England need another Special One

What I thought was likely has come to pass - Jose Mourinho has pulled out of the running to become the next England manager. This came, ironically, on the day when the Gurardian's sport section smugly paraded its so-called scoop in the Observer, that Mourinho wanted to become the new England boss swiftly after the post became vacant. Mourinho must have thought "no-one second guesses the Special One, let alone some hack." Also, in the Guardian sport section was a provocative piece by a journalist trying to justify his job by finding even the tiniest angle to write about, namely that Mourinho would be mad to take the England post - be careful what you wish for.
I didn't think Mourinho was right for the post because he is a young manager at 44 and I could see him getting some itchy feet at taking charge of only 12 matches or so a year for at least four years. He himself has said international management is an old man's job.
That is why I instantly favoured Capello when I heard he had put his name forward. I intially confused him with Marcello Lippi, also on the shortlist, but once I had straightened it out in my head, Capello is even better than Lippi. Sure, the latter is a World Cup winner, but Italy were only impressive in the defeat of Germany in extra-time in the semi-finals in that campaign. It wasn't the most glorious way to win a World Cup. Capello, however, has won all there really is - outside England - and, at 61 years, has nothing left to prove. Yes, he received brickbats during his last stint at Real Madrid, but he still won La Liga; Barcelona and Sevilla repeatedly slipped up, but Madrid showed the steel to not follow suit when it mattered. A man who chastises himself for only winning the Champions League once having been to the final three times, is clearly a man who sets his own standards so high that he will demand it of his players too. If England win the World Cup and go to three finals if Capello took over, he would be lauded to the skies.
Reagrding the other two contenders, Martin O'Neill has done well with limited resources at Celtic and Leicester City, (something that might be said of the England team) but it has taken him time to mould Aston Villa in his own image and I think that is a project he is deeply attached to. O'Neill also has not won at the highest level in a big league. He only figures so prominently because he is British, but he's not English and it would be the same as hiring a foreign manager; being from Northern Ireland he is technically overseas, anyway. As for Jurgen Klinnsman, aside from the furore from the lower regions of the press that would accompany placing a German in charge of the English national side, his pedrigree derives solely from taking Germany to 3rd place at a home World Cup. How he would fare with a different team playing in different countries is another matter. Moreover, as international manager, Klinnsman only played seven competitive matches, since hosts qualify automatically. The German press also discoursed unhappily about his travels back to California, rather than watching German league games in person, when there were no international matches to be played. If things went awry with England, that would be immediately highlighted.
No, from almost the first instant I have been backing Capello, even secretly hoping that Mourinho would drop out, because I felt Capello's circumstances were aligned exquisitely (though Mourinho was my second choice). I'm really hoping the FA come to the right conclusion.