• Italian, born 1946.
• A former midfield player for Roma, Juventus, AC Milan and Italy.
• Has managed Milan, Real Madrid, Roma and Juventus, winning the domestic league title with each of them.
• Now England manager, Capello has announced that it will be his last management role. His annual salary will be £6 million.

By all accounts, a good resume. But tell me, what does an England manager actually do again? Put up with the press. Get free tickets to a game once in a while. Collect a pay cheque for over 16 thousand pounds every day, and put a team sheet together now and then. There aren't the day-to-day worries of a domestic league team and you don't need to worry about the player fitness/wages because the club managers are looking after them. And there's absolutely no incentive to leave any sort of lasting legacy, like restructure English football from the lower leagues on up. Surely it's really just a two day a week job?

Tags: Fabio Capello, England, football]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/fabio_capello_cv Sun, 16 Dec 2007 10:52:30 GMT Duckworth Lewis calculator and we were cruising till the three quick wickets went down... then I must admit they really pulled it out of the bag to come so close to winning! Come on England.

Tags: England, cricket, World Cup]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/thrilla_in_antigua Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:32:54 GMT It's been an eventful World Cup so far with lots of highs like the six sixes in an over by Hershel Gibbs. There have been lows too, such as Bob Woolmer's passing. Pakistan and Scotland are already out, and Andrew Flintoff (so the newspapers say) "got into difficulties" after falling off a pedalo. More than a mere peccadillo really. What's he playing at? England fans have had enough. We don't deserve to win this tournament - teams that display some fight do, like Bermuda, who have players like Dwayne Leverock (pictured) fast becoming legends. He took a truly excellent diving catch yesterday. And Ireland who beat Pakistan deserve high praise - high praise indeed... but not England.

Tags: cricket, England, Dwayne Leverock]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/peccadillos_on_pedalos Tue, 20 Mar 2007 23:06:59 GMT


Tags: England, cricket, Australia]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/england_thrash_australia Sat, 03 Feb 2007 18:13:22 GMT against Paraguay, I've done another simulation on Pro Evolution Soccer 5. The result? England 1, Sweden 0. Clearly that's what's destined to happen. Oh, and Owen scores.

Tags: England, football]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/the_dellolio_code Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:26:36 GMT
Drop Crouch - The most embarrassing moment for all England fans during this World Cup must've been when Peter Crouch (at 6ft 7in) tried to do an overhead kick in the Trinidad and Tobago penalty area. It still makes me laugh now. So he's scored five goals in four games, so what? With respect, any premiership forward can score a hat-trick against Jamaica (without missing a penalty) and the most recent goal should've been disallowed as he clearly fouled his marker Sancho by pulling his dreadlocks! The style of play has now become, hit a long ball and try to hit Peter on the head into the goal. It doesn't work.

Light a fire under Beckham - Now I don't think David should be dropped but for all the overhit corners, crosses and free kicks that hit the wall half way up (he hasn't scored from a free kick for over 3 years), there's a case for it...

Light a fire under Lampard - Frank! How many chances do you need? Three apparently are not enough, one of which provided by Owen. Had that been converted perhaps some of the heat from the press might've been taken off him...

Give Walcott a half - Let's see what he can do! This game versus Sweden is a chance to experiment. We don't need to win the game. Indeed, you don't have to win seven games to win the World Cup, (in fact, you can theoretically even lose one and draw two during the group stages). If he doesn't play in this game I can't see him playing in any.

Don't risk the yellow carded players - Again, no need! Here's the formation to try, with Carrick and Rooney the subs to come on for Hargreaves and Walcott.

Tags: Sven, England, football]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/this_is_what_to_do_sven Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:05:42 GMT Pro Evolution Soccer 5 (yeah, soccer = football to you and me) and see what the result would be. Well, good news, it ended England 3 Paraguay 1. No surprise really. We're well above them in the FIFA World rankings... In fact we're the most highly ranked in the group.

Tags: England, FIFA World Rankings]]> http://www.nimisis.com/comments/comment_346 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 14:32:53 GMT


Tags: England, cricket]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/delhi_belly Mon, 28 Nov 2005 19:56:13 GMT
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Random link: Learn Shane Warne's five spin deliveries.

Tags: England, cricket, Shane Warne]]> http://www.nimisis.com/comments/comment_310 Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:52:57 GMT

Watching the test match on the big screen in Regent's Park last Sat was brilliant... until England lost the plot...

Tags: England, cricket]]> http://www.nimisis.com/posts/how_to_watch_cricket Tue, 26 Jul 2005 22:20:40 GMT