I think if we want a manager with experience and is a proven winner time after time then quite frankly I'm amazed Fabio Capello isn't ahead of Rafa Benitez in the poll.
I think Capello showed in his time with England that if he can't have who he wants he struggles. He goes to teams with very good squads who should be winning, Madrid, Juventus etc and he shores up the defence and demands focus. There is no secret to Capello's success, he can't do that here. We cannot match Man City's squad let alone the others, in the near future at least. That is precisely why it gauls me when Rafa is being derided for not winning the league, given the only reason we were even competing for it was because of Rafa. If money isn't the deciding factor then Chelsea and City would not have won the EPL before we did.
Besides that, when Rafa and Cappelo came head to head, and Capello had by far the better squad, Rafa caned him.
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