Given all that, it should have been no surprise when Sir Trevor Brooking threw his support behind Curbishley to be the next England manager.
Critics point to a lack of trophies in the cabinet, and the fact that Curbishley had never managed a fashionable team—but Curbishley's resumé should speak for itself.
And his status as one of the last true English managers makes him the perfect candidate for the job.
Passionate, decisive, and tactically-minded—that's Curbishley in a nutshell. There's a reason he was at the Valley for so long: The club knew they'd be nothing without his guidance.
West Ham knew that too—that's why when Curbishley became available, they looked to him first.
Laugh if you like—and if a quick fix is what you want, by all means go after Jose Mourinho. After all, his good mate John Terry backs him—isn't that enough?
Terry says he would "happily work for his old boss." That alone should disqualify Mourinho from consideration.
Curbs would have the guts to drop the lout Terry, and assemble instead the best team he could muster. The starting 11 don't have to be superstars to make up the best team—as Curbishley proved with both Charlton and West Ham.
Give him the chance to prove it with England, and we'll see a trophy in Curbishley's cabinet at last.
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