So here we are again,awaiting the appointment of yet another saviour of English football! How many times do we have to watch the National team's inability to string more than two passes to-gether,to run intelligently off the ball and to look comfortable on the ball before we realise that our players are short of ability and creativity.They should possess these talents long before they reach the International stage leaving the coach to decide tactics,attitude and mind-set etc. It's too late for him to teach them basic skills and too few of them possess these.
All Croatia's recent Wembley goals came from clever inter-passing through the inside-forward positions.I don't recall them once relying on the lottery of the long high cross into the penalty box.They were a delight to watch compared to our so predictable ineptitude.

Denis Cox, Shepperton, England

Mourinho is exactly the man england need. we have the players they just need to be taught how to be winners. i just think england dont deserve him.

simon, london, england

Mourinho is a wonderful manager. He brought Chelsea up the ranks in a hard time and I'm sure he will bring England up and through into South Africa.

Jake, Postwall, Georgia

what conceivable evidence is there that a manager with a 'passion for England' would be any use? What would he do - read Churchillian speeches in the changing rooms? No wonder we lose games.

steve fenton, Bristol, uk

I'm one of those pre-premiere league snobs who can't abide the strategy of Chealsea of 'trying' to buy trophys.

That said... (and openening myself up for multiple responses)What can go wrong with Mourinho? He won't bow to player pressure so can handle big personalities, has a some good stategic one/two touch football style of play... and hey.. It will at least be ammusing! PLus, we might actually genuinley contend for something.

RL, Surrey,

Barlow should go, he's the one who gave us Mac and let the team place on a 4th rate pitch

mark, Bournemouth, England

An England team should have an English Manager. Not someone who has no passion for the nation however much pasion they may have for the game.

David Brown, Durham, ENGLAND

we need another angle to our team, maybe Mourinho or a south American manager. But lets get it done, i think the FA boss should be sacked to for the choice of manager.

matt, basildon, uk

I don't think that Mourinho is the right man for the job.
I think is Fabio Capello the right man .

carmine, venice, italy

Mourinho would be a great choice as England manager. A great record of success at club level with a great ability to play the media.

He saw how Sven was treated and also was here during the World Cup when he will have seen just what the football loving public hope for from their national team.


If we go English - I would say Harry Redknapp. If we go foreign - Jose all the way. It might be crash and burn, but what a trip and, who knows, a Portuguese manager might just deliver us the World Cup.

Richard B, Plymouth,

Mourinho is absolutely the right man for the job. Fresh ideas, a proven track record and independent too - just like Brian Clough would have been in the England job - perfect - and like all England managers *should be*.

If we are ever going to have any success, we need a Mourinho/Clough type - I don't mind if they fail because they will play the right way and not tell the players to vanish into their own shells and "not play" - a guaranteed method of failure at the Euros and World Cups and a source of 40 years of English footballing frustration ever since the 1970 World Cup Quarter Final. England's problem is they lack bottle and only a man like Mourinho can reinstate that.

One other point - I can't believe we've got the naysayers already out with negative comments. These people obviously get a peverse enjoyment out of seeing England and England managers fail so they can moan. Nothing is ever right with them.

Big Paul, Grants Pass, Oregon, uSA

The Peacock will strut around in his new feathers until the shooting season in August next year and then he'll be off with the job on his CV before a shot is fired in anger. Cue Martin O'Neill Aston Villa gaining a foothold in European competition and a job well enough done to leave with honour.
The FA have to appoint Mourinho or take a big chance on non Anglophone Capello. The others are non starters.
So it is stop gap Mourinho for 9 months.

Joe Straight, Chelmsford,

At last, just reward for the coaches Steve Round and Bill Beswick who singularly failed to get England to play with any shape, possession or defensive cohesion for so many years.
Now, if the FA would only get rid of Ray Clemence our goalkeepers might have a chance.
By the way, it was originally claimed two years ago that Martin O'Neill failed his interview when he insisted on bringing in his own backroom staff to assist in the England coaching. The FA insisting on Steve Round and Bill Beswick being retained from the Sven regime led to the appointment of McClaren when the approach to Big Phil Scolari was bungled.
McClaren was also a failure from the Sven regime.

Adam, Eastcote, Middx, UK