Couple of Interesting Coaching Moves

FFF president Jean-Pierre Escalettes has made the decision to keep current French coach Raymond Domenech throught the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

Domenech's team had one of the poorest showings of the tournement. They may have been in the group of death, but to score only one goal and out in three. I would have thought that they would have sent him packing.

So the big question now is will Domenech bring in some young talent or continue to play with the old guys. I certainly would hope that he would give Gael Clichy a shot for the left spot as he was the best in the EPL in that position this year. I also would say it might be time for Thierry Henry and others to hang up the boots.

In other coaching news Jose Mourinho will be moving on to Inter Milan as the new head coach. They were the champions last year, so it's not like he's jumping into a team that needs help. Plus he has former Arsenal player Flamini playing for him now, that certainly means more championships. Looks like Hernan Crespo will be staying with the club now that he has been released by Chelsea.

Chelsea's new head coach will be former Brazilian & Portugal coach Felipe Scolari. Scolari has already brought Deco over to Chelsea and will probably make numerous other changes to attempt to get a championship of some sort. It's been a few years since they won the league and they lost in the CL Finals. Close, but no cigar - can Scolari help this team or will he be destroyed by the Russian Dictator?

So a few changes in coaching over the summer and one who should be happy he still has a job. I don't wish luck to any of them - I only wish Arsene all my luck. Martin O'Neil will be back to Villa, Rafael Benitez will be back with Liverpool, Sir Alex Red Nose will be back with ManU as well as many others. So now we wait to see who buys good players this year.