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What's Ian Holloway doing on there? I'd like to see Wenger or Mourniho get it, basically a sophisticated tactical thinker who knows the English game. That basically eliminates all English managers...

And where's this man...?

Yep - Stuart Pearce I reckon.

We need someone who gives a shit really.

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I left off Pearce coz I thought he'd kind of ruled himself out.

As for "why not Allardyce" have you actually watched a Bolton game recently? I'd be ashamed to see an England team play like that. And, although it's effective against average teams, it just wouldn't cut it against the top dogs.

I’ve voted for Jose from that list (surely the England job is the holy grail for “the Special One”), but there’s some names missing: namely Gus Hiddinck (sp?) and Martin O’Neil

Hiddink is favourite, and probably rightly so. It appears that the only thing working against him is that he’s a bachelor and therefore seemingly wide open to lurid tabloid tales; unless of course, he’s a closet gayer with a rentboy fetish in which case: lurid tales x10. Could be fun, either way.

As for O’Neil he was a shoo-in for the United job some years back (FACT) and probably still is, but is probably getting a bit restless. But being Irish probably counts against him. Still, he knows what he’s doing, which rates him above most in that list.

As for the rest: Allardyce is clearly Mike Basset – England Manager with a Bluetooth headset, and Pearce is all enthusiasm and nothing else, which I’m sure we’ve done before (See: Keegan, Kevin, cheer up).

Benitez. What you need is someone who can shape a group of players to do the right things to win one particular competition. Did that with Liverpool last season - using tactics not dissimilar to Cloughie's assaults on Europe.

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Ian Holloway is there just for the prospect of the post-match press conferences. Maybe the FA could create a "media liaison" post and let him have that?

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