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A sad loss to the England team

Last updated : 06 December 2007 By Tom Vickers
On Saturday afternoon we will be watching two teams who are managed by two of the most positive managers in the Premiership. Both managers have been linked with the England manager's job!! In my opinion either would do a great job for England. They hold the respect of their players, they are good tacticians, good man managers and they seek to play attractive attacking football.
Fortunately, fingers crossed, MON has distanced himself from England. Hopefully the FA won't come knocking too hard on his door over the coming weeks. We need him at Villa Park to finish the job he has started.
Harry Redknapp has admitted that he would love the opportunity to manage England. It is a pity that recent events might prevent him achieving this ambition. I think that Harry would do a great job. Throughout his management career Harry has always insisted that his teams play a brand of skilful attractive football and it would be good to see England playing with the gusto that Harry instils into his teams.
Saturday's game promises to be an extravaganza of open football. Perhaps both Villa and Portsmouth do not possess the silky passing skills of either Man Utd. or Arsenal but they are both committed to playing a brand of entertaining football. It is a battle for the European places and should prove to be a passionate affair.
So let the battle of the 'Could be England Managers, begin. I am sure that both MON and Harry would secretly be happy with a draw, but Villa need to get back to winning ways after giving Arsenal such a good game last weekend with no reward.
Watch out for Ashley Young giving Johnson a torrid time on the Villa left!!
My prediction is a 2-1 victory for the Villa.
Come on you Villa boys!!!