Friday, November 30, 2007

MOURINHO SHOULD BE NEXT ENGLAND BOSS SAYS LEADING SPORTS PSYCHOLOGIST

Jose Mourinho ticks all the boxes to be England manager and could transform the team from losers into winners, according to leading sports psychologist Dr George Sik.

The Portuguese coach walked out of Stamford Bridge in September as Chelsea's most successful-ever manager after winning six trophies in three glorious years.

Dr Sik believes there is a dearth of talented, available English coaches able to handle and motivate the national side. But Mourinho could be the answer.

"Mourinho is a superb man-manager and motivator," said Dr Sik. "He has tremendous optimism and belief, to the point of arrogance.

"Optimism is one of the most stable aspects of the human condition and he is also very good at gelling a team.

"It is certainly difficult to think very highly of yourself if you don't have the deepest respect of the entire team. Mourinho would achieve that more than anyone else.

"He would be the people's choice and he ticks all the boxes as far as any individual can in terms of having all of the qualities that are associated with winning."

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Friday, November 16, 2007

COHEN: ENGLAND WILL NEVER WIN WORLD CUP ON FOREIGN SOIL

World Cup winner George Cohen believes England will never be good enough to win
the finals on foreign soil.

The 1966 winner, a severe critic of Steve McClaren, claims England's only chance of winning the Jules Rimet trophy for a second time will be in 2018, if FIFA select them to host the tournament.

The former Fulham full-back said: "As it stands England will never be able to win a World Cup on foreign soil. The players are just not good enough.

"The English players are awful, and Steve McClaren should have gone long ago. Even Alf Ramsey was sacked, and he won a World Cup!

"They might get a chance if the World Cup comes to us in 2018. But Fifa are trying to stuff that up, so I'm not sure England will win another tournament for a while."

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Sunday, May 27, 2007

Becks is recalled to the England squad - the first time since Steve McClaren dropped him from his first squad in August. Read the article here.

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