Tomo
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Post by Tomo on Oct 15, 2024 18:31:08 GMT
I love Tommy T, buttttttttt... I'm not sure this is the right fit :x
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Frog
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Post by Frog on Oct 15, 2024 19:06:33 GMT
Decent appointment I think. Quite brave by the FA for a change too
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 15, 2024 19:07:31 GMT
Will fail spectacularly.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 15, 2024 19:08:02 GMT
Best candidate available for sure. But equally have reservations.
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Post by simple on Oct 15, 2024 19:24:57 GMT
He’s undoubtably a successful coach and has taken elite players to titles and trophies but he’s also been a chronic bridge burner everywhere he’s managed.
If they wanted a change in culture post-Southgate they’ve sure got it whatever happens.
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RobEG
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Post by RobEG on Oct 15, 2024 19:27:36 GMT
Not sure what to make of it to be honest. Decent manager and available so I suppose ticked the boxes for the FA.
Not massively opposed to a foreign manager, but it’s shame there were not really any viable English managers. Maybe next time.
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Frog
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Post by Frog on Oct 15, 2024 19:28:04 GMT
I think he is probably better suited to international managing than club level. No board to fall out with over transfers and gets to focus on the coaching side of things which is what he is best at.
How he gets on with the press is potentially the biggest issue.
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RobEG
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Post by RobEG on Oct 15, 2024 19:29:33 GMT
He’s undoubtably a successful coach and has taken elite players to titles and trophies but he’s also been a chronic bridge burner everywhere he’s managed. If they wanted a change in culture post-Southgate they’ve sure got it whatever happens. I don’t know whether international management is more suited to that type of personality or not. I suppose it’s generally less time to fall out with people but tournament’s are quite intense so could all go to shit there. Be interesting to see what happens regardless. |
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RobEG
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Post by RobEG on Oct 15, 2024 19:29:55 GMT
Or what Frog said  |
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Post by simple on Oct 15, 2024 19:40:01 GMT
How long do we give it before the first Dad’s Army/Allo Allo/Fawlty Towers headline?
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JonFE
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Post by JonFE on Oct 15, 2024 19:54:44 GMT
The Times has an exclusive that Thomas Tuchel is the new England boss. I guess you can thank us, the Greeks, for forcing FA's hand in appointing Tuchel as your new boss; had we lost last week as expected, you'd feel compelled to keep Carsley  |
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Frog
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Post by Frog on Oct 15, 2024 19:56:30 GMT
The sun will probably go with "We did na-zi this coming" tomorrow so I doubt you will have to wait long.
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Post by Dougs on Oct 15, 2024 19:58:02 GMT
Tommy Guns Them Down at some point, I'm sure
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 15, 2024 20:09:35 GMT
There'll be some "Gott im Himmel!" stuff from the Sun I expect, their German is completely from watching WWII movies.
I don't really have much of an opinion of the choice, keeping with Carsley didn't seem like it had any legs after the Greece game and there was certainly no sign of anything really changing after Southgate's departure so a neuer Besen* was needed.
*thanks Google Translate, I didn't know that from my WWII movie watching.
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Post by lordofthedunce on Oct 15, 2024 20:59:23 GMT
I'm going with 'You can't Tuch this' or 'The Midas Tuch'
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Post by JuniorFE on Oct 15, 2024 21:29:04 GMT
When they start their undefeated run they'll be the Un-Tuch-ables
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Post by Dougs on Oct 15, 2024 22:06:21 GMT
Predictable
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mikeck
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Post by mikeck on Oct 15, 2024 22:11:00 GMT
Fucking Mail.
... a GERMAN...
Could they cry their racist tears any harder. Wankers.
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Post by harrypalmer on Oct 15, 2024 22:20:23 GMT
Dark times ahead. I feel sorry for him. Absolute tosspots.
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Post by Whizzo on Oct 15, 2024 22:41:54 GMT
Dark Days? Is Southgate back?
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Post by elstoof on Oct 15, 2024 22:49:10 GMT
This isn’t what we voted brexit for
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Post by muddyfunster on Oct 16, 2024 1:07:28 GMT
This seems sensible and brave from the FA. Not their job to pander to the xenophobes and he's clearly overqualified if anything.
Feels like a one tournament appointment to me but I'm quite excited to see how he gets on.
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Post by muddyfunster on Oct 16, 2024 1:08:45 GMT
Also the £5m a year is what they were paying Southgate. Pep earns £20m so that has to have been a factor in pulling the trigger now.
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Post by simple on Oct 16, 2024 7:23:58 GMT
Fucking Mail. ... a GERMAN... Could they cry their racist tears any harder. Wankers. The Mirror are calling him the Kaiser and the Sport going with a “at least we’ll win on penalties now” angle |
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mikeck
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Post by mikeck on Oct 16, 2024 8:21:32 GMT
Fucking hell. Shouldn't be surprised, but still.
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Post by simple on Oct 16, 2024 8:29:47 GMT
Its such a disgrace to the nation, what next replacing the royal family with a German one?!
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Post by Duffking on Oct 16, 2024 10:55:03 GMT
The mail is written for people who think Germans and Nazis are the same thing and older folk who were born after the war but act like they lived through the blitz, so this tracks.
I still think they should be forever forced to have "The Paper That Supported Hitler" under their masthead. If they didn't want to be associated with it they could have changed their name.
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Oct 16, 2024 12:05:56 GMT
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Post by Bill in the rain on Oct 16, 2024 13:15:09 GMT
How many games does he get before he's universally declared to be awful and it's all his fault that England aren't winning every tournament?
2 games is traditional, right?
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Post by simple on Oct 16, 2024 14:05:11 GMT
The mail is written for people who think Germans and Nazis are the same thing and older folk who were born after the war but act like they lived through the blitz, so this tracks. One of my favourite Richard Herring lines is a sketch about exactly this “I didn’t fight in the war… admittedly” |
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