England

[LFEE]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Guess they don’t want to get tied in. 
 

It’s a weird appointment for me, but on the other hand a change in strategy is maybe warranted now Gareth has done his inoffensive brand rebuild job. Maybe now they want to be more ruthless and look for a big trophy win. 
 

Not that Tuchel seems particularly likely to win a trophy, but I can see why they might want to change the approach. 
 

Saying that, it would’ve been interesting if Carsley had done well since that’s the polar opposite approach.
 

We’ll see I suppose. 

Should have been brave and stuck with Carsley and give him some media training. Makes a mockery of the St George’s Park setup. Worked fine for Spain.

 

 

[Mike]

1 minute ago, B-more Mag said:

‘Little Englander’ I hear the merchants of woke cry.  
 

 

Agree with Jeff (Geoff, surely?). Insane to hire a continental when lads like Chris Wilder and Scott Parker are available.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, LFEE said:

Should have been brave and stuck with Carsley and give him some media training. Makes a mockery of the St George’s Park setup. Worked fine for Spain.

Yeah, tend to agree, I was sure he would get it until the Greece game. 
 

Maybe they never planned to go with him, or maybe they changed course, dunno. 
 

I would’ve appointed him straight after Southgate left TBH, no interim status needed. The fact they did that suggests one or both sides were unsure. Maybe he never wanted the job. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

2 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

Agree with Jeff (Geoff, surely?). Insane to hire a continental when lads like Chris Wilder and Scott Parker are available.

You’ve absolutely cracked this role, bravo. 

[Rod]

I'm obviously in a minority here but my first words when I heard that Tuchel had been appointed was "thank God, at last we win something".

[duo]

3 hours ago, midds said:

Gut reaction is similar to the one I had when they gave it to Capello. Not saying he's shit, I just don't think it's a great fit. 

Same 

[Lazarus]

5 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

Agree with Jeff (Geoff, surely?). Insane to hire a continental when lads like Chris Wilder and Scott Parker are available.

 

Dont forget Frank Lampard

[LFEE]

8 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Yeah, tend to agree, I was sure he would get it until the Greece game. 
 

Maybe they never planned to go with him, or maybe they changed course, dunno. 
 

I would’ve appointed him straight after Southgate left TBH, no interim status needed. The fact they did that suggests one or both sides were unsure. Maybe he never wanted the job. 

Problem is if Carsley had no appetite for the main job then he shouldn’t have been in place for the U21’s. Think he lost his nerve. Need to replace him with someone who won’t. Or except U21’s manager is solely for developing players for the main team.

[OverThere]

7 minutes ago, LFEE said:

Problem is if Carsley had no appetite for the main job then he shouldn’t have been in place for the U21’s. Think he lost his nerve. Need to replace him with someone who won’t. Or except U21’s manager is solely for developing players for the main team.

He seemed to be going OK then came out with that abomination  of a formation versus Greece. That was a strange thing to do. Maybe he was deliberately shi**ing the bed, who knows.

[Mazzy]

I think the fact that Pep was touted about for a couple of days and know we end up with Tuchel makes it slightly underwhelming. HOWEVER, I think its a decent enough appointment considering the lack of options around.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Pep was never, ever leaving Man City in the middle of a season to manage England. It was an insane idea. 

[duo]

2 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

Pep was never, ever leaving Man City in the middle of a season to manage England. It was an insane idea. 

The only way I could have seen it happen was if City were charged with 115 breaches

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, duo said:

The only way I could have seen it happen was if City were charged with 115 breaches

Still not, if anything it’ll just build the siege mentality. 

[Lazarus]

Im OK with this - just imagine the LOLZ if we get drawn away to Poland.

[Miercoles]

Funny that we both have Chelsea rejects now. It'll be quite the derby next world cup when we're in the same group yet again.

[Stottie]

First job will be to give Tuchel the world’s biggest poppy. It better be fucking massive!

 

 

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[RS]

Looking forward to finding out who TT’s mates are and seeing them played instead of better options. The real England way. 

[Sibierski]

8 hours ago, OverThere said:

He seemed to be going OK then came out with that abomination  of a formation versus Greece. That was a strange thing to do. Maybe he was deliberately shi**ing the bed, who knows.

Think giving how Tuchel has been wrapped up quick, he knew he was off so tried something wild out of a ‘fuck it, only one chance I’ll get’ approach.

 

Tuchel is a poor short term appointment, that just causes issues heading to home Euros as he won’t be here.

[Nucasol]

9 minutes ago, RS said:

Looking forward to finding out who TT’s mates are and seeing them played instead of better options. The real England way. 

Mason Mount come on down.

[GeordieDazzler]

Scenes when Germany knock us out in the World Cup. 

[Paully]

Poor bloke hasn’t even been officially announced yet

 

[Nucasol]

Just now, Paully said:

Poor bloke hasn’t even been officially announced yet

 

Sven2.0

[joeyt]

Always baffles me how he's 51, in my mind he's in his early 40s

[St1pe]

Given how pragmatic/structured Tuchel’s set-ups are I can’t see him shoehorning players in like Southgate did at times - especially in the last tournament. 
 

I guess there’ll be a few big player casualties in the process too. 
 

 

[Magpie]

The absolute fucking state of the Mail's back page man 😫