HomerJSimpson
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Spirit of Bobby CharltonWeird ginger combover at that
Doon frae Troon
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I wonder if the England soccer fans will continue to sing their anti Gerrrrrman songs
Orikoru
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I believe that for every international team, all of their coaching staff and so on should be from that country as well. I'm not really sure why it isn't. Take the Olympics as an extreme example, I don't even know if the manager gets a medal if they win, and if he does, does it count towards his country's total if he's from another nation? If you win the World Cup for example, you'd have professional pride but it's not the same as winning the World Cup with your own country, surely.
But, the rules being as they are, I don't particularly care about us having a German or otherwise foreign manager.
Orikoru
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Surely he has enough money to get that one wonky ear pinned back now as well.
clubchamp98
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I wonder if we would be pointing all these personal things out if it was a woman.
What counts is can he do the job , not his hair .
What counts is can he do the job , not his hair .
RichA
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Purely based on this news conference, he comes across extremely well.
Swango1980
Well-known member
They might actually sing them more frequentlyI wonder if the England soccer fans will continue to sing their anti Gerrrrrman songs
RichA
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Yep. Hearing him speak and immediately warming to him, I already feel dickish for my earlier observation.I wonder if we would be pointing all these personal things out if it was a woman.
What counts is can he do the job , not his hair .
clubchamp98
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Yes he’s English already!
“Let’s get a second star on OUR shirt”
He will be in a pub soon with a pie and a pint.
Pin-seeker
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SorryI wonder if we would be pointing all these personal things out if it was a woman.
What counts is can he do the job , not his hair .
Not sorry.
I really do hope Tuchel wins something with this squad of players, it would be delightful to see the Daily Mail squirm
Neilds
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I would say that a lot of the GB Olympic team have foreign coaches - Mo Farah trained in the US, no one thinks that his 2012 medals should count towards the US medal total.
I was against a foreign manager but I don't 'hate' it, or him now that we are there. National football is clearly different to club football. The idea being that it is the best players from that nation. Not a great extension to include a manager as part of that concept. Club football does not have that restriction. Different set ups.
I hope that Tuchel does well now that he is in charge, why would any England fan not want that?
Orikoru
Tour Winner
I understand you have to draw the line somewhere, like the tea lady and the kitman and whether they all need to be English and so on. But I feel like the manager and his assistant are pretty fundamental to the operation.
Orikoru
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Loving the rampant xenophobia and racism from the usual tabloid scumbags being caveated with 'of course, Pep would have been fine'. Absolutely ridiculous people.
Absolutely ridiculous people.
Arthur Wedge
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Im guessing the standard red top media and the “heart of lion chest thumping englerland fan” going mental because a German is in charge of the team
They wouldn’t give a monkeys what nationality he is if he wins
And what English manager did they want instead of him
They wouldn’t give a monkeys what nationality he is if he wins
And what English manager did they want instead of him
HampshireHog
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So excluding penalties still Englands all time top scorer?
SteveW86
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Cole Palmer is pretty handy from the penalty spot.
Pin-seeker
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Did you see the clip where they asked who palmer would pick to take a pen to save his life?
Balotelli.
Wasn’t expecting that
Tashyboy
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They don’t do squirmI really do hope Tuchel wins something with this squad of players, it would be delightful to see the Daily Mail squirm
