100 days until South Africa - Hiddink to manage the Elephants?

We are 100 days before the World Cup kicks off in South Africa. According to most reports, the venues are on pace to be ready for the event, which was always a fear. With a host of friendly matches tomorrow, highlighted by France v Spain, Argentina v Germany, England v Egypt, Holland v USA, Cameron v Italy and a number of other matches much will be made of the results of these games. Of course what can we really draw from tomorrow? Not much. 100 days is an eternity in football - injuries, players losing their mojo, managers being sacked (Ivory Coast has already sacked their Bosian manager Vahid Halilhodzic) - teams that are playing well now or teams that are in struggles now tend to have no bearing of what happens once the tournament begins. However it will be interesting to watch and to start the speculation, let the madness begin. Only 100 days to go!


Speaking of the Ivory Coast - rumor is that Hiddink is being lined up to take over the squad. He would be an excellent choice for the side. They are a veteran bunch, headlined by Drogba (a player Hiddink would know well from his stint managing Chelsea) but seem to be lacking when it comes to defensive organization. The Elephants do not need to figure out who should showcase for the team or how to develop their players - the side is full of veterans - Drogba, Toure brothers, Eboue, Kalou to name a few - so they are not in need of a manager to develop a team over a qualification. They need a manager that can put the right tactics in place and give this team a reason to believe in itself. 

Could the Dutch Master be the perfect strategist for this side? Clearly he has a great mind for football - just look at his track record with clubs with much less talent than the Ivory Coast. The Elephants are already in the group of Death - with Brazil, Portugal and North Korea. It will be a major battle to get out of this group, however with Hiddink at the head of this group their chances have just take a turn for the better.