You've got to give� Steve McClaren some credit. The man was a pitiful England manager, but for a brief moment in time he was able to derail one of the most powerful forces in modern football:� David Beckham.

When Becks stepped down as England's captain after the� 2006 World Cup, McClaren dropped him entirely from the team.

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An adage in coaching i used to hear often about any manger who's team began to falter after a good season was "He became dumb over night" Referring to a coach or manager who led a side to great results one year but followed it up with disastrous results the following year. Many may be thinking this about Marco Giampaolo who only a few weeks ago received a ringing endorsement from Don Fabio Cappello. Click to continue reading...

Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour was full of praise for young Jack Wilshere after the 17 year old's performance in last weekend's Emirates Cup.

He told Sky Sports News:

Jack Wilshere at the weekend was absolutely different class and that's a benchmark for these young kids.

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Dan Mobbs writes at ThreeMatchBan.com.

The result was never in doubt against part-timers Andorra, but Fabio Cappello's England fielded a strong side and cruised to a 6-0 victory, demonstrating the Italian's respect for the opposition, although this was something perhaps that wasn't reflected by other members of the England entourage.

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Spain chewed England up and spit them out. There was no other way that the game could be put.   It was ironic to have done it to Fabio Cappello's team in Spain.   The home side was simply a machine and there was no doubt that they are the best team in the world. "Barca-Pool" dominated from the [. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid continue to pursue Barcelona in the La Liga race.   They could have the ideal opportunity to cut some points if things go their way.   They will play against a Racing side that has one of the hottest goalscorers in the league right now.   Nikola Zigic has scored four goals in five matches and [. Click to continue reading...

If I had any doubts as to George Metellus being Fabio Cappello's lovechild, they ended after this video began to make its rounds on YouTube. Fabio Cappello left English fans thinking that he prepared the same way as Sven-Göran Eriksson.   Others looked at him as ¨Smooth Don Fabio¨ who has experience in social art of [. Click to continue reading...

Gabriele Marcotti has added some good commentary on the criticism Fabio Cappello was receiving about his position of Steven Gerrard in last week's friendly defeat to the Czech Republic,
I was a bit nonplussed last week. After the friendly against the Czech Republic, I found out that Fabio Capello was apparently "killing" Steven Gerrard's career by playing him "on the left wing". Click to continue reading...

The fan of international ball that reads this site is familiar with Fabio Cappello, recently chosen to lead England's national team. How familiar are you with his previous position as head of Real Madrid? Goal.com looks at the beautiful game as it's played in Spain and compares and contrasts the approaches being taken by Real, Barcelona and the others.

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