will have to wait and see really i think. it can be hard to tell how a coach will perfom b4 hand.

i do think the FA are absolutly ridiculous in the way they have gone about this, perhaps someone can explain the pressing need for them to announce they would have the next manager in place b4 the world cup. Surely a simple when we find the right man we will let you know would have sufficed. I dont know if its the press's fault, or the fa's fault for pandering to them. 

stupid really as most world class manager have jobs already and are not hanging around the dole queue, after the world cup i am sure some mangers will move on for various reasons giving us much more choice.

I agree, I think Steve's the best of all the English managerial options. He's had experience of working for a big club [Manchester United] and he's had plenty of success with Middlesbrough, taking them from lower-table mediocrity to UEFA cup finalists and producing some inspirational half-time talks.

He's also made a smart move in suggesting that he'd like Terry Venables to be on his coaching team. Venables is a brilliant tactician and man-motivator and his experience would be invaluable for England. The only problem is that there are people high-up in the FA who wouldn't want that to happen,

I agree Martin O'Neill would have been a better choice but after Scolari the FA seemed determined to have an English manager and McLaren was the best of the English ones.

For some reason, the FA seemed to have something against O'Neill.