Football 2024-25. Pep’s last season?

Tuchel will be interesting when the mouth-breathing inngrrrland fans start singing about bombers, world cups and world wars

Looks like they got fed up of the Irishman then. Not sure Tuchel will win the world/European cup though.

Meh. Who gives a flying **** anyway about international football anyway, particularly Engerland?

It’s one less on the candidate list to take over from Ten Hag, I suppose, who is inexplicably still in a job.

Bring on the ‘proper’ football after the latest pointless nonsense and see if Brentford can beat their present record and put two past us in the opening minute. With our present defence, that’s entirely possible

Most of us give even less **** about the latest latest stupidity at united.

I hope United don’t decide to look back to 1986 for inspiration and come looking at Pittodrie for their next manager.

Most of us give even less **** about the latest latest stupidity at united

Could you let my scouse mates know that then please? Because when I see them they don’t want to talk about anything else 😉

Anyway… I see the achingly-predictable, small-minded little-Ingerlanders have set out to prove that they haven’t progressed in their prehistoric, knuckle-dragging attitudes since they appointed Sven in 2001. (Rolls eyes emoji)

God the xenophobia in that article is horrific (was it written by Farage?). Tuchel is a good manager & the best that is available. Not that I particularly care about the national team, but in this instance I hope Tuchel gets them playing well & the pathetic small minded hack who wrote this article has to eat their words by next summer…

Is that an actual article not a spoof ?

I’m afraid (somewhat unsurprisingly) it’s real. God only knows why a quality manager like him would put himself through this.

Christ, everything about the Ingerland set up and their moronic fan base is utterly toxic

Tuchel needs to go. No wins for England yet.

I’m afraid (somewhat unsurprisingly) it’s real. God only knows why a quality manager like him would put himself through this.

Christ, everything about the Ingerland set up and their moronic fan base is utterly toxic

Wow, i’m amazed that’s actually allowed in this politically correct world we live in.  I don’t know much about newspapers and ‘sides’ but that seems massively racist to me.

Wasn’t Klinsman bandied about more than a few times previously. ?

All the rumours were about Pep, which just shows how utterly delusional the Ingerland fans are and how many ideas above their station they have

The idea of Pep taking the job is absolutely ludicrous. I’m amazed they’ve got Tuchel. It won’t be long before he’s regretting it, I’m sure

Behind the scenes footage of Tuchel’s prep for the press conf

All the rumours were about Pep, which just shows how utterly delusional the Ingerland fans are and how many ideas above their station they have

Probably not that crazy, he’s said he wants to manage a national team at some point, his contract is up at the end of the season. A sizeable portion of the squad are at or have played for City, we’re a couple of defenders away from a very good first XI. There’s clearly been contact between the FA and his agent.

I’m amazed they’ve got Tuchel.

I’m not surprised any half decent manager that’s out of work. The pay is good and surely you’d back yourself to do better than a coach that had little experience before he got it and he managed to get the team to a couple of finals.

I think Southgates ‘limted’ management experience with the U21’s would have been of a lot more value than anything most club managers would bring to the table.  Shopping for players at PSG isn’t very relevant

I’m not a fan of how the FA/England system is run, and I’m not totally convinced by Tuchel, but I really hope that he wins something with England and rubs the Mail’s nose in it.

That’s just vile.

To be fair, there is also some German media laughing about England having a German coach.

To be fair, there is also some German media laughing about England having a German coach.

The Mail isn’t laughing though.

Changing the subject… .Staveley is clearly closing in on some kind of buy in to spurs.  This has me very concerned.

As soon as I saw the rumours about Tuchel, you just knew it’d be followed up by all the gammons moaning about him being a German in charge of England. Honestly, who actually cares? In terms of chances of success, his track record is head and shoulders above any manager the national team have had for decades so maybe, just maybe, at the WC in 2 years we might actually win it and stop having to talk about x years of hurt, living on past glories of a WC won 60 years ago etc.

Stuff like seeing the DM article above and listening to some of the red faced Brexit supporters on Talksport yesterday makes me (even more) ashamed to be English. In other news, I have next to no care about the national team. Watched a bit of it the other night – Alexander-Arnold spannering balls all over the place in the hope something sticks and is a “wonder pass”, Bellingham strutting around the pitch like he’s Zidane, Pele, Beckenbaur and Ronaldo all rolled into one etc. What a loathsome group of football players.

Back to proper football this weekend. Come on Leeds (with our German manager who oddly, at no point has it crossed my mind that I should dislike him because of something that happened 100 years ago when a mentalist took a country to a world war)

his track record is head and shoulders above any manager the national team have had for decades

Southgate’s record was very impressive: semis, quarters and 2 finals. I’ll wager that no manager will better that in the next 20years.

Compare that to any previous national manager and he’s very successful by any measure. If the fans weren’t so stupid and hung up on 1966 then they might see it differently.

Tuchel it’s another high profile manager who has inherited much of his success. Dortmund are always a major force in Germany, PSG were splashing cash and uncontested domestically, Chelsea are just Chelsea. Bayern, well his personality and methods were not a success.

He’s just a new Mourinho and will be doing his angry Pepperami impression at Wembley very soon.

Jesus F Christ that daily heil article is something else.

Are they talking about the same Gareth Southgate they eviscerated for England players taking the knee and making a stand against racism.

I’d love to see them get themselves in a right pickle if he actually won the World Cup

I’m not sure farage tweet was genuine with him asking why England have a German manager and Galloway responding “probably the same reason you have a German wife” 🙂

el_shalimo – he got the Dortmund job though because he’d done well at smaller clubs. Interesting route to management/coaching, given he retired at 25 due to injury. I think it’s a good appointment. He’s tactically astute, got the better of Pep in the CL final, and doesn’t pander to primadonnas like Bellingham. Rumours he’s lost dressing rooms might be wide of the mark – he managed PSG and Chelsea where there is significant boardroom interference. Were it not for Manuel Neur’s implosion he’d have been in another CL final a few months ago.

The CL final was down to Rudiger’s thuggery and Havertz on the break plus Guardiola’s inexplicable tactic of not playing Fernandinho until  3/4 through the game and Rodri not even getting on the pitch

He’ll be fine, tactically he’s decent, England currently have a good level of quality players to choose from, and he knows a lot of them already. Having a German manager will be fun for the rest of us as well, maybe get them to change the anthem to Erika for the first game ;o)

He probably won’t have favourites and pander to the media

That’s a good thing

 a German in charge of England

Ironic given the Gammons love of the Royal family

The CL final was down to Rudiger’s thuggery and Havertz on the break plus Guardiola’s inexplicable tactic of not playing Fernandinho until  3/4 through the game and Rodri not even getting on the pitch

They defended brilliantly, James had Sterling in his pocket, Kante was outstanding, and whilst the foul on de Bruyne was cynical, that was well into the second half. I don’t recall City creating a huge amount before then.

Yeah, it was also when Pep used to tinker more, and came up with a brand new formation for the final. Even he’s learned!

I think he should do well.  England have a great batch of talented players and he is good tactically. He may lose the press,  he might lose the dressing room,  that could be a problem of course but if he doesn’t then….it’s coming home! It’s coming home,  foot-ball’s coming home!  Maybe.

Telling Bellingham he’s not the messiah would be a good first step. And endear him to the rest of the squad apparently.

Spirit of Zinedine Zidane living on in league 2 today ?

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Disappointed as was expecting headbutt content!

Gosh, Barca trouncing Real by 4, I did not see that coming.

But more importantly Reading are now in the promotion places. A giant is stirring.

Not for the first time this season Ipswich have lost a winning position.

Looks like 4 teams will be scrapping for the three relegation spots

We had Muric on loan at Forest, there’s a reason Burnley bought Trafford in.

I wonder which Arsenal player will be sent off today?

Mercifully the game of walking football that will be United v West Ham isn’t on the tellybox. The ‘highlights’ will probably take about 30 seconds of tonight’s MOTD2 schedule and will feature a succession of misplaced midfield passes

Apparently plenty of highlights Binners and some dubious VARing. United should have been out of sight by half time according to 5live commentary.