Jul 11 2010
Fabio Capello is Making All the Wrong Moves if he Hopes to Launch a New Era
by Ian Winrow
Filed under: England, World Cup 2010
If Fabio Capello was hoping to quickly restore his reputation in the eyes of a now doubting English public, he is going about it in a peculiar way.
Many people appear to believes the coach is fortunate to still be in a job after the debacle of South Africa and the suggestion that the prospect of paying out a hefty compensation package was a major factor in the FA’s decision not to act won’t go away.
All eyes, then, are on Capello who is now charged with lifting a demoralised squad off the floor and setting in place a process of development that will deliver long term success for the nation.
And the initial signs are disappointing to say the least.
Admittedly long term development wasn’t the most prominent part of the brief when he was appointed as the £6 million per year successor to Steve McClaren.
Had Capello made the most of the maturing players at his disposal and delivered success at this summer’s World Cup Finals, the issue of a legacy would have been discreetly swept under the carpet in the tidal wave of celebration.
Instead the opposite happened and rather than peak on the biggest stage, too many of England’s big name players wrote their own international obituaries and, having been embarrassed by Germany’s new wave of talent, the focus is now on the longer term.
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