Most people who work in the game would probably say they are impressed with the quality and depth of homegrown coaches these days. A lot of really impressive has been done over the past 20 years or so in this area so the challenge is no longer how do we create them, but what is the career path from where they have jobs to taking charge of a premier league side (notably, a different job than coach, even with the modern day structure of working under a DoF)? Prem clubs are looking at home grown coaches who either have impressive coaching credentials but no meaningful managerial experience, or at guys who only have experience in the football league. That simply represents a big risk when even relegation candidates have enough clout to go and poach a more established manager from an upper middle table Spanish or Italian side.
So I think your comparison to black managers is probably pretty apt.
Off the top of my head, the only current EPL managers who are English are Sean Dyche, Eddie Howe and Gary OāNeil. Two of them are probably relegated escapee specialists (I know OāNeil started with us but he mainly managing at the survival end of the league)
Yeah, it isnt reflected in the current numbers, but it still feels like the most likely appointment for an English manager comes from one of two camps totally uninfluenced by this new breed of very well trained coaches - star ex players who are hired because of their fame not their credentials, and dinosaur fire fighters like Dyche, brought in to stave off a relegation.
Two of the clubs who came up last year did so with young well regarded english managers. This seems like the most viable pathway for new talent to get into the Prem, but these guys are still on a hiding to nothing with both expected to go straight back down this year. The chances of that experience being viewed as good enough to land them another job at this level afterwards seems small.
It is so juvenile of me, but I am looking forward to all of the gammons pissing their pants when he wins a trophy. Some of the shit kicking around is hilarious.
Well, I heard on talk sport that it wonāt be a real English victory, just a victory with an Asterisk on it, and you will be laughed at and mocked forever for the fact that it was only possible with German help.
Good luck to Tuchel. He appears to be the best man for the job.
Line up the best England managers and compareā¦
Exactly! Tuchel it is then.
Whether or not that translates to a trophy remains to be seen, as at the sharp end of a tourney anything can happen. I think Tuchelās flaws are a bit overblown, and they are mitigated by the national set up - no transfers, and less time with everyone. His strong suit has an opportunity to come to the fore - tactician, set up a team, make some decisions about the blend even if a big name or two miss out, and make proactive adjustments in the heat of battle as the action unfolds. I think he might do well.
Lovely to see the English getting all bothered over the fact that heās German and not the fact that heās choleric dogshit. Curtis Woodhouse (BEM, mind you) says heād rather see England out in the group stages with Southgate than see England win with Tuchel - as if thatās the offer on the table.
Tuchel is a fucking dream appointment for anybody and everybody that likes to laugh at the English.
