Not saying I’m a Carsley supporter, because I’m an observer of the England team, not a fan

But where are the examples in recent history of successful club managers becoming great international managers or coaches? Capello? Sven, maybe. But he was less successful in tournaments than Southgate. I’m sure there are some, I just can’t think of many. What I do know is that international teams which have been successful in the last 20-30 years have mostly not been coached by great club coaches. Löw, Deschamps, Spain’s coaches, Argentina…

Another thing is the hysteria in the media about a poor result in a game everyone said in advance was meaningless. An experiment, sure, a poor performance, definitely, but reason for a system overhaul and a period of self-flagellation?

Posted By: APB on October 11th 2024 at 08:13:33

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I seem to recall (Other Football) - paulg, Oct 11, 07:35:13
- "There's three games left and then hopefully I'll be going back to the U21s" (Other Football) - jamesward, Oct 11, 11:02:01
- Yeah what you need is someone like Hodgson or Southgate, who *checks notes* (Other Football) - Knitted Jesus, Oct 11, 09:57:50
- Your house was very small, with wood chip on the wall (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Oct 11, 08:44:00
  - Let's all meet up in the year 2000, won't it be strange when (Other Football) - Lentil Weaver, Oct 11, 09:50:24
    - Well, yes, quite frankly, it would (n/m) (Other Football) - Augustus Pablo, Oct 11, 10:07:44
- He has met with some success (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 08:14:57
  - Fair enough, that did actually make me laugh out loud (n/m) (Other Football) - paulg, Oct 11, 08:59:32
    - 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 09:08:59
  - If I were him I'd be quite happy with the U21 role. Little pressure or media intrusion, (Other Football) - Adster, Oct 11, 08:26:05
    - and seems to be v good at it (Other Football) - paulg, Oct 11, 09:02:09
    - Experts like me are also calling him clueless tbf (n/m) (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 08:28:29
  - Morals? (Other Football) - Garry Brooke, Oct 11, 08:20:01
    - Hardly Man City (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 08:22:33
- Not saying I’m a Carsley supporter, because I’m an observer of the England team, not a fan (Other Football) - APB, Oct 11, 08:13:33
  - I can pinpoint *exactly* when I stopped caring about England results. (Other Football) - Cardiff Canary, Oct 11, 12:34:37
    - understand not being that bothered; just not trying to make a virtue of it (Other Football) - paulg, Oct 11, 14:09:35
      - I wasn’t (Other Football) - APB, Oct 11, 17:08:58
  - not a fan of the england team ..?!? (Other Football) - paulg, Oct 11, 09:01:31
    - No, not really (Other Football) - APB, Oct 11, 09:17:54
      - Yes, I'm the same (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Oct 11, 10:29:24
  - Are these meaningless games? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 08:21:36
    - I don’t care, personally, but there seemed to be plenty of comments along those lines (Other Football) - APB, Oct 11, 08:40:21
      - Don’t need to be top ranked, just pot 1 (Other Football) - SCC 28, Oct 11, 08:50:39

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