Roy Hodgson is set to start talks with the Football Association today and expected to be appointed England manager within days.
The FA says the West Brom manager, 64, is the only person it has approached about succeeding Fabio Capello.
Hodgson has extensive international experience, having managed Switzerland, United Arab Emirates and Finland, and domestic teams in Sweden, Italy and England.
Bernstein said: "Roy is the only manager we have approached and we remain on course to make an appointment within the timescale we set out."
The four-man panel which will decide who takes over from Capello are
:arrow: Bernstein, FA general secretary
:arrow: Alex Horne, FA director of football development
:arrow: Sir Trevor Brooking and
:arrow: managing director of Club England Adrian Bevington.
Bernstein approached West Brom on Saturday and was given permission to speak to Hodgson, who is likely to be appointed on a long-term basis.
It is expected any contract will cover the three tournaments up to and including Euro 2016, at which point he will be two months short of his 69th birthday.
Hodgson's contract with West Brom ends on 30 June.
the last four england managers
fabio capello 2008- 2011
steve mcclaren 2006-2007
sven goran eriksson 2001-2006
peter taylor 2000-2001
total trophies ? none
total tournaments where england did well? none
the last major tournament was the world cup under capello. a man they were paying 6 million pounds a year to, and we came home a total laughing stock. in fact capello was so embarrassed by it, that he quit the job sooner than he should have, is it any wonder. the FA's decisions on managers is at best pathetic and at worst fucking idiotic.
now the FA have it seems decided to do what they usually do, and appoint another useless manager. Roy Hodgson is a decent enough guy but the last time he was in charge of a big club in Liverpool he did what exactly?
he has never won any trophies of any note and frankly i am bemused at the decision. well actually no i am not as the peeple who make the decisions at the FA, could not run a bath between them.
is it any wonder that england have won nothing since 1966?
this is a good read.
Oh dear. Quoting Lolerpool fans as fonts of all football knowledge. :huh:
In the corresponding time, Hodgson has won an 'insipid' total of 66 points at West Brom, while at the same time over the same period, the so-called King Kenny has a massive 68 points.
Hodgson suffered at Lolerpool because he wasn't Dalgleish. He'll suffer with England because he isn't Redknapp. The 'Arry loving media will see to that, conveniently forgetting that Redknapp is a very average manager. In 30 years as a manager, he's won the 3rd Division title with Bournemouth, the Inter-Toto Cup with West Ham and The FA Cup with Pompey, after spending millions and eventually bankrupting the club. Hodgson has managed teams to 12 league titles (in Sweden and Finland), finished second in Serie A with Inter (and reaching the UEFA Cup Final) and qualified for World Cups and European championships with Finland and Switzerland. I'd rather have an England side managed by Hodgson than Redknapp, who would quickly be found to be out of his depth. Though, having said that, it would've been interesting to see who the press would have blamed if Redknapp had got the job and it all went tits up.
Roy names his first team.
1 Wobinson
2 Wichards
3 Bwidge
4 Tewwy
5 Wio
6 Bawwy
7 Gewward
8 Wwilshere
9 Wooney
10 Cwouch
11 Stuwwidge
Hodgson has won trophies. Whether you regard 12 Swedish and Finnish league titles as "tin pot" is your prerogative. The fact remains that he has won much more than media darling and "people's choice" Redknapp (a 3rd Division title with Bournemouth, The Inter-Toto Cup {the very definition of Tin pot} with West Ham and The FA Cup with Pompey, where he spent millions and bankrupted the club). Hodgson did something very few other English managers had the balls to do. He tried his hand abroad. It was this foreign experience that set him up for the England job rather than any trophies. Hodgson's knowledge of European football is vast. That is what The FA have looked at.
Oh, and by the way, West Brom finishing in mid-table is a great achievement for a club of our size. We've spent a tiny fraction compared to some of the so-called bigger clubs. Consider Liverpool; £100 million+ spent and we enter the last 2 games of the season just 3 points behind them.
Well it's a done deal now and he is officially the England Manager, let us all hope he is the best England Manager ever no matter what we think of his appointment we should all support him now because supporting him is supporting England. (media critics are you reading this please)
thing that we do know is that Hodgson has international experiance...and he is good at making average sides better !! England right now are an average side...very average in reality. If we get out of the group stage in the Euro's it can be deemed a success I think. Like he has done with Fulham and Sandwell Town...lets hope he gets the team actually punching above its weight !!
star could you name a manager that could entice the present bunch of gambling,boozing,fillanering,cocky,over confident,dummy spitting underachiever's we currently call the England squad to actually get into the final of major event then I'm all ears
other than that if hodgson is daft enough to take the job then let him have i say and pay him well enough to suffer having pics of veg on his head in national newspapers :dry:
England Managers past, present and future have one major obstacle, the Premiership elite, the Sir Alex and others who will not release players to train together or even occasionally for friendly matches.
We do have some players who despite thier off pitch antics can produce the goods, but a team needs time to gel and to work together, our greatest England teams have been produced in times when many of the squad have come from the same teams like Liverpool and Man Utd.
There have been times when as many as 8 of the squad have come from the same team, then they have gelled together very well, they know how each other play and can anticipate moves better, those times are gone because so many foreign players are in squads now, so it is even more important that the England squad gets some time to work together.
Remember when England could choose the great Manchester Squad of Charlton, Stiles and co and more recently when Utd had a squad to offer that included The Neville Bros, Scholes, David May, Beckham and those other youngsters that took Utd back to the top of the league and held them there.
Managers like Sir Alex will not allow the England Squad to get together enough for fear of injury to thier players or tiredness, or a weakening of thier squads and I can see thier point but until England do train together they will not be able to create that special magic that is needed to win trophies at an International level.
I think Hodgson is the best choice for England manager.
He has vast experience, including managing Inter Milan, he performed miracles with the Swiss national side. He got one of the biggest jobs in English football, by going to Liverpool, and would have done better, had the club not been owned by Hicks and Gillett,and it is obvious he didn't get the full 100% support and effort from the squad there. And he also did a fantastic job with West Brom, and helped them punch above their weight.
Yes, much negative comment is said, but I think people are judging him too soon.
I think we can safely write off Euro 2012, but I also think we should look to World Cup 2014 and beyond to see any real shape to his squads/teams, and I think that he will look more to the younger players, looking at ability, rather than picking the 'superstar' players, as that is what we have always done. For far too long, players have been picked for their status, rather than their form, and that is what holds England back.
a manager goes to the chairman/owner of that club and asks to buy a player. it is then up to the chairman/owner to bankroll the cheque. if the chairman/owner is dumb enough to sign cheques like they are going out of fashion, and then to the detriment of the club where bankruptcy happens, how is that anyones fault except the chairman/owners :dunno: or are you saying that a manger holds and signs the cheques :dunno:
