If 'Arry replaces Capello who replaces 'Arry?

Crustanoid

Harry would be an utter idiot to leave Spurs. They are improving all the time, have fantastic players, they are a proper club, don't have a corrupt oil baron for an owner ready to fire him on a whim or a leech who saddles the club with debt and restrict his spending. It's probably the best top club job there is right now. Why would anyone in their right mind swap that for some shitty media-ravaged masochism-fest?

Zarlak

I don't either. He makes me fall asleep in interviews, he doesn't seem to have any bite to him either and always comes across as timid to me. I just can't see him handling players the way other managers do. Although I could be wrong about that, I'm obviously not privy to the way he deals with his players. It's just how he comes across.

Annihilate Now!

In the last 5 seasons he's led Everton to finish 6th, 5th, 5th, 8th and 7th, all whilst spending a net off approimately £10 million pounds (so that's an average £2mil spent per season on average)... only Arsenal beat that in terms of spending to final league position... so Moyes must be doing something right.

I agree with Popper... when he leaves Everton, I can't see them doing half as well as they have under Moyes.

Cheesy

I think that Pearce will take over until the end of the season, when Redknapp will leave Spurs to take over. This means that he can give Spurs the full season, to see how well they can do.

After that, I think Mourinho will take over. He's clearly not happy at Real Madrid anymore, and he keeps on hinting that he would want to return to England. I can't see him going to any other club than Spurs right now.

peterstorey

Comes across as a hard bastard to me, watch those cold eyes. Don't think he can play attacking football though, which means he's at his level.

Zarlak

Wut? I was talking about Moyes.

Drifter

My mistake.

kouroux

What's so attracting about the England job ? Is it the pay (I always thought national team coaches generally earn less than club coaches) ? Is it the bullshit prestige ?
What could possibly attract Redknapp ?

Zarlak

He can finally sign Beckham.

I'm always right

The prestige obviously, and the chance to:

a) become a national treasure
b) be knighted
c) fulfill a lifetime's ambition that started 35 years ago in Seattle.

Zen86

Except he'll:

a) do shit with a shit team
b) win nothing
c) be on jobseekers shortly after

I'm always right

Cheers Zen, can I have the lottery numbers for Saturday?

These kinds of posts are hilarious.

Even if all those points you make end up true, he will have still achieved his lifetime goal, not many of us can say that.

Plan M

I don't think he's timid - I reckon the players will fear him.

He's just a half decent manager in my opinion. Everton and Moyes are made for each other. Horrible stadium, horrible manager, horrible style of football.

Yet a few Cafites would love him at United. Can you imagine the shit on a stick football we'd play with Dour in charge? Good god.

GlastonSpur

Around 32m, spread over the 7 transfer windows since he arrived, which makes for an average of 4.5m per window.

Gazza

Managing your national team? Pretty obvious what the attraction would be for someone who a) loves football and b) loves their country. Honestly!

kouroux

The England job is rotten to the core.

Gazza

Like I said, it's pretty obvious where the attraction comes from if you're an English football manager.

Zen86

Failing and being vilified by the media?

peterstorey

He's managed to nearly double the wage bill to £91m though.

africanspur

We've been over this Pete. The rise in wage bill correlates with the rise in revenue (now 11th highest in the world) and is controlled by Levy, not Redknapp. The wage bill was going along pretty nicely ( at around half yours) until we got into the CL, when all kinds of clauses were activated.

As it is, we're still significantly behind the other 5 clubs in and around us.

Barbara Charles

Capello was being paid 6 million pounds a year. I doubt that is what Harry is getting paid at Spurs.

I'm always right

Being his national team's manager you twerp.

Zen86

I should think he'd be better off winning things, which he has more chance of at Spurs.

noodlehair

I'd love to see Holloway in charge of England.

Well actually I wouldn't, because I actually like him, and the job slowly turn him into some kind of mad, cretinous gargoyle, like it does everyone else

Ringo 07

Moyes would be the hot favourite to take over from Arry if the wheeler deeler cockny does indeed take the England job. Arry is the right man for England thats for sure!

golden_blunder

I dont think Arry will take the England job

he'd miss the transfer window too much!

Denis' cuff

not playing attacking football hasn't done you lot much harm - pre-Wenger, of course.

PJ

Hodgson 20/1, gotta be value there.

peterstorey

George had a very nice side with a class midfield of Thomas, Davis and Rocastle early on. It was only after he got Ian Wright and replaced the midfield with a few donkeys that he got really defensive. The first Arsenal side I saw scored 90 goals in a season (but unfortunately let in 84!).

Cheesy

I don't think Spurs will go for him. It's clear from his spell at Liverpool that he's not a man cut out for managing big clubs in Champions League contention. He would be too big a risk for them.

PJ

I wandered into the wrong thread, meant that for the England manager thread.

GlastonSpur

I'm not so sure Harry will take the England job if he's offered it.

I think he'll stay with Spurs for the rest of this season at least and reckon there's a decent chance he'll want to stay for another crack at the CL, assuming we qualify of course.

His current contract runs until summer 2013. Levy will want him to see that out and Harry may well be inclined to go along with this. That would still leave him with the chance of taking charge of England 12 months ahead of the Brazil World Cup.

PJ

I've laid him at 3/2 on, don't think he'll take it.

peterstorey

He's got a gentleman's agreement with Levy to be released if England come calling.

De Selby

I don't know if someone's mentioned him already, but Mourinho taking over wouldn't be beyond the realms of possibility.

peterstorey

He's on £10M a year at Real and likes to spend in proportion. Liverpool or City if Mancini fucks up.

mr.suave

Hmmm, possibly. Didn't he say he came close last time the FA were recruiting?

Would be a decent enough option for him if a) Fergie's proposed retirement date of 2014 has any substance to it, and b) he actually has any desire to take over as United manager when Fergie calls it a day.

GlastonSpur

Whether that's true or not doesn't really matter, because I doubt Levy would force him to stay against his will.

Keeping an unwilling manager is not the same as keeping an unwilling player (pace Modric) - it's just not practical because the manager is key.

De Selby

It'd cost a lot to get him, certainly. But Spurs haven't been tight with transfer spending or wages over the past few years.

He'd be entering into a nice situation there as it stands: good squad, more than likely in the CL next season, and again, he'd have money to spend. Not to the same extent he's had at Madrid, but not an insignificant amount. Plus, the job might appeal to his ego: a side that's threatened to do something significant for decades but hasn't really had the wherewithal to push on, and he might think he's the man to do it.

peterstorey

Well he's off in May then?