It would be interesting to see how Allardyce would get on in Europe. It would be a chance to see if his preferred system would be successful and also a chance for him to develop that system into something more techincal and intelligent.

It was a shame Glenn Hoddle’s career went the way it did. During his time at England and then Southampton, he seemed to have a lot of potential that ended up not being fulfilled.

I hope he does well, too many of our players are happy to remain squad players on handsome salaries rather than take a risk like he has. He’s shown he has the desire to do well, he could easily have just found a place at a lower Premier League team, or on the bench of someone like Villa, Fulham or Everton. That he has been willing to take that risk shows his will, and merits some sort of success.

Curbishley I don’t know too much about in terms of tactics, style of play etc except what I have seen of his teams on televised games or up here in Newcastle. Allardyce I know a lot better obviously, he tends to play only one way. We didn’t have the players to suit that style of play at Newcastle, but that isn’t to say it wouldn’t be successful elsewhere. I’d be interested to see what the Spanish would make of his percentages football – 80% of goals come from moves with 3 or less passes apparently. So he looks to hit the front quickly, meaning you concede posession a lot, but if you have someone who can hold the ball up and play others in, could be onto a winner.

Of the British managers, I would like to see how Hoddle would have fared abroad. He always insisted on a technical style of play. Hodgson has already been there and I think Fulham have reaped the benefits of that experience. Moyes would be another candidate. I’m not sure of Mark Hughes but he obviously already speaks Spanish, as does Steve Archibald and Vinny Samways.

How do you think the likes of Moyes would fare? What of journeymen managers like Redknapp or Bruce?

Another interesting topic regarding players moving abroad. I think top players in the premiership lack ambition and they’re in the comfort zone, especially the English ones.

Why don’t they try their luck abroad? Kazim-Richards has had a good time at Fenerbache and as a result has played at the very top level for Turkey. Pennant, although he might find it harder to get into the national team, surely is going to benefit from playing in Spain – he’s been a journeyman in England and he needed to break the mould.

With regards to players I’d like to the see the ones who have been discarded by Big 4 clubs go abroad. Jermaine Pennant has already gone to Zaragoza, I think the likes of Peter Crouch and Steve Sidwell could do a lot worse than follow him.

Most though seem afraid of either the language, their techincal deficit, or the fact that the game is played in a much more tactical way. We are brought up on the virtues of power and pace, rather than movement and passing. Which other manager’s and players do you think should be taking the opportunity to move abroad?