World Cup Thomas Tuchel Named England Manager

[Marked Ox]

Enjoy the accent guys and gals

He's no Steve McClaren.

 

[Mad Dog]

Put it this way, if we got Klopp or Guardiola not a single person in their right mind would complain even though they are foreign.

I would. The England manager should be English.

 

[Eaststanding]

Enjoy the accent guys and gals

I might have missed something; what’s the issue with the accent?

 

[Bath Yellow]

So in 18 months Thomas Tuchel is going to win the Word Cup.
Problem. He may be the greatest manager in the world ( Not that he is ) the current crop of players are not.

 

[Steve Gilbert]

So in 18 months Thomas Tuchel is going to win the Word Cup.
Problem. He may be the greatest manager in the world ( Not that he is ) the current crop of players are not.

As a squad I think we certainly have enough talent where it shouldn’t be seen as out of our reach to make the World Cup final. The issue has been having a manager who can get the best out of that talent.
Players like Bellingham, Saka, Rice, Foden and Kane are some of the best players England has seen in years and also some of the best throughout Europe. Throw in players such as Palmer, Walker, Stones and Ghuei then England should most definitely be in with a shout.

The benefit of having a manager such as Tuchel is that he has experience coaching and managing big players at club level, something that many past England managers didn’t.

 

[holdsteady]

As a squad I think we certainly have enough talent where it shouldn’t be seen as out of our reach to make the World Cup final. The issue has been having a manager who can get the best out of that talent.
Players like Bellingham, Saka, Rice, Foden and Kane are some of the best players England has seen in years and also some of the best throughout Europe. Throw in players such as Palmer, Walker, Stones and Ghuei then England should most definitely be in with a shout.

The benefit of having a manager such as Tuchel is that he has experience coaching and managing big players at club level, something that many past England managers didn’t.

But a lot of the managers who have won tournament didn’t have that experience?

As Tony W said it’s a very different job than club management, we have just handed a manager with zero international experience £7.5 million for 18 months work part time to try and win the World Cup.

 

[Barrywedge]

I would have preferred EDDIE HOWE

 

[werthersoriginal]

As a squad I think we certainly have enough talent where it shouldn’t be seen as out of our reach to make the World Cup final. The issue has been having a manager who can get the best out of that talent.
Players like Bellingham, Saka, Rice, Foden and Kane are some of the best players England has seen in years and also some of the best throughout Europe. Throw in players such as Palmer, Walker, Stones and Ghuei then England should most definitely be in with a shout.

The benefit of having a manager such as Tuchel is that he has experience coaching and managing big players at club level, something that many past England managers didn’t.

I think like all fans we overrate our players. Saka is nippy and Foden great for Man City but Kane and Walker are ageing. As always, it'll depend on whether Tuchel can get the best out of them.

 

[QR]

A Jerry? Whatever next. However probably better than the hapless Carsley. He doesn't seem to stay long anywhere, which could be an issue in this job.

And don't get me started again on that bloody George I.

 

[werthersoriginal]

And don't get started again on that bloody George I.

Yeah lucky there wasn’t any social media in them days

 

[Left Wing Cross]

Yeah lucky there wasn’t any social media in them days

Maybe so but there was a reason why George V changed the name of their Royal House in 1917

 

[IsleofWightYellow]

Who was the last England manager to be seen ‘draped in the flag’?

 

[Steve Gilbert]

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It’s a scarf and not the England flag but if it helps you make your point then fair enough.

 

[ZeroTheHero]

I would have preferred EDDIE HOWE

But would Eddie Howe want the job?

 

[werthersoriginal]

But would Eddie Howe want the job?

He’s currently got a better one

 

[ZeroTheHero]

He’s currently got a better one

Exactly.

 

[werthersoriginal]

Exactly.

I do wonder if Tuchel's short contract was given with an idea that Howe might be available in a couple of years. Howe would do all the diplomatic stuff very well and he's certainly a good manager, though I wouldn't expect he'd do better than Southgate.

 

[BicesterU]

We seem happy to do it with rugby union, rugby league and cricket!

Presumably we'd be ruling out Scottish, Irish, Northern Irish and Welsh coaches too.

As far as I'm concerned, unless the England manager's mum squeezed him out in the centre circle at Wembley he's not English enough for me.

 

[Bitter]

I think I would rather fail with an Englishman, than win with a German, or any other Non-English.

 

[Left Wing Cross]

As far as I'm concerned, unless the England manager's mum squeezed him out in the centre circle at Wembley he's not English enough for me.

And conceived in the penalty area during a qualifier (not a friendly).