Capello's Style

The most surprising piece of information gleaned from reading the sports news over the past week has been the ambivalence shown towards the style of football Capello promotes. While the England team has not had admirers for many years I have always naively believed that the fans wanted attractive attacking football. The style that Capello promotes is winning with ruthless efficiency which has been known to alienate many fans.

The main contender to Capello after Mourinho withdrew was Lippi who delighted many neutral fans during the World Cup with his team playing attractive and fair football. This surely is what England fans would have preferred but after the dour losing teams witnessed from Eriksson and McClaren maybe fans don't care how they win anymore.