The England manager launched the “Capello Index” on Monday, which will rate performances in South Africa this summer and in the Premier League next season.
Fabio Capello insisted the index is “good for the fans”, but it could also be a source of potential embarrassment with the player ratings reportedly available within two hours of matches ending. Fabio Capello, who is due to unveil his 30-man provisional England squad later on Tuesday, said at Monday’s launch: “I know the players, I follow the players, I check everything.
“It is really important to know the players outside the pitch. I need to know the mentality of the group. It is really important to pick the players with the spirit of the group. You have to forget where you are from, which team you are from. You have to play for this shirt, for the spirit of the group. If you play you have to be happy. If you don’t play you have to be happy. If you go to the stand you have to be happy. This is a really, really important thing.”
A four-week trial for the Capello Index, which was limited to players from Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool, rated Ledley King, Michael Dawson and Sol Campbell as the best English central defenders, ahead of John Terry and Rio Ferdinand.
Chelsea’s Joe Cole was the third-best English midfield player after Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes, however there is a story on the back page of the Daily Mirror that Joe Cole will miss out.
Capello is due to unveil his 30-man provisional England squad later today and as he went to bed last night, Barry was the Italian’s major concern. The Manchester City star suffered ankle ligament damage in last week’s home defeat by Tottenham and although Blues boss Roberto Mancini claimed the injury would heal in “three to four weeks”, Capello is not so sure.
By The Professor
http://www.racingdiary.co.uk/author/the-professor/
http://www.racingdiary.co.uk/2010/05/11/capello-index-creates-bad-press-world-cup/
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