Next England Manager

[Robbo]

It appears that Lee Carsley will be taking over for the upcoming England fixtures.

Lee Carsley: England U21s boss in line to take interim charge of England senior side for September's fixtures

England U21s boss Lee Carsley in line to take charge of Englands senior side for next months Nations League fixtures against Republic of Ireland and Finland; Eddie Howe, Graham Potter, Mauricio Pochettino and Kieran McKenna are on list of possible candidates to succeed Gareth Southgate

www.skysports.com

I expect the FA will see this as a trial period, and if he does well, he might get the job. I'm delighted to see the back of Southgate, but this doesn't seem a particularly exciting appointment at all. It would be typical of the FA to take the easy option.

That said, I have heard some positive things in terms of his coaching style, but I don't know much about him.

Assuming he wanted the job, I do like Pochettino. The optics of an Argentinian managing the England team are not lost on me, but he's a great guy and a good manager.

Howe is reasonably good but won't want to leave Newcastle. Potter... might be ok but disappeared after the disaster at Chelsea.

 

[Robbo]

Now official. You just know he's going to have a few good performances and the FA will give him the job...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821894205087637799

 

[Robbo]

Southgate barely managed a decent performance, just results, so if Carsley gets the team playing entertaining football give the guy a shot.

If they genuinely believe him to be the best option I am happy to give him a chance, but it's the FA...

 

[Robbo]

In fairness Carsley is English

He's actually a former Ireland international though, didn't know that...

 

[Robbo]

Pochettino is taking the US national team job, so that rules him out.

 

[Robbo]

That is a weird move for him

Yeah, he's 52 and would have been eligible for the majority of top club jobs in Europe. Maybe he's just fed up with management.

 

[Robbo]

Some reports from Germany that Tuchel is in talks with the FA about taking the England job.

 

[Robbo]

Tuchel incoming...

Thomas Tuchel to England: Former Chelsea and Bayern Munich manager in pole position for job with FA in talks

The FA has accelerated its search to name Gareth Southgates successor as England manager; Thomas Tuchel has been out of work since leaving Bayern Munich in May; the FA made an initial enquiry for Pep Guardiola but he is not currently an active candidate

www.skysports.com

A German manager for the England team is pretty fun

Good appointment though, I think.

 

[Robbo]

Surprised at the negative reaction from some, I really rate Tuchel and think he's a very solid appointment for an international team.

He's a top coach and knows his way around tournament football, he can be pragmatic but nothing like Southgate was.

No guarantees of success, but I'm very happy with that, will start watching England again now, a bit more enthusiastically...

 

[Robbo]

Interestingly, he signed his contract on the 8th of October, so the media storm around Carsley losing to Greece was entirely pointless!

Still, it’s good to be excited to watch England again (for now)!

 

[Robbo]

Good press conference - a refreshing change from Southgate.

Interesting reaction from the likes of Neville and Carragher to this, saying it's harder than ever for English managers and we don't have an identity.

The reality is the various English managers are just not that great, who is there? Potter and Howe. Good managers but not massively exciting...

I think it's a great appointment really, 18 months of pure focus on trying to win the World Cup with a top manager. I don't think he'll be upsetting people, he's not with the players that frequently, and he handles the media very well.