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The only way that Capello is right for the England job is in relation to the previous two who were fairly hopeless. The decision to employ him was in relation to the previous managers failures in success, he had succeeded previously and therefore the people who hired him expect that success to transmit to the team. As as been proved many times over it is hard to repeat success with different teams who play in different ways. He has to be fair had some wins so far but they have been down to a number of players being at their peak and their opposition being poor.

Capello brought a new ethos to the team and how the players would act while playing and traveling. This is not the priority though, the only thing that counts is what happens on the pitch, the playing and to some extent the discipline of the players. The team needs eleven on the pitch at all times so any players that have a sending of risk must be controlled or replaced if trouble looks imminent. The manager must therefore make quick and decisive decisions, Capello doesn't appear to be someone who would do this as he seems to be someone who wants to put on a good show and wants to appeal to the public. He needs to be decisive and be ready to make hard decisions in order to show he is the boss.

Most British players tend to play in one position for their club teams and tend to have a certain role in this team, therefore for his country he should play in this role or a very similar one. Just because he is the best doesn't mean he should play but in the wrong position. He is the best at a role and should stick to t and not play just to be there. For example England have 4 or 5 world class mid-fielders, the manager needs to choose the 2 for the middle and not play 3 with one on the wing, there are enough wingers to play there already.

The strikers should be the traditional mix of one larger one and one smaller one to run on to a flick on. This is a method that most British teams do in one way or another and for most it works. So crouch and Rooney is one example, crouch to pass the ball on for the quicker Rooney to link into. There are plenty of others who can fulfill both roles and they should be the ones used, not as Capello does and use a midfielder plus a striker.

His real test will be a finals competition, this is where Ericcson failed and Mclaren didn't reach. There are too many players at their peak for us to do it wrong again, we need a strong manager that cant act quickly and bravely.

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