England’s coaching crisis
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- England’s coaching crisis
- England’s coaching crisis
- Great disinfectant, but don’t drink Irish moonshine
- Mourinho favourite for England job
- Put quota on foreign players says Nigel
- ‘One Laptop Per Child’ programme extended
England’s coaching crisis
BBC News - Nov 23, 2007
Jose Mourinho, Phil Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Fabio Capello and Northern Ireland’s Martin O’Neill are the favourites for Steve McClaren’s former job, with Stuart Pearce and Alan Shearer trailing behind them as the best-placed Englishmen. Howard Wilkinson, chairman of the League Managers Association, says the reluctance of the leading Premiership clubs to recruit English bosses is largely to blame. Now English managers are in a minority in the Premier League, with only seven of the 20 clubs having a home-grown boss.
England’s coaching crisis
BBC News - Nov 23, 2007
Jose Mourinho, Phil Scolari, Guus Hiddink, Fabio Capello and Northern Ireland’s Martin O’Neill are the favourites for Steve McClaren’s former job, with Stuart Pearce and Alan Shearer trailing behind them as the best-placed Englishmen. Howard Wilkinson, chairman of the League Managers Association, says the reluctance of the leading Premiership clubs to recruit English bosses is largely to blame. Now English managers are in a minority in the Premier League, with only seven of the 20 clubs having a home-grown boss.
Great disinfectant, but don’t drink Irish moonshine
The Independent - Independent - Nov 23, 2007
But its primary purpose is “to delight the heart”, as one medieval enthusiast put it or, as a playwright said, to “bring a shock of joy to the blood”. The poteen business probably started in Ireland in the early 17th century, and by 1700 2,000 stills were producing about two million gallons. It was when a British government attempted to tax the home-grown industry that it was driven underground. Thereafter it was produced in out-houses and even caves as a sort of rebel spirit, subject to periodic raids by police and revenue men who would break up the equipment and pour away the poteen. The Catholic Church staged anti-poteen missions, finding part of Co Galway in the 1930s to be “debauched by poteen”. Priests exhorted its makers to hand over their equipment, which they did with great reluctance. Poteen-making was a useful source of income in the impoverished west of Ireland, but it was also viewed as a near-necessity in fishing communities where life was tough and dangerous.
Mourinho favourite for England job
NEWS.com.au - Nov 23, 2007
Speaking after Steve McClaren was sacked for failing to guide the squad to Euro 2008, FA Chief Executive Brian Barwick said the search for his successor would not be restricted to English or British candidates. "I don’t think nationality will be an issue," said Barwick, the man who effectively appointed McClaren in the aftermath of the 2006 World Cup. Although Barwick made overtures at the time to both Guus Hiddink and Luiz Felipe Scolari, the FA had expressed a clear preference for a home-grown successor to Sven Goran Eriksson, England’s first overseas coach. That helped McClaren get the job and his failure to repeat Eriksson’s success has inevitably influenced thinking about what England should do next. Former Real Madrid and AC Milan coach Fabio Capello was quick to declare his interest in the job. The Italian is unemployed after leaving Real and he told Italian TV channel Rai: "Me to coach England? It would be a challenge, a beautiful test to overcome and I would have the right age. "
While Capello has an impressive pedigree, it is Mourinho who has been installed as the bookmakers’ favourite.
Put quota on foreign players says Nigel
Belfast Telegraph - Nov 23, 2007
"Clubs should be able to sign three to four foreigners and that’s the limit. " While these players are coming in a lot of our players are being pushed further and further down the pecking order. "I think it shows - there’s none of the home nations going to the Euro finals next summer. "There should be an agreement between the Premier League and all Football League clubs where you are allowed so many foreign players and there’s got to be a certain quota of home-grown talent. "I think that would be a big way forward and would help all the home nations. It would bring a change in fortunes. " More articles in Premiership… " While these players are coming in a lot of our players are being pushed further and further down the pecking order. "I think it shows - there’s none of the home nations going to the Euro finals next summer. "There should be an agreement between the Premier League and all Football League clubs where you are allowed so many foreign players and there’s got to be a certain quota of home-grown talent. "I think that would be a big way forward and would help all the home nations. It would bring a change in fortunes. " More articles in Premiership.
‘One Laptop Per Child’ programme extended
Hindu - Nov 23, 2007
“Because so many people have asked for more time to participate either individually or in order to organise local and national groups to which they belong, we have decided to extend ‘Give One, Get One’ through the end of this year. ”
The computers were dreamed up as $100 (euro67) laptops, but for now cost $188 (euro126). The laptop has a home-grown user interface designed for children, boasts built-in wireless networking, uses very little power and can be recharged by hand with a pulley or a crank. Its display has separate indoor and outdoor settings so it can be read in full sunlight, something that even expensive laptops lack. Mass production was delayed until early this month because of reluctance from some potential buyers.