Let us also for a moment consider the history of England as an international team. In the history of the game England has only won one competition worth talking about - for those of you from Mars it was the World Cup in 1966 (A tournament where every game for England was a home tie played at Wembley, so ours to lose really). Whatever the media say before each tournament about this one being the one, England have never succeeded as promised. So to blame Capello for this latest failure would seem wrong - he is just the latest in a long and distinguished line of managers who has failed to deliver for whatever reason.
So I don't think that he as manager is necessarily bad at the job - far from it. However I do have one major concern over his appointment. After a period of time in the job he still requires a translator to help him out at press conferences. How can you possibly effectively manage anything, but especially a football team that requires quick communication in the heat of the moment, if you don't even share the same language as those you are managing?
So, a message to the FA. If you do decide to replace Capello, perhaps a pre-requisite of his successor should be the ability to speak English?
