Capello's successor

Many coaches or managers in the world game will look at the vacant England's managerial seat and think twice about applying for and even taking it.  It's a well paid job - one of the best paid coaching positions in the world, which consists of watching Premier League matches on the regular, getting England's best players together and preparing them for international tournaments at luxury hotels and training facilities.  There is the occasional trip to the FA HQ but that can be tacked onto a day at the shops.  All this doesn't sound too bad! 

The negative aspects of the job is where lots of managers will lose interest.   The coverage the open seat has caused in the British media is already manic.  The papers are awash with 'what really happened in that meeting', bookmakers are taking bets on all possible new comers, and twitter is rife with people declaring that the FA should employ 'one of our own'.

These three downsides are enough to turn anyone off.  The media and press will look to build you up before smashing you to pieces on their back, and more likely, front pages with exposes about private lives, financial history's and kiss-and-tells from anyone willing to sell a story.  The bookies will be sharpening the swords for the new boss as soon as they take the job, on when they will get fired and whether they will win the Euro's or get knocked out in the group stage.  The British public will expect the world, literally, in the form of the World Cup and before that European domination this summer.  If it's a foreign coach, they're on to a loser from the start as the FA and the polls say they'd prefer an English coach.  That's not a great way to do business for a new hire.  Limiting yourself off the bat to a shortlist, and a very 'short' list at that, of viable English candidates is professional suicide in most cases, why is football any different?

Looking at the possible English candidates you see why employing a local boy might not be the best bet.  Yes there's Harry Redknapp, a man who has won the FA cup and coached one season in the Champions League, but is he the answer?  He has said previously that he'd like to manage England one day, but maybe the time isn't right for him just yet, he's enjoying his time at Spurs and they're having a great year so far.  There is talk of him seeing out the season at White Hart Lane and taking a 'part-time' role with England.  Nothing spells amateur more than 'part-time'.  'Arry is popular now amongst pockets of the general public, hated by others (Gooners), but if he loses a couple of games that will quickly change, and has he got the necessary tactical knowledge to compete on the international stage? 

If it's not Harry for whatever reason then who is left?

Woy Hodgson - He's too busy banging his head against the wall at West Brom and couldn't even get Liverpool to play football.

Psycho Pearce - His nickname is Psycho and he hasn't done much in the professional managerial game

Alan Pardew - like so many people who we're never in the running have, has ruled himself out.
Alan Curbishley - Charlton hasn't been the same without him...
Big Sam - Want to beat Spain? He'll help us do it physically at least!

Trevor Brooking - He's old and knocks around at the FA, maybe he could be 'caretaker' manager 'cos he looks more like a janitor than anything else.

There aren't maybe that many foreign coaches interested because of the press and pressure. But at least have a good look at whats on offer before limiting ourselves to the few options in the English game.