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I thought he was in the running because I thought they were picking a manager from England, and there's very few English managers with a better CV than Potter. I'm very happy he didn't get the job though.

Great comparison. I guess you'd have no issues if the English national team was filled with players from South America, France, Germany, Netherlands etc. then? Because thats how it is as Brighton.

So you dont think the manager of England represents England?

Why does the nationality of the manager mean less than the nationality of the players?

I think thats a very weird stance when it comes to national teams. If nationality doesn't matter, maybe scrap national teams completely? Remake the World Cup into Premier League Best XI against Bundesliga Best XI or something in that case.

Pretty sure Sir Alex as an ambassador has made them more money than he's cost them. Having sponsors and whatnot cuddle and shake his hand rather than the hand of... idk, Ed Woodward? has probably done them a lot of good in the financial department. I think his salary is probably understandable...

Probably crossing his fingers about Mbappe now. Would be a strong signing for them.

If foreign players are banned from playing in English clubs, then yes foreign managers should also be banned. Likewise, if foreign players are banned from playing in the English national team, foreign managers also should be banned. Consistency.

They have indeed, but the last time was 50+ years ago... Foreign managers has managed Brazil for a total of seven games. As for appointing a manager from their biggest rival in international football, Argentina... never happening in a million years. The one exception to this happened in the 60s...

Yes, Michael Owen was a goal scorer. As was his rivals, Raul and Ronaldo. And yet some people think England should have won tournaments "blindfolded" with Owen as the main man? Real Madrid dropped David Beckham in his final season at the club after losing seven of the first nine games where he...

I'm expressing similar things to many other posters in this thread, but because its me doing it you don't have to play the ball, you can play the man rather than have a discussion with those of your fellow compatriots who agree with me.

Everyone will be laughing. :shrug: They already are. Sweden currently has a Danish manager. I feel similar ways about him, although winning anything is obviously out of question for us. But its still frankly humiliating that we can't muster to produce a manager for our own team and have to pick...

Well, exactly. Usually, and this was also the case during the so called Golden Generation, there's a handful of nations that quite simply have better teams. Brazil was always the most likely team to win the 2002 World Cup. Portugal, France, Netherlands and arguably Italy had stronger squads...

For right or wrong its a very different thing winning the World Cup with... Frank Rijkaard in charge than it is with a German. Of course you will all be happy clappy if England go and win it, but in the eyes of the rest of the world it would be a laughter. A German manager winning it for...

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He was also sacked from PSG when it was obvious that they weren't going to win the title 20/21 despite having twice the budget of anyone else. His horse won enough one-horse races in France though to make his CV look really good. And then obviously the CL win which will make him pop up...

This. Don't think he is the right personality for the current team either. He is a dikchead liked by dickhead players and the current England team doesn't have a lot of dickheads. His favorite, Raheem Sterling, will probably be back though.

Alright, not a discussion I'm allowed to have so lets go with that.

A foreign alternative isn't wrong but this is the same as with Capello and Svennis. There appears to be little thought behind it. Tuchel is even more allergic to creative freedom than Southgate is. No Tuchel side has played anything but dire football since halfway through his second season in...

Personally I expected England to go with another English manager and then Potter would have been one of very few candidates. Didn't expect the English FA to take the easy route and appoint the biggest available name. Thought they had learned something from the Capello fiasco but nopes.