision.
"It is the right decision and will allow us now to rebuild for the future with Fabio leading us forward."
Capello can now continue with the holiday he went on within hours of his arrival back in London, and start preparing for the friendly with Hungary on August 11 and then the Euro 2012 qualifying programme, which starts with a home game against Bulgaria on September 3.
He has already offered a list of players who were not in South Africa who can hope to be involved, including Manchester City winger Adam Johnson, Arsenal trio Theo Walcott, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere and Fulham forward Bobby Zamora.
"We will look to introduce new players to give the team new energy and I will use all my experience to take England forward," said Capello.
"I am extremely proud to be the England manager, it means so much to me and I am determined to succeed."
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Either Capello was mistranslated or he was into the Punch a Cream.
Way off on his facts.
http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2557/news/2011/12/29/2823197/england-manager-fabio-capello-calls-for-end-to-stealing-of-young-
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A Losing Coach Russia Can't Afford to Lose
By Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg View). (http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-24/a-losing-coach-russia-can-t-afford-to-lose)
For a coach whose team can lose to pretty much anyone, Fabio Capello is remarkably expensive. The manager of the Russian national soccer team is a living reminder of everything that has gone wrong in Russia in the last three years.
Today, the executive committee of the Russian Football Union, known as RFS, was expected to announce Capello's resignation. Instead, after a meeting, the federation said he would stay on, at least for now. To kick him out, the RFS would need to buy out his contract for more than 21.5 million euros ($24 million). The organization doesn't have that kind of money, and the only person who can provide it -- Alisher Usmanov, Russia's richest man and the part-owner of London's Arsenal soccer club -- hasn't agreed to do so.
He's already done a lot: In February, he loaned the RFS 400 million rubles ($7.4 million), and another 300 million this week. Both sums were needed to pay Capello's back wages at the rate of 7 million euros a year. Will he come through this time? The soccer bureaucrats will just have to wait to find out, while Capello continues to experiment with a hopeless team crimped by gross mismanagement of the sport.
Russia first hired a foreign coach for the national team, Guus Hiddink, in 2004, after the squad lost 1-7 to Portugal -- its most humiliating defeat. Another billionaire, Chelsea club owner Roman Abramovich, paid his salary of 2 million euros a year. It was a revolution: While many Russian fans demanded a competent coach from overseas to lift up the team, it was a difficult political decision. In Russia, as in many other countries, soccer fandom is directly linked to patriotism, and to some occasional fans, the national team's performance even has geopolitical implications. So was putting a foreigner at the wheel a disgrace, or was it a sign that Russia was a new kind of global power, wealthy and not shy about opening up to the world?
It all depended on Hiddink's performance, and he performed. In 2008, after many experiments with the lineup and some harsh functional training, Russia took third place in the European championship, the nation's best post-Soviet achievement to date. On its way to the bronze, it trounced the Netherlands, Hiddink's native country. I still remember that game and the jubilant honking of, it seemed, every one of Moscow's 4 million cars in celebration. Russia was a European country with a European coach and one of the best teams on the continent.
After that fairy-tale episode, Russia's national team has been led by a succession of foreign coaches: first, another Dutchman, Dick Advocaat, then Capello, a major star who had coached the best European clubs and then managed England's national team, where he was liked and respected by players, if not by association officials.
The only way to lure him to Russia was to offer oodles of money. The RFS agreed to all of Capello's terms in 2012, and he did OK at first, helping Russia qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, where he was the best-paid coach. Once there, the team died early, but Capello had a new contract. The weekly Novaya Gazeta published it in April. The salary, bonuses and perks are incredible. Apart from the guaranteed 7 million euros a year, for example, Capello was to receive more than 14,000 euros per month to rent an apartment in Moscow, enough to secure a palace. And should he be fired before the 2018 World Cup in Russia, he would be due about 32.6 million euros, minus what he would have earned by that time.
Most likely, this contract mechanically continued the terms agreed in 2012. That year, Vladimir Putin had just been re-elected for his third presidential term. Russia still seemed to have ambitions to modernize and become a global player, and it still had profits from oil priced at more than $100 per barrel. But economic growth was slowing as the state tightened its grip on the economy and bureaucrats and law enforcement bosses took a greater cut of businesses' profits. There remained lots of money and glamour, but the country was no longer performing.
Neither was Capello's team. He simply had too few good players. In the Russian national championship, clubs aren't allowed to field more than seven foreign players (out of 11) in a game, which means Russian stars don't really compete with the expensive foreign "legionnaires," as they are known. Clubs need them to fill the quota, and the native players make millions, even if they are no match for their teammates from Europe, Latin America and Africa.
Capello has been extremely thorough, looking at every eligible player in the national championship. In the latest game, a European championship qualifier against Austria, he suddenly played two youngsters without Premier League experience. It smacked of desperation: Russia lost 0-1. During the 2014 World Cup, Usmanov called Capello the Russian team's best player, adding wryly, "But he can't be on the field." So Russia isn't certain its team will qualify for the European tournament, lagging behind Austria and Sweden.
In the current political climate, tolerating a foreign manager of the national team seems unpatriotic. If he loses, it's an indignity. "Pitiful," Putin's chief of staff Sergei Ivanov muttered to journalists after the Austria game. The big oil money is gone, the economy is in recession, so the RFS has constantly held back Capello's salary. Only Usmanov has allowed the organization to get rid of the arrears.
Starting next season, the cap on the number of foreign players will be lifted on Putin's personal orders, allowing clubs to play as many foreigners as they want in any single game, provided they have no more than 10 on their rosters. That should boost competition, but the change probably comes too late for Capello, or his successor if Usmanov coughs up the severance money, to do anything in time for Euro 2016 and even the 2018 World Cup. Russia has chosen to part ways with the West, but it doesn't have any great ideas about what to do on its own. What's going on with the national soccer team is evidence of this sorry state of affairs.