Comments on: Empoli? Stai scherzando? http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/07/empoli-stai-scherzando/ For North American fans of the Italian game Mon, 03 Mar 2008 06:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vin http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/07/empoli-stai-scherzando/#comment-140 Vin Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:56:15 +0000 http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/07/empoli-stai-scherzando/#comment-140 It definitely sounds as though Capello and Mourinho are undeniably being considered. A meeting with the FA is a good indicator of that, so I have no doubts that they're at least contenders. I know that the McClaren era was a dissatisfying one for the English, as you pointed out, Martha, but I really thought that the English had some disdain for Italians... at least enough to make them think twice about considering an Italian coach. I'll be honest... My surprise at the FA's considering of Mourinho and Capello is probably rooted in my own bais: I want the coach of the Azzurri to be an Italian, and as a result, I expected the English to want an Englishman. It definitely sounds as though Capello and Mourinho are undeniably being considered. A meeting with the FA is a good indicator of that, so I have no doubts that they’re at least contenders.

I know that the McClaren era was a dissatisfying one for the English, as you pointed out, Martha, but I really thought that the English had some disdain for Italians… at least enough to make them think twice about considering an Italian coach.

I’ll be honest… My surprise at the FA’s considering of Mourinho and Capello is probably rooted in my own bais: I want the coach of the Azzurri to be an Italian, and as a result, I expected the English to want an Englishman.

]]> By: Martha http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/07/empoli-stai-scherzando/#comment-139 Martha Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:43:57 +0000 http://www.serieamerica.com/blog/2007/12/07/empoli-stai-scherzando/#comment-139 I think it's less about learning the lesson of the last non-English coach than it is the one of the last English coach -- life under McClaren surely has put a gag on anyone in the FA who would have insisted on a Englishman. Plus, if the giant wave of stories (from the actual press, as well as the tabloids) can be even a little believed, the two front-runners are both foreign. The "English-only" crowd is being very much ignored this time around, and with good reason. I think it’s less about learning the lesson of the last non-English coach than it is the one of the last English coach — life under McClaren surely has put a gag on anyone in the FA who would have insisted on a Englishman. Plus, if the giant wave of stories (from the actual press, as well as the tabloids) can be even a little believed, the two front-runners are both foreign. The “English-only” crowd is being very much ignored this time around, and with good reason.

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