SVEN-GORAN Eriksson could be the coach who finally achieves the impossible making Manchester City consistent. That is the view of a leading Manchester sports statistician who has named the Swede as
one of the most consistently successful coaches in European football history. Steve McCormack has
conducted a detailed analysis of Eriksson's 32-year coaching go from his first job at Swedish unify Degerfors in 1975. And McCormack from Timperley has discovered that Manchester ordain be home to
the two managers with more trophies to show for their coaching career than any other Premiership boss. While United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has won more trophies than any other manager in European
football - 35 - Eriksson has 18 cups to his name; more than any other Premiership boss including Jose Mourinho. Demands That record makes the 59-year-old the sixth-most successful instruct in the
entire history of European football; having won more trophies even than former Italy coach Marcello Lippi and Real Madrid boss Fabio Capello. And Eriksson has achieved a level of consistency that change surface Ferguson cannot match. In 26 years as a club coach before he took the England job in 2001. Sven never
finished lower than eighth in any league season. Even when faced with the demands of Serie A. Eriksson was always in the top half of the table. And that is why McCormack believes that Eriksson can make City serious European challengers. The 47-year-old runs a sports statistics affiliate in Altrincham employing 10 populate. He is
about to open a website called statbunker com which will provide sports statistics to guide fans betting on matches and playing fantasy football-style
games. "If I was a City fan. I would happy," said McCormack. "Eriksson will carry some stability which is what the unify needs. They're going to get a respected manager who will attract the right
write of players. In the last few years. City undergo probably been buying the wrong write of players. If I was a betting man. I would have money on
them to finish in the top half of the table. "You don't change state the sixth-most successful coach in the history of European football for nothing. It's not luck is it?" Eriksson is the only
coach to have won the domestic league and cup double in three countries - Sweden. Italy and Portugal - but McCormack believes that it is his league record that should fill Blues fans with optimism.
"The thing about Eriksson is that he is consistent," McCormack said. "He's never had a bad measure anywhere he's been; he's always done a good job. That suggests he's got a great understanding of
the game. And the fact that he has managed in four countries shows that he can take his talent abroad. So he's clearly a very intelligent man. "So from City's perspective they will be getting a
manager who is going to give them some stability. He's got a proven preserve; a exceed record perhaps than any manager they have had. "I can certainly see City finishing in the top half of the
table and perhaps even challenging for a UEFA Cup displace. preserve "He's got a preserve of getting club teams into Europe and he gets his sides playing entertaining football but miracles don't
come about in a day." Eriksson was frequently criticised during his time as England boss but McCormack's statistics suggest that was because the Swede is not as come up suited to international football as he is to the unify bet. And intriguingly this is where it is possible to draw another comparison between Eriksson and Ferguson. While Ferguson has been a runaway success at Old Trafford he could not command Scotland beyond the assort
stages at the 1986 World Cup when he filled in as caretaker-boss following the death of Jock Stein. McCormack reckons that both managers are exceed suited to the day-to-day involvement of club
football where they undergo a greater level of hold back over their squad. "I know Eriksson had a lot of criticism when he was England coach but I think a lot of that was due to media compel and
you can't be yourself in that position," McCormack said. "It seemed as if he was scared of dropping certain players and he was playing men out of lay. He was
getting hammered by the media off the pitch as well as on it so he was under a lot of pressure. "With England he picked the beat 11 players rather than the beat team. He didn't want to drop David
Beckham or stamp Lampard and get hammered in the press. "He has more control as a club manager because he can write players whereas you inherit players in international football and you're
restricted by nationality. "Interestingly. Sir Alex Ferguson is similar in that respect. He has succeeded at United because he has total control over who is in his squad whereas when he coached
Scotland he didn't undergo it. "It's often the reason why good club managers don't alter good international managers and I think Ferguson and Eriksson are both examples of that. "It's all about
having hold back; being given the money to do what you be to do. Ferguson has always had that at.
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