Capello as England's coach

Why were some football fans surprised (some were even ashamed) when seeing Fabio Capello appointed manager of the English national football team? In my opinion, the FA have done, at long last, the move they should have done years ago to improve the English national team.

For the English players, the pure English soccer players, are naive, really, compared to continental players.

They are not adept at falling or diving in the penalty area, they do not wince with pain when given an innocent shoulder charge, or tell the referee to issue yellow or red cards to opposite players. They just play football sportingly.

Perhaps Mr Capello knows all these tricks very well from Italian football (remember Buffon falling down and being carried away on a stretcher from a soft touch on the back from a Scottish fan?).

Maybe some English fans would have preferred Mr Capello taking Maestro Luciano Moggi with him, for better instructions.