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England Possibilities for Euro 2012

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So England have no manager, no captain, no heart going into this up-coming Euro2012 Tournament. It is a nation that needs complete re-building from top to bottom. Which is why it is surely important to introduce Harry Redknapp as England manager sooner then later. But then again why Harry? Why not Alan Pardew for the work he has done at Wolves? Why not someone like Terry Venables? Although my personnel favourite to get the job is Ian Holloway which I think we know will NOT happen.  Whoever gets will have a huge task on their hands in employing some new tactics, new staff,new captain, new philosophy to the England side. Harry Redknapp can do all of that well and knows certain players and knows how to get the best out of them. The job he has done at Tottenham is incredible conjuring up a nearly 50% win percentage since he has been there. So surely there is only one man for the England job? Now if I asked you to name the current England Starting XI without any injuries or any...

One Way Wigan

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Okey , Be Honest... How many of you had actually written Wigan Athletic off at the start of the season? I'll put my hands up because I did. By March I thought they were dead and buried. They were bottom of the league and had picked up a measly 20pts from 27 games. This was as a result of a incredibly poor run of form picking up just 4 wins all season. They being beaten heavily every week. Attendances were falling (of whatever attendance they originally had). At this point in the season which Sir Alex Ferguson calls "Squeaky Bum Time". Something had to give. Let's not be too harsh on Wigan. They have been playing some awesome football at times. It really has been their finishing that has let them down. They have had an incredible 401 shots on goal all season. They have only scored 32 goals this season and conceded 58. This comes at an goal scoring average 0.97 goals per match. This is poor seing as they are letting in on average 1...