We must have the worst sports media in the world in this country. Now i know Sven is a bumbling idiot who seems to follow his penis from one controversy to another but i can't for the life of me understand why a newspaper would go all out to trick him into saying stupid stuff just 6 months before a World Cup begins. Sure they sell a few more papers for a week or so but at what expense?
I'm not Erickson's biggest fan, i never have been but he compares pretty favourably against what went before. Keegan was a disaster, Hoddle had it good for a short time but screwed it up, Venables was too odgy for his own good and Taylor was a disaster.
I just figured with just 6 months to go that fans and media (to some extent) would rally together to give the manager and the team a bit of support now that qualification is in the bag and the last performance was excellent against Argentina.
Would the media in Spain or even Italy pull something like this 6 months before a major finals?