Comments on: Hej Sven

By: Jesus Rios

Jesus Rios — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:16:59 +0000

I would have to disagree with Miguel Rosado above. The English are over critical about their coaches (understandable because of the passion – much like Mexico), but clearly made a mistake letting him go.

Here’s some notable features while coaching for England. 1) Germany 1-5 England World Cup qualifier 2001. 2) England 1-0 Argentina 2002 World Cup. 3) Improved England’s FIFA World ranking from 17th place (Jan 2001) to 5th place (July 2006). 4) Achieved the highest point percentage in Major Tournament Matches of all time for an England manager. 5) Lost only 5 competitive games and achieved top qualifying place in all three International tournaments during his five and a half years as England manager.

So what does all this mean? Well just look at Euro 2008… England current manager Steve McClaren didn’t even qualify them for Euro. Also, England disappeared from the top 10 FIFA ranking since Sven left.

Sven Goran Eriksson is something Mexico needs. This move will boost the quality of play and competitiveness around the world for Mexico. Like a game of Chess, the pieces are all there but you need an experience professional to play them correctly. I believe Sven can do this.

By: Miguel Rosado

Miguel Rosado — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:13:44 +0000

I think this is a weird signing. I don’t know how will Sven do with our national team. He wasn’t successful at all when he was England’s coach but he’s been a successful coach when working for other teams.
Speaking or not the language is not a major problem in my opinion. There’s Guus Hiddink as an example when he coached South Korea.
I believe he’ll give a different mentality to mexican players and other countries will be looking at Mexico even more than they did before.

I don’t know if signing Sven was the smartest idea but I wish we improve and do a good job under his command.

By: tito

tito — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:32:27 +0000

It’s as though the Mexican national team existed solely to demonstrate that there is a less competent authority than the USSF…

I still don’t understand why Lavolpe isn’t still there. He had Mexico playing some of the most attractive football in the world. Eriksson is a reasonable coach, but I can’t see him being a good fit for Mexico, but I suppose we’ll soon see..

By: Luis Felipe

Luis Felipe — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:51:14 +0000

he does look good in that blazer….. im excited about the future

By: Luisao

Luisao — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:26:58 +0000

This is an absolutely wonderful decision, and congratulations to Mexico! Sven-Goran Eriksson is a great manager, he has accomplished quite a lot in Europe, and best of luck to him in the Americas!