I should drop of graduate school

So I can write about soccer full time. Since I started this program, my focus has been shifted from the beautiful game to the ugly world of international terrorism and crime and all those yucky things. Once good ideas has come from this though, I am currently enrolled in a law enforcement intel class and the training I get from it could possibly land me a job working for the MET in London. It would be ground zero for my doctorate research.

So, as far as English football is concerned, most things are the same. One of the top four teams that normally lead the Prem are leading the Prem in the form of Arsenal. England has failed to qualify for a big competition, what else is new? The FA has fired yet another coach for the national team. But, the interesting thing is who could be filling the role of gaffer for the country that spawned the damn sport.

The Special One. Jose Mourinho. That's right, the manager who loves the English game is considering making a return to the game he loves oh so much. Now, there are a few issues that come out of this. First, Jose is playing a nice little cat and mouse game with the FA boys. He has went from not wanting to coach in England for a year, to wanting to coach the national team, and now he it is rumored that he has withdrawn his interest because he wants to coach a club in Europe. I can't speculate who would want to bring Jose on as the manager. With his attitude, he would probably try and outshine the players. So that would mean no top flight clubs. So, Jose is indecisive, how does this effect the situation? England is looking for a gaffer that can come in and get things on the ball. World Cup qualifiers will start soon and you very well can't march onto the pitch without someone to tell Wayne Rooney to shoot from outside the box or tell John Terry to press up on the strikers.

Speaking of the skipper for England, Terry brings up another issue in this. JT has went on record saying that he wants Jose to captain the national team. This is obviously a reaction to Jose leaving the Bridge a few months ago. This would cause conflict among the team. I think Mourinho would play favorites and who better to be his favorite than his old squads skipper?

Do I like the Special One. Hell yeah I do. I think he is a great manager but England needs something different. When Mourinho arrived at the Bridge, like most top flight managers, he had a group of stellar players. That's not to say that the England national squad isn't amazing, they lack the cohesion that Jose would be use to working with. I think the social pressure would hurt the team as well. Jose, being the manager he is, would be expected to rework English football in a few weeks. Fergie couldn't do that himself and he is perhaps one of the greatest gaffers to have coached.

When it comes down to it, I think Martin O'Neil could be a great manager. He plays a style close to what the English would play having come from Ireland. He is also a more low profile individual and wouldn't carry the level of press that Jose would. England is in need of a special one but I don't think it's Jose this time around.