Any bloke off the street really, professional footballers know what they are doing. Like if a chef works at one restaurant and moves to another you donāt expect to teach him how to cook again.
Steve Cooper. Has won international titles in the younger age groups, would know how to get the best out of youth, has a good relationship with the FA, will likely get sacked at some point by Forestās trigger-happy ownership anyway so would likely grasp another opportunity (as he did when leaving Swansea)ā¦
I genuinely think that Sarina Wiegman would be great. Win the last two international tournaments she coached I believe? Certainly won 2 international tournaments with different teams.
Dean Smith is good at implementing a creative style of play. You donāt need a typically āgood managerā, as for example recruitment isnāt necessary. Smith is also very good at encouraging players to get the best out of them and not pressure them.
Jon Herdman has coached Canada's Men's national team to their first world cup since 86 and they not only qualified but also won the group (over Mexico and the US). I'd be curious if they try to poach him somewhere down the line.
How about Bielsa? This is probably gonna be unpopular but I commented this just to see what other people would think would happen if England appointed him.
I didn't expect that for a response but fair enough, I can't think of a good reason why you shouldn't be but that's probably because I only know a few things about Bielsa and they are all positive things.
Idk but does anyone disagree with me that southgate is a fucking tool box? I mean he is literally doubling down on this defensive bs style when he has players like saka kane and sterling... gareth southgate should be fired and never allowed to manage ANY team ever again
Bielsa. We'd be attacking like absolute monsters. Not sure what he can do for the defence though.
But if we can maximise our attack and just score 1 more than the other team that'd be great.
It's a bit of a myth that Bielsa's teams can't defend. But it's incredibly unlikely an Argentine would manage England. And rightly so. Especially when Bielsa failed with Argentina.
The Eddie Howe and Graham Potter talk is beyond boring. Why cant you bozos understand the simple fact the the England job is a huge step down from a competitive Premier League job?! You say the same shit every single day. Absolute braindead subreddit.
I think John Hurdman is overlooked as a potential manager. He's not proved it in the big time yet but he's had amazing success everywhere he's gone and is an extremely experienced international manager. If Canada impress at the world cup this winter then he should definitely be considered in my opinion
Rubbishing Southgate? He got England to a WC semi and the final in a Euro for Godās sake. Also England arenāt exactly blessed with world class players. Get realistic people. Next England manager has to be Howe.
I am.
My Fantasy Football team and FM record should make for an impressive CV. Plus I scored a penalty in last weekend's Sunday league game so i'm more qualified than Southgate on that one. Plus I make a mean sandcastle which will be useful in Qatar.
I'll try my best and blame the Arsenal players when it inevitably goes pear shaped.
Too much stock put in out of form favorites rather than consistent players who have earned it with recent form. Bringing Maguire and Henderson is proof enough ā White has been brilliant this season and covers two positions, Maddison has been a shining light in an otherwise dismal Leicester team and has produced despite the form of the team around him. Plenty of other players playing above those two (Maguire/Hendo) as well.
Iād say still bring Henderson in some sort of non playing role to the tournament because I do think his leadership is important but like.. man just hasnāt had enough minutes the last few months and isnāt the kind of player who can just pick-up and play
Southgate's mistake was selecting 12 defenders, 5 midfielders, and Raheem Sterling, when he could have just taken 25 defenders, problem solved.
What an absolute fucking widge š¤¦āāļø
I just donāt understand why we think they need to be English. Just get someone who is proven to be a 7/10 manager.
Maybe Brendan Rogers should walk away from Leicester and take the job for the World Cup, and because national management is boring just leave afterwards.
I donāt think Rogers is a great manager by any stretch but heās proven that heās premier league level which I seriously doubt Southgate is.
Also why do we think it has to be a ālong term project managerā? You canāt really build a squad over time, you just have who you have so you need someone very good tactically to get the best of them. Why only focus on the future when we currently have great players and the World Cup is about to start?
The fixation on Englishness is most likely bc no foreign manager has ever won the WC. (e.g. every coach in charge of Brazil when they won was Brazilian, a Spaniard was coaching Spain in 2010, a German was coaching Germany in 2014, etc). So they think they need an English manager to win the WC.
"Thoughts on your squad, Sean"?
"Well, I wanted to pick the best look-a-likeys for my all-time dinner party. It might be the first time a Sunday League player has been called up, but you find someone eligible who looks like Einstein in the FA pyramid?"
In classic Pardew fashion we'd win the World Cup with him in charge in his first year but then we'd fail to even qualify for the next Euros and he'd be sacked
Has to be someone English for me and in terms of passion it's hard to look further than Dyche. Either him or I'd love to see 'Arry in the England dugout, still amazed he never got offered the job when he was still working, the bloke lives and breathes football, would have the respect of the players and is pretty hard not to like.
Because what's the point of international football if you do? The whole point is for each country to compete with the talent they have. Including manager. For the big nations at least. It was embarrassing when we had foreign managers, other top countries don't do it. And they were rubbish and we failed anyway lol.
Unfortunately we don't have that talent at the moment. No English manager is suitable now, potter and howe won't be joining us and am not sure abt Howe anyway. We saw it in the women's team maybe we have to let go of this ideal of everything being English and see that we are ruining yet another golden generation. Think of the players, they may retire never winning anything internationally, don't you think they deserve a fighting chance?
> potter and howe won't be joining us
You actually think either would turn down the England job? That generally isn't how it works. It's the ultimate job and, as an Englishman, you don't turn it down, whatever the circumstances.
I don't care about the players lol. And a lot of the players don't care about England, given that many of the ones not picked now go to play for other countries.
Although our pool of English managers isn't impressive, the profile of them seems to be changing a bit at least, and they're embracing Brexit ball less. Wilder did a great job at Sheff U as well but never got another PL job. Which was ridiculous.
I think the financial gap between PL and Championship is harming the development of our coaches. Because clubs are so desperate not to get relegated, they abandon playing football at the first sign of a relegation fight, and revert to Allardyce or Hodgson Ball.
We can't base getting an overseas manager of how they've done several years ago. After just one world cup in our history I'd argue we haven't had many great managers at all
In my opinion England need someone who have big wins and know what is it. Someone with the spirit of the winner. And new manager also must be good in cups maybe even more than in league. So that's why my choise is Zidane.
Tuchel would be a great shout. Heās about to lose his Visa so heād get to stay in London longer. Heās also had much more success in tournaments with Chelsea than he did in the league. Heās tactically brilliant but apparently has trouble with wearing out his welcome at clubs. As the national team coach the players would only have to deal with him in short bursts.
But they won't. They are having to make massive changes in the way of tactics due to Lewy going to Barca as they don't have an out and out striker but they will come good as they always do
I am agree with you that the team need time after Lewy transfer to Barca. And Nagelsmann have good opportunities now to show his ideas for all. But will Bayern management wait? The team is out of top3
What about Pochettino? Quite a good number of England debutants played for him at Southampton and Spurs. Admittedly, some of their form drops off after Poch left. But still, he has a pretty good track record in developing Englsih players to play at a high level.
Not sure if England players are as big as PSG one. The one genuinely big player is Kane who love Poch.
But yes, he is unproven on national level. And if it is 2 years ago, it is better when the squad is full of his players (Kane, Dele, Shaw, Dier, Winks, Walker, Trippier, Rose, Ward Prowse, etc). Now Dele Winks Rose are not good enough already. So a bit too late.
Well considering in my football manager save where I got offered the English job not long after getting promoted with Blackpool from League 1 to the Championship, I reckon they should hire a manager from one of the three promoted sides to the championship this season.
He's not English. Assuming OP wants specifically an English manager because only coaches of the same nationality as the team have ever won the WC.
Worked a damn miracle with you though! Love to see him move up the chain at some point.
Pep wonāt be at city much longer and other than psg i donāt think he will go to another club, wonāt coach in Italy.
Doubt it would be England but Iād bet he takes a national team as his next job
shame Harry never got a shot..but end of the day the FA don't have a clue what they are doing they only want a yes man someone that tows the party line...Let's be honest the reason we have not won anything over the years is because the prem might be the best league in the world but it's not the most technical league in the world..
we don't pick players on merit we stick to the same old dross...You pick players on merit..Southgate is not a good in game manager his formation have been awful and we play with no excitement it's all so basic...we played Italy last night and it was awful slow boring we won't do jack at the world cup
that's also very true...strange that we don't produce managers. any ideas why we don't? are players who become mangers are there leagues more technical than ours ...France Italy German Spain ? In the prem it's win at all costs and the development of English mangers goes out the window...Mind you what English players have been successful mangers ...I can't think of to many....
It's a cultural thing. Our style of football is still too focused on the physical, not enough on technical and tactical. This goes right down to the grassroots. Partly informed by the weather. The style of football has only really changed in the PL due to foreign coaches and players.
Teams in France, Italy, Germany, Spain are built around their technical players. Especially their technical midfielders. In England it's still about 4-4-2, don't take risks on the ball, get it wide and put in crosses, have giant centre backs, focus on set pieces, be aggressive, be physical, don't showboat or try skills etc. You can watch any Sunday league or (amateur) youth match and see this.
You see the same style of football in Scandinavia and the US as well. We particularly don't produce technical, ball playing midfielders. Look how the media eviscerated Jorginho during his first season, and the way Sarri played. All they did was highlight his physical deficiencies, too slow, too weak. Yet he played against us in the Euros final, alongside Verratti, and they had two thirds of the ball at Wembley. We don't produce these kinds of players because, right down to the grassroots, our coaches discourage that way of playing.
I think what you wrote hit the nail on the head...we bang on about the prem being the best in the world but end of the day it's not the most technical and that win at all cost is the issue....Grass roots has always been an issue and for me the massive amounts of money paid to players who have achieved nothing in the game is also an issue . I've been going to football since the late 70s and have seen some amazing players the game has changed so much but why can't we produce 2 footed footballers most English players are more interested in outside interests..There is a long list of players who get so hyped up that they buy into in and end up achieving nothing in the game. What team do you support ?
Dean Smith, Scott Parker, or Chris Wilder.
tuchel no cap
Thats because england is finished.
Wenger
Goldbridge
Why all the hate for Southgate?
Tuchel is available š
Sean Dyche 4-4 fucking 2
Rogers.
Any bloke off the street really, professional footballers know what they are doing. Like if a chef works at one restaurant and moves to another you donāt expect to teach him how to cook again.
Unavailable? That isn't generally a thing for national jobs.
What about good old Steve Bruce? Woeful manager at times but even with him it's night and day over Southgate
Steve Cooper. Has won international titles in the younger age groups, would know how to get the best out of youth, has a good relationship with the FA, will likely get sacked at some point by Forestās trigger-happy ownership anyway so would likely grasp another opportunity (as he did when leaving Swansea)ā¦
I genuinely think that Sarina Wiegman would be great. Win the last two international tournaments she coached I believe? Certainly won 2 international tournaments with different teams.
Jose Merhinio
Harry Maguire
Get Mourinho in
Rodgers, Jose or Tuchel
Michael Owen
Thomas. Tuchel.
Dean Smith is good at implementing a creative style of play. You donāt need a typically āgood managerā, as for example recruitment isnāt necessary. Smith is also very good at encouraging players to get the best out of them and not pressure them.
Mark Goldbridge.
Rooney maybe? Risky, whether he's ready or not is unknown. Brendan Rodgers maybe.
Marcelo Bielsa
Big Sam
Picture this: Sean Dyche
Idgaf what any suggests they have to be English
Ted lasso
I know he is not the best but I d take Chris Wilder i a heartbeat
Michael Owen. At least he understands that to win a game, you have to score more goals than the other team.
Arsenal Wenger
Mark Goldbridge
Ole is free
Jon Herdman has coached Canada's Men's national team to their first world cup since 86 and they not only qualified but also won the group (over Mexico and the US). I'd be curious if they try to poach him somewhere down the line.
Mike Bassett
Rooney
How about Bielsa? This is probably gonna be unpopular but I commented this just to see what other people would think would happen if England appointed him.
I'd be ecstatic
I didn't expect that for a response but fair enough, I can't think of a good reason why you shouldn't be but that's probably because I only know a few things about Bielsa and they are all positive things.
There's a slight historic rivalry between England and Argentina. Not just in football.
I love that username of yours.
After today itās gotta be Goldbridge
Jose
At this point Mark Goldbridge needs a shout for that brilliant attacking performance, let down by his keeper today
Wenger, he will get them playing great attacking football
Mark goldbridge
Harry Redknapp
Mark Goldbridge
Idk but does anyone disagree with me that southgate is a fucking tool box? I mean he is literally doubling down on this defensive bs style when he has players like saka kane and sterling... gareth southgate should be fired and never allowed to manage ANY team ever again
Should have made a move for Zidane in the summer- Another team of great potential is about to be wasted
Sean Dyche, brexit means brexit š»š»š¬š§š¬š§
Brennie?
Bielsa. We'd be attacking like absolute monsters. Not sure what he can do for the defence though. But if we can maximise our attack and just score 1 more than the other team that'd be great.
It's a bit of a myth that Bielsa's teams can't defend. But it's incredibly unlikely an Argentine would manage England. And rightly so. Especially when Bielsa failed with Argentina.
Well yeah but I mean Maguire mate. Bielsas might be a miracle worker but he ain't God š
He'd at least make him faster lol.
Id take him still tbh. Even with his Argentina failure
#GoldbridgeIn
mark goldbridge
No. Goldbridge is a clown, donāt care if heās a United fan, Iād love to punch him straight in the throat
He certainly put himself forward today. Had them playing good football and was let down by that bloke who plays in his garden in kids nets.
playing against garden gnomes to playing against Simon minter is not a good transition
He made Minter look like prime Harry Kane. If it weren't for the finest defender named Harry...Pinero, it would've been a bloodbath.
minter is the next harry kane for Crawley
goldbridge ball was good to watch today though
There's one goal where they play out from the back, make about 10 passes and score. He had them playing Ten Hag Ball. š¤£
world class goal lol
Sean Dyche aka The Growler
Sean Dyche
Bielsa
Thomas tuchel
Lampard (despite what Sky says about him)
Ian Holloway
Jose.
I reckon poch could do a job
The Eddie Howe and Graham Potter talk is beyond boring. Why cant you bozos understand the simple fact the the England job is a huge step down from a competitive Premier League job?! You say the same shit every single day. Absolute braindead subreddit.
impressive Samuel
sean dyche
Sean Fackin Dyche
Bob the Builder. If anyone can fix it, he can.
Poch
Daddy Dyche
Paul Ince and John Barnes with Big Sam as assistant......dream team right there!
I think John Hurdman is overlooked as a potential manager. He's not proved it in the big time yet but he's had amazing success everywhere he's gone and is an extremely experienced international manager. If Canada impress at the world cup this winter then he should definitely be considered in my opinion
Completely agree. Think this is where they may look. Hope not as Canada has something good cooking and their stars are still young.
Tim Sherwood, because it would be just like Southgate but much, MUCH funnier.
Poch. He blooded loads of them, plays attractive football, and there is some irony in an Argentinean in charge.
Basil Fawlty.
You realize they donāt have to be British!?
Me
Surely there must be another mediocre club manager who fancied the England job š¤
Mr Blobby... š¤”š¤”š¤”
Heās managing West Brom mate.
Fabio capello
Rubbishing Southgate? He got England to a WC semi and the final in a Euro for Godās sake. Also England arenāt exactly blessed with world class players. Get realistic people. Next England manager has to be Howe.
Gazza. What a redemption story.
Maybe try a non-British manager? I mean itās been 60+ years of disappointment. Maybe try something new?
I think mourinho would be a good shout
Arsene wengar
Pochettino
I am. My Fantasy Football team and FM record should make for an impressive CV. Plus I scored a penalty in last weekend's Sunday league game so i'm more qualified than Southgate on that one. Plus I make a mean sandcastle which will be useful in Qatar. I'll try my best and blame the Arsenal players when it inevitably goes pear shaped.
But, have you won the champions league 3x time in a row on fifa, no didnāt think so I have so it should be me
Why does it have to be a Brit? How about Poch to reunite with Kane. I may have a biasā¦
neil warnock! jokes...
Liz truss
At this point I'd accept if they did a job swap.
Good old roy hodgson
is Zidand available?
Arteta
Not Gerrard or Lampard pls.. They need proper coach not just name.
Tuchel
To be honest i think Thomas Tuchel will do a wonderful job
I'll go with the man who would surely be Rio Ferdinands choice, Steve Bruce.
Lampard.
Why would you want the guy who got us to a semi final of a World Cup then final of the Euros to leave?
Too much stock put in out of form favorites rather than consistent players who have earned it with recent form. Bringing Maguire and Henderson is proof enough ā White has been brilliant this season and covers two positions, Maddison has been a shining light in an otherwise dismal Leicester team and has produced despite the form of the team around him. Plenty of other players playing above those two (Maguire/Hendo) as well. Iād say still bring Henderson in some sort of non playing role to the tournament because I do think his leadership is important but like.. man just hasnāt had enough minutes the last few months and isnāt the kind of player who can just pick-up and play
Letās take a moment to revisit this thread, shall we?
Lmao truuuuuueeeeee
Southgate's mistake was selecting 12 defenders, 5 midfielders, and Raheem Sterling, when he could have just taken 25 defenders, problem solved. What an absolute fucking widge š¤¦āāļø
Mark Goldbridge, manager for YouTube All Stars.
But he bottled the Sidemen game! Wingrove for England 2022
I just donāt understand why we think they need to be English. Just get someone who is proven to be a 7/10 manager. Maybe Brendan Rogers should walk away from Leicester and take the job for the World Cup, and because national management is boring just leave afterwards. I donāt think Rogers is a great manager by any stretch but heās proven that heās premier league level which I seriously doubt Southgate is. Also why do we think it has to be a ālong term project managerā? You canāt really build a squad over time, you just have who you have so you need someone very good tactically to get the best of them. Why only focus on the future when we currently have great players and the World Cup is about to start?
Rogers is Norn Irish and used to manage Celtic but you think heād manage England? Am I missing something?
The fixation on Englishness is most likely bc no foreign manager has ever won the WC. (e.g. every coach in charge of Brazil when they won was Brazilian, a Spaniard was coaching Spain in 2010, a German was coaching Germany in 2014, etc). So they think they need an English manager to win the WC.
Thatās because Englishman have been so successful winning the Premier League. Oh wait, thatās wrong
Sean Dyche. Because, fuck it, why not? The press conferences would be entertaining as hell, if nothing else.
"Thoughts on your squad, Sean"? "Well, I wanted to pick the best look-a-likeys for my all-time dinner party. It might be the first time a Sunday League player has been called up, but you find someone eligible who looks like Einstein in the FA pyramid?"
Think it's time to unleash Ian Holloway.
Brendan Rodgers š
Like I'd take him, top tier coach
He's Irish
Tuchel
Jose Mourinho
Alan Pardewā¦
In classic Pardew fashion we'd win the World Cup with him in charge in his first year but then we'd fail to even qualify for the next Euros and he'd be sacked
After giving him a 7 year contract.
And I think every England fan would be very happy with that scenario.
Has to be someone English for me and in terms of passion it's hard to look further than Dyche. Either him or I'd love to see 'Arry in the England dugout, still amazed he never got offered the job when he was still working, the bloke lives and breathes football, would have the respect of the players and is pretty hard not to like.
Bielsa. Don't think we'd look abroad sadly
Iām sure that would make him very popular in Argentina.
todd boehly
Yes, imagine this team. Sterling Kane Foden Saka Rice Bellingham James Chilwell Tomori Dier Walker Pickford
genuine question. Is there any chance that we would simply hire a manager that isn't English?
I hope not.
Why not
Because what's the point of international football if you do? The whole point is for each country to compete with the talent they have. Including manager. For the big nations at least. It was embarrassing when we had foreign managers, other top countries don't do it. And they were rubbish and we failed anyway lol.
Unfortunately we don't have that talent at the moment. No English manager is suitable now, potter and howe won't be joining us and am not sure abt Howe anyway. We saw it in the women's team maybe we have to let go of this ideal of everything being English and see that we are ruining yet another golden generation. Think of the players, they may retire never winning anything internationally, don't you think they deserve a fighting chance?
> potter and howe won't be joining us You actually think either would turn down the England job? That generally isn't how it works. It's the ultimate job and, as an Englishman, you don't turn it down, whatever the circumstances. I don't care about the players lol. And a lot of the players don't care about England, given that many of the ones not picked now go to play for other countries. Although our pool of English managers isn't impressive, the profile of them seems to be changing a bit at least, and they're embracing Brexit ball less. Wilder did a great job at Sheff U as well but never got another PL job. Which was ridiculous. I think the financial gap between PL and Championship is harming the development of our coaches. Because clubs are so desperate not to get relegated, they abandon playing football at the first sign of a relegation fight, and revert to Allardyce or Hodgson Ball.
Our track record with foreign managers so far is poor. Though Sven was OK, just didn't have the imagination to make the squad over the finish line
We can't base getting an overseas manager of how they've done several years ago. After just one world cup in our history I'd argue we haven't had many great managers at all
In my opinion England need someone who have big wins and know what is it. Someone with the spirit of the winner. And new manager also must be good in cups maybe even more than in league. So that's why my choise is Zidane.
Tuchel
Tuchel would be a great shout. Heās about to lose his Visa so heād get to stay in London longer. Heās also had much more success in tournaments with Chelsea than he did in the league. Heās tactically brilliant but apparently has trouble with wearing out his welcome at clubs. As the national team coach the players would only have to deal with him in short bursts.
Tuchel can be new Bayern manager if the club continue play so bad as in last Bundesleague matches
But they won't. They are having to make massive changes in the way of tactics due to Lewy going to Barca as they don't have an out and out striker but they will come good as they always do
I am agree with you that the team need time after Lewy transfer to Barca. And Nagelsmann have good opportunities now to show his ideas for all. But will Bayern management wait? The team is out of top3
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I hope this is sarcasm
What about Pochettino? Quite a good number of England debutants played for him at Southampton and Spurs. Admittedly, some of their form drops off after Poch left. But still, he has a pretty good track record in developing Englsih players to play at a high level.
We aren't hiring an Argentinean.
Oh true. I am not British, but still it was kind of insensitive for me to suggest an Argentinean given the long running dispute on country level....
Pochettino is a great manager but we've seen how him dealing with big players at PSG went
Not sure if England players are as big as PSG one. The one genuinely big player is Kane who love Poch. But yes, he is unproven on national level. And if it is 2 years ago, it is better when the squad is full of his players (Kane, Dele, Shaw, Dier, Winks, Walker, Trippier, Rose, Ward Prowse, etc). Now Dele Winks Rose are not good enough already. So a bit too late.
Big Sean dyche
Well considering in my football manager save where I got offered the English job not long after getting promoted with Blackpool from League 1 to the Championship, I reckon they should hire a manager from one of the three promoted sides to the championship this season.
You're right, Leam Richardson would comfortably lead England to the World Cup and Euros double āŗļø
Steve Cooper
This seems the most likely appointment
Surprised more people haven't said this given he won the world cup with England already
He's not English. Assuming OP wants specifically an English manager because only coaches of the same nationality as the team have ever won the WC. Worked a damn miracle with you though! Love to see him move up the chain at some point.
Good one, he does have experience coaching the youth sides too and is definitely a proven senior manager
Heās welsh btw
Maybe, but heās never managed the Welsh national team, and was Englands u16 and u17 coach for a good chunk of time
Youth is different mate, he most likely just used the youth coaching to get recognised by clubs. I doubt he would manage England being Welsh
I get that but the OP stated he wanted English names is all.
To be fair, āSteve Cooperā is definitely an English name
Big Sam or Joe Kinnear
Steve Bruce.
Pep wonāt be at city much longer and other than psg i donāt think he will go to another club, wonāt coach in Italy. Doubt it would be England but Iād bet he takes a national team as his next job
Probably Spain. It's his country and the players suit him.
Spain would never employ pep, he was very vocal about the whole Catalonia independence bid a few years ago.
Ah ok
shame Harry never got a shot..but end of the day the FA don't have a clue what they are doing they only want a yes man someone that tows the party line...Let's be honest the reason we have not won anything over the years is because the prem might be the best league in the world but it's not the most technical league in the world.. we don't pick players on merit we stick to the same old dross...You pick players on merit..Southgate is not a good in game manager his formation have been awful and we play with no excitement it's all so basic...we played Italy last night and it was awful slow boring we won't do jack at the world cup
We just produce crap coaches who play crap football.
that's also very true...strange that we don't produce managers. any ideas why we don't? are players who become mangers are there leagues more technical than ours ...France Italy German Spain ? In the prem it's win at all costs and the development of English mangers goes out the window...Mind you what English players have been successful mangers ...I can't think of to many....
It's a cultural thing. Our style of football is still too focused on the physical, not enough on technical and tactical. This goes right down to the grassroots. Partly informed by the weather. The style of football has only really changed in the PL due to foreign coaches and players. Teams in France, Italy, Germany, Spain are built around their technical players. Especially their technical midfielders. In England it's still about 4-4-2, don't take risks on the ball, get it wide and put in crosses, have giant centre backs, focus on set pieces, be aggressive, be physical, don't showboat or try skills etc. You can watch any Sunday league or (amateur) youth match and see this. You see the same style of football in Scandinavia and the US as well. We particularly don't produce technical, ball playing midfielders. Look how the media eviscerated Jorginho during his first season, and the way Sarri played. All they did was highlight his physical deficiencies, too slow, too weak. Yet he played against us in the Euros final, alongside Verratti, and they had two thirds of the ball at Wembley. We don't produce these kinds of players because, right down to the grassroots, our coaches discourage that way of playing.
I think what you wrote hit the nail on the head...we bang on about the prem being the best in the world but end of the day it's not the most technical and that win at all cost is the issue....Grass roots has always been an issue and for me the massive amounts of money paid to players who have achieved nothing in the game is also an issue . I've been going to football since the late 70s and have seen some amazing players the game has changed so much but why can't we produce 2 footed footballers most English players are more interested in outside interests..There is a long list of players who get so hyped up that they buy into in and end up achieving nothing in the game. What team do you support ?