| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? 14:25 - Oct 16 with 7648 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
He has to hit the ground running otherwise the press and social media are going to absolutely slaughter him. I can give them a headline to start: "Kraut Of Order!" (are you allowed to say that anymore? I'm sure it wouldn't bother The Sun anyway). |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:33 - Oct 16 with 1463 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:28 - Oct 16 by MattinLondon |
Do the Germans consider England to be a footballing rival? Or is it almost one sided? |
Dunno, you'd have to ask some Germans. | |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:35 - Oct 16 with 1454 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 14:32 - Oct 16 by homer_123 |
You 'are' aware of the Royal Fams heritage aren't you? |
Greek? |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:36 - Oct 16 with 1449 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:29 - Oct 16 by hoppy |
Did it feel weird having a Swedish manager, or an Italian one?
Did they sing the National Anthem?
Did it matter if they did or didn't? |
Yep, it did feel weird having Swedish and Italian managers. Feels slightly weirder having a German, but I'll be delighted if he does a decent job. I was more making a comment about our national press (and social media) that he'll get even less rope than usual! | |
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| You right wing loon. (n/t) on 15:41 - Oct 16 with 1430 views | Bloots |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:45 - Oct 16 with 1427 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:29 - Oct 16 by hoppy |
Did it feel weird having a Swedish manager, or an Italian one?
Did they sing the National Anthem?
Did it matter if they did or didn't? |
Don't forget we had a Dutch manager in Steve McLaren. | |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:47 - Oct 16 with 1419 views | Blueschev |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:06 - Oct 16 by The_Flashing_Smile |
In some people, perhaps. I was thinking about the football rivalry. The second world war was more than 80 years ago, way before my time. |
The completely one-sided "rivalry" derives directly from our national obsession with WW2. |  | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:53 - Oct 16 with 1403 views | hoppy |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:45 - Oct 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Don't forget we had a Dutch manager in Steve McLaren. |
Shurely you mean Shteve? |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:02 - Oct 16 with 1391 views | Horst3000 |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:28 - Oct 16 by MattinLondon |
Do the Germans consider England to be a footballing rival? Or is it almost one sided? |
No they don‘t.
Germany consider Holland and Italy as rivals.
They do enjoy beating England (as I’ve experienced many times) but I don’t think they have really see England as a serious competitor. Since 1966 we’ve won nothing… |  | | |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:06 - Oct 16 with 1376 views | weepingx2018 |
why?? |  | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:21 - Oct 16 with 1358 views | bsw72 |
No - just like it did not feel weird with an Englishman, a Swede or an Italian (sounds like the opening of a joke).
I did not want Southgate to go, but it was deemed that we needed someone to move the team to the next level, which seems to simply translate to demonstrate they can win a trophy.
I do not see an English manager (or indeed British) who fits this criteria, we have some managers with potential, but none (including McKenna) have won anything of note, so therefore we go for someone who is a proven winner.
Tuchel ticks the boxes on the surface - currently available, has won the French and German leagues and the Champions League, Super Cup and World Club Cup, is used to managing experienced groups of players and undersands the English game.
The fact he is German makes no difference whatsoever to me, but I know I am probably in a minority with the wider English fan base. |  | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:32 - Oct 16 with 1334 views | homer_123 |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:35 - Oct 16 by GlasgowBlue |
Greek? |
A bit of Danish as well. |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:40 - Oct 16 with 1318 views | NthQldITFC |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 16:51 - Oct 16 with 1302 views | Perublue |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:28 - Oct 16 by MattinLondon |
Do the Germans consider England to be a footballing rival? Or is it almost one sided? |
I believe it is actually a little one sided … we are the ones with the “issue” .. they’re more bothered about the Dutch. |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 17:16 - Oct 16 with 1275 views | rickw |
I'm sure we'd all prefer an English manager for England, but there isn't any outstanding candidates. I heard from somewhere Eddie Howe wasn't interested in an international job at all.
At least for Tuchel he speaks good English and has lived and worked here before. Some of the interviews he gave whilst at Bayern suggested he preferred things here and convinced them to sign an English striker for a record fee, he also wanted Rice and then signed Dier - which all suggests he likes working with English players.
Several foreign coaches seem to have preferred it here - Benitez, Pochettino, Tuchel, not sure if it's the full stadiums, atmosphere, no easy games or just the money why! |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 17:55 - Oct 16 with 1257 views | Crawfordsboot |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:47 - Oct 16 by Blueschev |
The completely one-sided "rivalry" derives directly from our national obsession with WW2. |
Just got back from Spain where I got chatting to a football fan. He commented that English football fans always wanted to know who he hated, was it the Portuguese, the French, the Germans. He said he couldn’t get his head around the question as to why he had to hate any other supporters.
As to those who suggest we should have an English manager how do you feel about our own Irish manager? |  | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 18:13 - Oct 16 with 1237 views | muhrensleftfoot |
England is not a Football team in a league somewhere. It's a representation of the nation. We can only play English men, even though there may be better players elsewhere. Surely the same should be for the coach. An Englishman as coach/manager should be the only choice regardless of reputation |  | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 18:35 - Oct 16 with 1233 views | bsw72 |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 18:13 - Oct 16 by muhrensleftfoot |
England is not a Football team in a league somewhere. It's a representation of the nation. We can only play English men, even though there may be better players elsewhere. Surely the same should be for the coach. An Englishman as coach/manager should be the only choice regardless of reputation |
That’s not true though is it. You don’t have to be English, just be eligible to play for England, which are very different things. As such Tuchel is eligible to manage England as there even less controls around managers versus players.
I certainly do not believe that the England football team is representative of the nation as a whole, not by a long stretch. | | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 18:46 - Oct 16 with 1198 views | stonojnr |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:18 - Oct 16 by muhrensleftfoot |
I'm old school on this. It has to be an Englishman to manage England. I know that there are not too many top English managers about, presumably Eddie Howe happy to stay at Newcastle. Graham Potter did a great job at Brighton. Personally I'd have gone with someone like Michael Carrick. Youngish, doing a reasonable job in the Championship. |
Maybe they did and he didn't want it.
This is like the kits thing, no one will care if he was a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri if England win games or win the World cup.
The thing that impressed me most at his press conference is the way he''s set that target, set his contract for that cycle and is already talking about it as project get the 2nd star.
When have you ever in the history of England managers heard a manager express the aim of their management so clearly. This isn't a guy going well you know we've got some good players but no easy games at this level let's see what we can do in a tournament. It's straight & direct want to win the world cup, next question | | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 23:07 - Oct 16 with 1130 views | textbackup |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 14:44 - Oct 16 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I'm surprised that's the sort of thing that would bother you.
I was posting it as an example of what I think they'd do, not what I'd personally do. |
Don’t believe I mentioned it did bother me.
Just weird calling out the sun headline writers as the type of people that would write that, and wouldn’t care if they did (even though they haven’t written it, but in fact you yourself did) |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 23:33 - Oct 16 with 1118 views | Vic |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:18 - Oct 16 by Blueschev |
I didn't vote leave just for the Germans to invade our national sport. |
Thats the spirit! |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 00:23 - Oct 17 with 1097 views | Ryorry |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 17:55 - Oct 16 by Crawfordsboot |
Just got back from Spain where I got chatting to a football fan. He commented that English football fans always wanted to know who he hated, was it the Portuguese, the French, the Germans. He said he couldn’t get his head around the question as to why he had to hate any other supporters.
As to those who suggest we should have an English manager how do you feel about our own Irish manager? |
"As to those who suggest we should have an English manager how do you feel about our own Irish manager?"
He's managing ITFC, not England. Unless you're projecting forward several years? in which case ask me again then. |  |
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| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 08:08 - Oct 17 with 986 views | Europablue |
It's not the German part that bothers me, more the foreign part. He's a much better choice than Capello who couldn't even speak English. You should just have to pick between the best managers available to you. I don't really understand the concept of the national team if manager can just be from any country. At least he won't give off the continual valiant loser vibe that Southgate gave off. | | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 08:12 - Oct 17 with 980 views | Europablue |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:28 - Oct 16 by MattinLondon |
Do the Germans consider England to be a footballing rival? Or is it almost one sided? |
The Germans have more of a footballing rivalry with the Netherlands. The rivalry between us and them is almost entirely one-sided. | | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 08:16 - Oct 17 with 971 views | Europablue |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 15:29 - Oct 16 by hoppy |
Did it feel weird having a Swedish manager, or an Italian one?
Did they sing the National Anthem?
Did it matter if they did or didn't? |
Sven was a weird appointment because he was the first foreign manager. It was embarrassing that we should appoint a foreign manager and also undermined the point of the national team. Capello was weird because he didn't speak English.
It is still weird to have a foreign manager, and I'm against the concept of an English national team not being lead by an English national. A lot of teams pick players who aren't really from their country. The rules should be much stricter. On an ability level, I think he's a major improvement on Southgate and hopefully he will be entirely focused on the football. | | | |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 08:18 - Oct 17 with 945 views | noggin |
| Feels a bit weird having a German in charge of England doesn't it? on 08:16 - Oct 17 by Europablue |
Sven was a weird appointment because he was the first foreign manager. It was embarrassing that we should appoint a foreign manager and also undermined the point of the national team. Capello was weird because he didn't speak English.
It is still weird to have a foreign manager, and I'm against the concept of an English national team not being lead by an English national. A lot of teams pick players who aren't really from their country. The rules should be much stricter. On an ability level, I think he's a major improvement on Southgate and hopefully he will be entirely focused on the football. |
"hopefully he will be entirely focused on the football."
I doubt the gutter press will allow that. |  |
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