Why is Terry Venables (Verry Terables ??) revered in this country ?

Question

His record in Crystal Palace was superb, but other than that what has he achieved (I'm ignoring the success QPR had, because it was due more to the playing surface than anything else).
His records in Barcelona and Spurs were average whilst his records in Middlesbro, Leeds, Australia, Portsmouth and England (where he failed to win the Euro's on home turf) were terrible.
His punditry on ITV is charmless and boring.
Why do so many people think he has anything to offer ??

Not sure that you saw the same games as me when El Tel was England manager. Take away the Holland game (every manager has one good performance (see Sven in Munich)) and the games were nothing to write home about. In Euro 96 they were dull against the swiss and outplayed by Spain - and this was meant to be at home

Answer 1

He sucks, end of story, And if he gets to help with England we're buggered for the next 4 yrs at least.

Answer 2

I disagree with one thing you wrote here and that is the crucial thing. For England he was superb.

He got a great attitude and team spirit going and the way the team played during Euro 96 was brilliant (against very good opposition).

If he had been given time he would have moulded a great team with self belief and some tactics. He certainly would not have wasted the talent in our golden generation.

He only lost the job because of scandal (minor by todays standards) in his private life.

A motivator, a tactician and above all English.

Answer 3

because a you said - he gave england a few good games when we had '96 - we played "sexy football"

tactically he is brilliant just a shame he's such a crook !!

also - i'm qpr through and through and our surface was not a fix (much) it was a revelation. i enjoyed watching the ping pong type footy we played . better than what i've been seeing the last few years.

Answer 4

As a devout Jew he was greatly involved in the Gazza strip.

Answer 5

Is he? Not by me.