Fodens never good for England. Shouldn’t be picked because of the club he plays for.
Thomas Tuchel | England Manager
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Let’s hope he gets those fortunate routes to semis/finals like Southgate.
Why? He's rapid as hell, and at RCB in a back 3 there aren't that many better.
You watch. He won’t. And they’ll go out in the quarters with people saying “see, Southgate was our best manager since Alf Ramsey”.
So many in hysterics about wanting an English manager. I couldn’t give a shit. He’s the best appointment they could have made.
Gutted from a United perspective.
Gutted from a United perspective.
It's an amazing appointment for England, are there actually England fans who'd be up in arms about this because of a war from nearly a century ago?
Virtually Impossible Tuchel will get the lucky draws Southgate had ….no other manager could hope to fluke their way to a final.
I maintain that Howe or Potter could win a tourney with england. Probably cost about 4£ million a year less, as well.
I do accept that TT has greater odds of winning.
I do accept that TT has greater odds of winning.
Agree. Probably a group of death at the World Cup to kick things off.
I remember him playing a back 3 at PSG when we played them in the CL.
Can’t wait for the headlines when he slips up in a cup final
Tommy Slippy Cup
Tommy Slippy Cup
Yep. No excuses of a championship level manager
Not sure England could've got someone better than him, other than maybe Pep being the obvious candidate that fits the "better" criteria.
I hope Tuchel brings the likes of Rashford, Mount, Sterling, and Maguire back into the England squad to play important roles...and I think he rightly will.
Also, you can trust him in my opinion to find an optimal team balance, after all the unbalanced teams Southgate kept trying to make work in international tournaments, and he will make big, much needed changes to the team:
1. Phase out Pickford for a technical goalkeeper
2. Have Trent as his nailed-on right-back
3. Pick pacey CBs like Branthwaite and Gomez who are able to cover big spaces quickly, next to your Stones/Maguire/Guéhi/Colwill types
4. Rice needs an expansive passer next to him. Wharton fits this description the best IMO. I expect to see him play an important role as well. I also wouldn't be surprised if he used Bellingham much deeper and give Palmer a go at #10 instead.
5. Don't start Foden again when you have comfortably superior profiles and players at both wings and at #10 too. First name off the bench as an impact sub is what his optimal role should be for his country
I hope Tuchel brings the likes of Rashford, Mount, Sterling, and Maguire back into the England squad to play important roles...and I think he rightly will.
Also, you can trust him in my opinion to find an optimal team balance, after all the unbalanced teams Southgate kept trying to make work in international tournaments, and he will make big, much needed changes to the team:
1. Phase out Pickford for a technical goalkeeper
2. Have Trent as his nailed-on right-back
3. Pick pacey CBs like Branthwaite and Gomez who are able to cover big spaces quickly, next to your Stones/Maguire/Guéhi/Colwill types
4. Rice needs an expansive passer next to him. Wharton fits this description the best IMO. I expect to see him play an important role as well. I also wouldn't be surprised if he used Bellingham much deeper and give Palmer a go at #10 instead.
5. Don't start Foden again when you have comfortably superior profiles and players at both wings and at #10 too. First name off the bench as an impact sub is what his optimal role should be for his country
Really don't think many will have an issue with it. And most will think it's a good appointment.
I'm pretty excited about it tbh...he won't have long enough with the players to alienate them and he (shouldn't) have as much reason to rub the top brass up the wrong way. So glad this is the way we've gone after Southgate.
Oh yeah, we're getting France or Spain in the first knockout round of the next tournament.
You think?
Because a lot of people act like the team has a god given right to win a major tournament playing a great brand of football, when in reality we've rarely ever shown we can control a game when we come up against good opposition.
Some people reckon that was because of Southgate and I guess we'll see. I'm just not convinced it's quite as simple as that, and I still expect to see the technical ability of our defenders and midfielders in particular shown up whenever we play a good side.
But if we come up against a side that's better in some areas than we are, we now have a coach that's better equipped to pivot. To say that the technical ability of our defense and midfield will be shown up whenever we play a good (not even great) side is ludicrous. We're one of the top five teams in the world right now - we are a good side - so we certainly shouldn't have to play a system that has us shown up.
I get that we're naturally pessimistic but we also shouldn't underplay the wealth of talent at his disposal and the fact that this squad has decent competition chops.
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Curious how the likes of the mail approach this.
Sir Alf will be spinning in his grave, a bloody Kraut as England Football Manager.
God let it end.
God let it end.
He'll just have it redirected, I suspect.
Jerry takes over England
Extremely disappointing news. This means the club is stuck with this shit manager with no hope of a good replacement until summer.
Behave. There’s always Stephen Kenny
The issue is this: big football nations typically do not choose foreign managers. That's a given.
But England are completely unique amongst the big nations in having a trophy drought that is approaching 60 years. So to change that, everything has to be on the table.
However, it is a surprise that they went for a German manager, given the (pretty one-sided) rivalry.
Another one bites the dust.
Bested by Bald
Bested by Bald
Can’t fault the appointment or the ambition at this point.
It might not work but I don’t think there is anyone better currently available and this seems like a good option.
England England uberalles?
It might not work but I don’t think there is anyone better currently available and this seems like a good option.
England England uberalles?
I don't know what is more cringe, the headline or the caption above saying it's sport newspaper of the year.
Never. An adaption that fits the original intention would be "Great Britain über alles" or "United Kingdom über alles".
A lot of people don't seem to realize this, but that line is actually about unification as a single nation and prioritizing it over the individual member states.
Tuchel's mid as hell. Southgate v2. Good for continuity I guess?
Yes nerd we know that.
He'll win simply because he isn't English. Feck sake.
Very happy with the appointment. Good luck TT.
Games gone
When did southgate win 4 league titles and a champions league?
I feel similarly, actually. The Champions League that he flukily won with Chelsea does a LOT of heavy lifting in his resume. Otherwise it's mostly domestic stuff with teams that always win, like PSG and Bayern.
Well we are not getting Tuchel now. He was my first choice to replace ETH.