Sven (good competitive record) Erickson

Well, Sven you did a great job and you will be missed....

I am sure England fans will forgive you for only bringing four strikers to the world cup.
Just because two of them had injury problems and one didn't even get a kick, doesn't mean you were wrong....

It was great watching you send out 11 men and manage to get most of them playing below par.
You are magic.

Just because you kept Beckham as captain instead of giving the honor to Steven Gerrard, we will not hold it against you... After all you had a plan.

I am curious to know, what was your plan?

If it was to play dreary football and get put out on penalties then well done.

However if it was to actually win the tournament, perhaps you were slightly blinkered in your thinking.
After all, I believe that against Portugal in euro 2004 you used the same cautious approach in that game and England ended up going out on penalties...
Well that was just unlucky, so why not try it again?

Perhaps, the reason you should have tried to win the game is that drawing games is not so good in the knockout stages... If you do not loose but fail to win, it will result in a penalty shootout...
Like in Portugal 2004... That we lost... remember that?


Things are gonna change though...

Now England can look forward to a new manager,,, Steve Mclaren....

Who has proven himself at club level?
Well,,, he seems nice...

Who needs Martin O'Neil when you can have Super Steve?
What has O'Neil got that Mclaren lacks anyway?

Just because he has won tittles and got the best out of most of the players he has had playing for him.

Just because he has a great attitude that is so infectious it helps motivate and inspire players where ever he goes.

After all, Mclaren is great...

He has a nice hair cut and everything...

But back to Sven,,,,

All sarcasm aside, Sven is and always will be a massive fuck head.
He is a big bag of steaming shite and will not be missed.
His brand of boring uninspiring gerbil like management has been an embarrassment..

I really feel that I myself having no formal qualifications and the distinct lack of a "good competitive record" would have been able to do a better job... But they never asked me.. What can you do?

It's all over for another few years....

So I'll just have to settle for roaring on Germany and France in the remaining games... So come on Deutschland and viva la France....