[Football] Sven Goran Eriksson

[A1X]

…has announced he has terminal cancer

Former England boss Eriksson has terminal cancer

Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has "best case a year" to live after being diagnosed with cancer.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Best wishes for the coming months to him and his family

 

[Is it PotG?]

Sad news, wish him all the best.

 

[vegster]

Very sad, its incredibly brave to come out with this and say he's going to try to fight the inevitable for as long as he can.

 

[Frutos]

Best wishes to him and his family.

 

[Napper]

DIfficult to dislike Sven . Probably should of done better as England manager but did ok. Always had an eye for the birds which normalised him.

Wish him well

 

[Commander]

DIfficult to dislike Sven . Probably should of done better as England manager but did ok. Always had an eye for the birds which normalised him.

Wish him well

Sven was underrated as England manager, I think. We always qualified easily for tournaments and we came close ish a couple of times. People say we should have won something with those players, and on paper we should have done. But something was deeply wrong with that England setup at the time, and only Southgate (and Ashworth) have managed to turn it around. History should judge him as a decent manager in a dreadful setup.

 

[Normal Rob]

The first non British national to manage the England team. Was always going to be an impossible task. I wish him well.

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Very sad.

 

[stewardxxx]

Sad News, Top shagger in his day too!

 

[Hotchilidog]

Total respect for his positive attitude to the news. A very underrated England manager. Let's hope he can fight the cancer for as long as possible

 

[Psychobilly freakout]

Sad news, Cancer is a fecker

 

[Ali_rrr]

I met him once when I lived in Sweden. He was from the same village as my ex girlfriend (Marcus Berg too!) and I had a 5 minute chat with him. The guy oozes football and was really nice to me despite my half drunken state and slurred Swedish.


Really sad news.

 

[PeterT]

Sad news.

I was at that Portugal quarter final in 2006, that was probably his sliding doors moment as England manager, our team was good enough to win that tournament but it wasn’t to be.

 

[surrey jim]

Very sad, always came across as a likeable person,

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Sad news. Inoperable. No plan B. Which is sadly ironic, and ironically sad.

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Sven was underrated as England manager, I think. We always qualified easily for tournaments and we came close ish a couple of times. People say we should have won something with those players, and on paper we should have done. But something was deeply wrong with that England setup at the time, and only Southgate (and Ashworth) have managed to turn it around. History should judge him as a decent manager in a dreadful setup.

He got us to the quarter finals of every single tournament he was in charge for, didn't he? Certainly a lot better than McClaren, Capello, or Hodgson managed after him.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

He got us to the quarter finals of every single tournament he was in charge for, didn't he? Certainly a lot better than McClaren, Capello, or Hodgson managed after him.

And won 18 trophies as club manager.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Sven was underrated as England manager, I think. We always qualified easily for tournaments and we came close ish a couple of times. People say we should have won something with those players, and on paper we should have done. But something was deeply wrong with that England setup at the time, and only Southgate (and Ashworth) have managed to turn it around. History should judge him as a decent manager in a dreadful setup.

Indeed. They had all the club rivalry tribal bolleaux stuff. Beyond Sven's grasp. Southgate has completely eliminated that.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Great video, in charge of Liverpool today.

With cancer seemingly everywhere right now, very moving.