Why Are English Football Managers So Bad?

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 พ.ค. 2021
  • The Premier League is almost 30 years old, and during that time, the top flight of English football has been won by 11 managers from 7 different countries - and yet, not a single one of those seven countries is England.
    It's a similar tale in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League, and it paints a picture of English managers being rigid, incompetent, 4-4-2 dinosaurs incapable of competing with their Spanish, Italian, and German counterparts, or even of holding any of the top jobs.
    But why is this the case? In this opinion piece, HITC Sevens examines the key arguments surrounding English managers, why they don't hold the top jobs in the Premier League, and whether there are any signs that the current outlook is changing.
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  • @HITCSevens
    @HITCSevens  3 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    My sincere apologies for interchanging between English/British slightly confusingly on occasion, especially regarding big Tony Pulis, who is of course a very proud Welshman!

    • @jnw85
      @jnw85 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Most of the Welsh national team are from England anyway...

    • @Chalks38
      @Chalks38 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Haha exactly my comment fair because if you was saying British managers are not successful then it doesn’t stack up because of sir Alex

    • @DarkwearGT
      @DarkwearGT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      E

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jnw85 not Welsh starboy, Neco Williams, he's Welsh through and through

    • @jordanhopkins623
      @jordanhopkins623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      brendan rodgers isn't english either!

  • @petar.stoyanov
    @petar.stoyanov 3 ปีที่แล้ว +382

    Hey, let's not forget Garry Neville's job at Valencia :]]

    • @rezaarmeynaldo7372
      @rezaarmeynaldo7372 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      😂😂😂

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      lol. That one applies to the nepotism video! Very uncomfortable ties to Peter Lim.

    • @ryanfraley7113
      @ryanfraley7113 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Oof

    • @yoboijason586
      @yoboijason586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      And David moyes at real Sociedad.

    • @RafsanS15
      @RafsanS15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      still had better won percentage than Koeman

  • @jolobor6686
    @jolobor6686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    Fun fact. Tony Pulis's son manages in the second tier of America football and surprisingly his football isn't defensive at all

    • @jolobor6686
      @jolobor6686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Welp apparently he got sacked. Big oof

    • @ThreeRunHomer
      @ThreeRunHomer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      To be fair, there really isn’t a second tier of American football so his sacking doesn’t count.

    • @baliksupper6043
      @baliksupper6043 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Pulis’s wet brom were the most boring team in the history of association football!

    • @rd14896
      @rd14896 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Also Pulis is always referred to as ‘Welsh’ so isn’t an English manager

    • @naedot.9779
      @naedot.9779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's assistant in Inter Miami now I think

  • @andi6879
    @andi6879 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    I remember Steve McClaren at Wolfsburg. He almost got relegated that year despite having Mandzukic and Dzeko as the 2 main strikers...

    • @laoch5658
      @laoch5658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      he also when the dutch league with FC twente which was unbelievable

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did he have a green and white umbrella?

    • @nt3753
      @nt3753 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      wolfsburg at that point was pumping money to became a big bundeslig club and failed miserably- so good job mr mclaren otherwise there woud be another redbull..

    • @timdeathly
      @timdeathly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@laoch5658 i remember that. I support fc twente, it is was the best day in my life of watching football.

    • @izdatsumcp
      @izdatsumcp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I remember him winning the EFL Cup and getting to the UEFA Cup final with fucking Middlesbrough.

  • @ibitdalv3238
    @ibitdalv3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +504

    Laughed my ass off at Ligue 1 Uber Eats Subway Footlong sandwich with extra jalapeno peppers trophy. Thanks for that Alfie

    • @hammer_mercedes
      @hammer_mercedes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Day 3: Most Obscure Europa League Pitches 2021

    • @afrobuddy4801
      @afrobuddy4801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Alex ferguson was trash, in all the years of coaching man u, he only won 2 CL. This shows how overrated the EPL is. More competitive sure, but on average of each individual team is lower, and the quality of the top team pale in comparison to other top clubs in europe especially in spain

    • @ibitdalv3238
      @ibitdalv3238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @AfroBuddy Please take your meds

    • @jj4ts185
      @jj4ts185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@afrobuddy4801 lol what. How many managers have won more than 2 champions league. Not many

    • @nelhed3587
      @nelhed3587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@afrobuddy4801 looking forward to you coaching a team to a CL final in real life..

  • @jonathanwalker6383
    @jonathanwalker6383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    I think Chris Wilder's overlapping centre backs worked well last season when he had the right players to execute his plan. Fell apart this year with so many injuries and replacements unable to carry out what he wanted.

    • @MCFC570
      @MCFC570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Still doesn't excuse the fact he made awful transfers last summer

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@MCFC570 Do you not think that comes under what Alfie was saying for horses for courses? He did very well to work with what he had and cheap/free transfers to find gems of players to implement his system and take them up the leagues. However, dealing with PL-sized transfer budgets and having to compete with other more resourceful sides, he was very inexperienced and a lot of the signings appear to have been poor? He is a very good manager, tactician and budget recruiter, but struggled to recruit to elevate the club any higher.

    • @MCFC570
      @MCFC570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@harrierjames7727 yh I still think he's a decent manager cause you don't get a team from league 1 to the prem by being shit

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@MCFC570 similar to Moyes at Manchester United. A very good and consistent manager between 5th-8th in the Prem... Did exactly that with Manchester United, but couldn't really adapt to that step up in budgets, recruitment and expectation

    • @yaboykirby7789
      @yaboykirby7789 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      when you have such a specific plan where each player has a role so specific and you only have 1 player for two seperate roles then you get an injury to one of them you just lose

  • @harveyholmes9533
    @harveyholmes9533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +432

    I don’t think there’s a problem of British managers like Dyche being overlooked in favour of foreign managers but I do think there’s a problem in England of experienced managers being overlooked for ex-players with glamorous playing careers. Reputation as a player makes it a lot easier for managers to skip levels and get jobs whereas those without a big recent career usually need way more managerial experience to stand a chance which is why a lot of English managers end up stuck in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th divisions never putting together the perfect CV to get them a big job.

    • @tehrealfake
      @tehrealfake 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Just look at Steve Bruce. On record saying he doesn't really believe in tactics, but has failed his way up to managing NUFC because he was part of a good Man U side and all his mates are pundits.

    • @ManOfThr
      @ManOfThr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I think a lot of it has to do with wanting "the next big thing" more generally--the next Pep pretty much. Experience actually works against English managers because 1) they can't be the next big manager since they've been here and haven't succeeded all that much, and 2) English managers aren't that well-regarded.

    • @pearsehegarty9395
      @pearsehegarty9395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Look at sir Alex he was the most successful manager of all time and he was Scottish🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @jaredrodney3420
      @jaredrodney3420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Playing ten at the back does not make you a good manager

    • @TruckerJenkins82
      @TruckerJenkins82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Long may Dyche be overlooked, he's practically a god to us Burnley folk. I still pinch myself when I think of what that man has done and continues to do with lil' ol' Burnsley (come on, Barnsley, win the playoffs and make the pundits lives a living hell next season)

  • @duncanself5111
    @duncanself5111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Much like young English players, English managers should perhaps learn a new language and try managing teams in a foreign league, broaden their horizon and experience

    • @dwanyewest
      @dwanyewest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      English footballers and coaches are too insular to consider it as an option. Plus they generally find it difficult to adapt abroad.

    • @duncanself5111
      @duncanself5111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@dwanyewest it's understandable why a young player might find it hard to adapt abroad but there's really no excuse why a manager should struggle to adapt, if they're serious about the job

    • @polaris7122
      @polaris7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The foreign leagues won't have them!

    • @andyallan2909
      @andyallan2909 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steven Gerard!

    • @Ldoggmillionaire
      @Ldoggmillionaire 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All of the best managers have been open to new ideas and bringing in others opinions and expertise, including english ones. The stereotypical manager that is framed in this video seem to subscribe to the old school methodology of doing it their way, wanting full control of everything and a lack of openess to try new experiences or bring new people into the conversation

  • @Paperbagman555
    @Paperbagman555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    Only speaking English in a league dominated by foreign players is the primary issue. A lot of those elite managers speak more than two languages and that just makes everything a lot easier for man-managing. Managers who speak more languages are also likely to be more culturally sensitive and aware of how to navigate differences in a cosmopolitan team, having less of that "island mentality" Englishmen are criticised for.

    • @bri1085
      @bri1085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Brendan Rodgers happens to also know some Spanish, just so he can tell some of his players "Carácter Fantástico" in their mother tongue, now he's the best British manager in the world, truly inspirational character.

    • @MichaelCronan49
      @MichaelCronan49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This is actually spot on

    • @johnsaunders2109
      @johnsaunders2109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@bri1085 hes not English !!

    • @MichaelCronan49
      @MichaelCronan49 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bri1085 he knows more than a bit he’s basically fluent

    • @franohmsford7548
      @franohmsford7548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Bielsa requires a translator at Leeds but that doesn't seem to have harmed them or him!

  • @danielmurphy8262
    @danielmurphy8262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    There was a similar case of this last year in Irish football. Dundalk hired an Italian, Filipo Giovagnoli as their new manager. While he was extremly underqualified even for that level, there was a bit of a reaction based on his nationality and “not knowing the league”. He ended up winning the domestic cup and qualifyied for the Europa League Groupstages (only the 3rd time an Irish team has done so)

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      John Sheridan was the best manager Irish football never had, pub league and all that.

    • @danielmurphy8262
      @danielmurphy8262 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Doge di Amalfi i just checked and you are right, thanks for pointing that out!

    • @shawnsnow2655
      @shawnsnow2655 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jack Charlton?

    • @danielmurphy8262
      @danielmurphy8262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shawnsnow2655 This is talking about Irish club football, Jack Charlton was manager of the Irish national team.

  • @JCzzzzz
    @JCzzzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    You mentioned David Moyes, he is Scottish. And if you count him as a British manager, then the Premier League has been won by a certain Scottish manager 13 times!

    • @pulkitnahata4140
      @pulkitnahata4140 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      2 Scots actually. Kenny Daglish won in 1995

    • @JCzzzzz
      @JCzzzzz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@pulkitnahata4140 good point

    • @rafaelvalera4609
      @rafaelvalera4609 ปีที่แล้ว

      David Moyes never managed in Scotland.

    • @user-pw6gm1tu6q
      @user-pw6gm1tu6q 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@rafaelvalera4609 hes still scottish though,didnt george graham win it with arsenal also

    • @rafaelvalera4609
      @rafaelvalera4609 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-pw6gm1tu6q Not the Premier League. Remember that the Premier League started with the 92-93 season. Graham's last league was the 90-91 season

  • @caesar-dynastysports
    @caesar-dynastysports 3 ปีที่แล้ว +175

    Alfie forgot to mention the old English manager merry-go-round. There are about 5 old English managers, Allardyce chief among them, who constantly get jobs at bottom half Premier League or Championship clubs. Look at any top foreign manager's resume. They all have stepping stone clubs. Antonio Conte, Sarri, etc. English managers can't get that because when West Brom sacks their manager in the Premier League they hire Allardyce. Next season when some Premier League club facing relegation sacks their manager, they'll hire Allardyce. And so on and so on until Allardyce gets tired of managing. Instead, those are the clubs that should be blasted for not hiring young English managers considering how often they change their manager. Not the top 6 clubs because there are no English managers with a CV worth hiring at that level.

    • @azysheff
      @azysheff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Well tbh I don’t think Allardyce ever got relegated until this season.. every time he’s been brought into save a club at the bottom part of the table he’s done his job

    • @jonathanwalker6383
      @jonathanwalker6383 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Depressingly we are regulars to ride that merry go round. After Fat Sam we will get Mark Hughes in. We've already had Pulis and Pardew so might as well go for more of the same. 10 years later Frank Lampard will be resurrecting his career with us too.

    • @hailyrizzo5428
      @hailyrizzo5428 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, who did those clubs sack in the first place.

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hit the nail on the head. WBA were never going to give the job to Lee Johnson, big Sam with his Premier League experience, Stoke, Tuesday nights. It is completely bizarre, but it is the premier league. Mourinho, Magath, Garde, brilliant.

    • @xulupopo9288
      @xulupopo9288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So let him prove he's something truly special by bringing such clubs not only out of relegation but up onto the first half of the table....

  • @trickygoose2
    @trickygoose2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I'm not sure if anyone's mentioned that Howard Wilkinson who led Leeds to the last League title in the 'old' First Division is now the only living Englishman to have managed a side that won the English title.

  • @marctang3802
    @marctang3802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +346

    Is it just me or do I find Alfie’s videos very soothing

    • @Paperbagman555
      @Paperbagman555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Alfie calmly telling stories about Palermo's maniacal owner and the Notts County fraud is the new Bob Ross

    • @duncanself5111
      @duncanself5111 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      His cool and calm delivery is probably why. Tifo Football also springs to mind.
      Sorry to mention another channel. Not sure if that's frowned apon?

    • @mbotela9979
      @mbotela9979 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@duncanself5111 Doubt it's frowned upon. Can't be anything wrong with pointing people in the way of another excellent creator 😃

    • @hydromic2518
      @hydromic2518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I play his videos when I go to sleep

    • @duncanself5111
      @duncanself5111 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mbotela9979 haha, cool 👍

  • @ottocooper4256
    @ottocooper4256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Didn't realise Brendan Rodgers and David Moyes were English

    • @jonsouth1545
      @jonsouth1545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      they aren't David Moyes is form Glasgow and Brendan Rodgers is from Northern Ireland poor research this video is not up to standard hell Tony Pulis is Welsh

    • @jontelar1998
      @jontelar1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He did also say British but in that case we have left out about the greatest example there is in modern time ..... Alex Ferguson

    • @MONAHAN97
      @MONAHAN97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tony Pulis too. Moving the goalposts whenever it suits the narrative is not a good look for this channel and detracts from the valid points he does make.

    • @jonsouth1545
      @jonsouth1545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@jontelar1998 between 1985 and 1999 the League was only won by a single non British manager he not only ignores, SAF he also ignores Kenny Dalgleish and Howard Wilkinson who was English and won the league with Leeds United. The video is terribly researched

    • @jontelar1998
      @jontelar1998 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jonsouth1545 I do believe if we talk the recent years its either 2000 and onwards or 2010 and onwards

  • @ranggawiraspati6880
    @ranggawiraspati6880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    It's a shame that English managers hasn't evolved, considering that English managers had paved the football development in countries such as Spain and Italy in the early 20th century

  • @prometheustv6558
    @prometheustv6558 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    An English manager has never won a Premier League title. A Scottish manager has won it, A French manager has won it, A Portugese manager has won it, A few Italian managers have won it, A Chilean manager has won it, A Spanish manager has won it, and A German manager has won it, but never an English manager.

    • @sibusisoenockcebekhulu9318
      @sibusisoenockcebekhulu9318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Dude, this was such a complete waste of a comment.

    • @TehPhillips
      @TehPhillips 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You're just repeating what Alfie said at the beginning of the video

    • @ljd6711
      @ljd6711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Two Scottish managers

    • @MrRQBQ
      @MrRQBQ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No shit Sherlock, that was the whole theme of the video which he mentioned at the beginning.

  • @Tazza81
    @Tazza81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Really wish people would stop thinking the English top flight only started in 1992.

    • @mafiousbj
      @mafiousbj 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Aston Villa likes this comment

    • @afrobuddy4801
      @afrobuddy4801 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Alex ferguson was trash, in all the years of coaching man u, he only won 2 CL. This shows how overrated the EPL is. More competitive sure, but on average of each individual team is lower, and the quality of the top team pale in comparison to other top clubs in europe especially in spain

    • @Rozza2k
      @Rozza2k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      "He only won 2" most never even get close to one and that makes him "trash"? How many titles in total did he win? Ahh yeah its 38 🤣

    • @jaydaniels6172
      @jaydaniels6172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@afrobuddy4801 The CL is very different today. In the 1990's the top 4 didn't qualify only the champions. Liverpool wouldn't have qualified for either of their most recent CL wins under those rules, and Real Madrid wouldn't have qualified for 3 of the last 4 that they won.

    • @grealish2234
      @grealish2234 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rozza2k but that standard is applied to pep calling him a failure .... sir Alex won 2 in 26 years with years and years having the best and costliest squads ... it's not good enough

  • @AdamMiligan
    @AdamMiligan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The same thing is happening here in Brazil and we are having the same discussion, we had portugueses here doing really well like Jorge Jesus and Abel Ferreira and argentines like Sampaoli. Our managers are now saying they are being overlooked by foreign managers, I would love a video about that. Congratulations for the video Alfie, you are by far the best person in youtube, your content is always on point and delivers amazing insight about football, thanks for sharing so much and for teaching us.

    • @heitor5181
      @heitor5181 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      esse problema é (por enquanto) uma pedrinha de gelo perto dos ingleses, ainda mais porque os clubes aqui só fazem efeito manada,

  • @JaysonGeland
    @JaysonGeland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    DAY 3
    The Story of South Africa's Post Apartheid 1996 AFCON winning National Football Team

    • @MullerFan28
      @MullerFan28 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      that's something tifo footbal should do

    • @zengerz
      @zengerz 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Apartheid did better things for south africa than nowadays it being a scumbag country destroyed to the core.

    • @JaysonGeland
      @JaysonGeland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @DriftZ TwoSeven and @zengerz So here you are, openly espousing the virtues of apartheid. Fuck you both.

    • @jamierobertson9832
      @jamierobertson9832 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@JaysonGeland do you live in South Africa? Know anything about the place?

    • @mattshark7665
      @mattshark7665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @DriftZ TwoSeven what utter ignorant nonsense.

  • @Iron-Bridge
    @Iron-Bridge 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    The Germans and Portuguese are currently the most high profile European nations I can think of with a generation of high quality managers.
    I think Spain, Italy, Netherlands and France probably have a pretty strong set too.

    • @oracle8589
      @oracle8589 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not France lol they always have terrible coaches

    • @AzizDoufikar2280
      @AzizDoufikar2280 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oracle8589 Arsene Wenger??

    • @finfog4590
      @finfog4590 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@oracle8589 they had a few in the 00s, but not now

    • @HaiNguyen-uk3tf
      @HaiNguyen-uk3tf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@finfog4590 Zidane ?

  • @matthewjennings5893
    @matthewjennings5893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Because they are all dinosaurs who grew up in an era when it was all about stamina and not technique and ball possession!!

    • @Padbot1
      @Padbot1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There's not one proper way to play. It's bizarre that English people accept that continental approach when the players they tend to bring through academies are tremendous athletes.

    • @dwanyewest
      @dwanyewest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Padbot1 The English way produces poor results, hence why EPL teams have to hire foreign coaches to do well in the Champions League or Europa League.

  • @Friddsch
    @Friddsch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Fun fact aside: Wolfsburg basically sees Mr McClaren as a real disastrous call as a coach.

    • @AlexJones-ue1ll
      @AlexJones-ue1ll 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least McClown ... errrr ... McClaren tried. And even if he failed, he learned something.

    • @Friddsch
      @Friddsch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AlexJones-ue1ll Hopefully he did so.

    • @timdeathly
      @timdeathly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I support fc twente, and he did an amazing job there. Beating ajax, feyenoord etc. Amazing squad we had back then. One of the best days in my life, for sure in my time watching football.

  • @harrytateson-stokes
    @harrytateson-stokes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Wilder's overlapping centre halves is an innovation from an english coach

    • @andrewgrange8327
      @andrewgrange8327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Depending on how you put innovation Sean Dyche’s variation on a low block set up is different although Wilders is far more different. I think you could look at both teams positions and transitions, and know which team they are without seeing faces.

    • @anirudhsmenon216
      @anirudhsmenon216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But no other team is really following it

    • @footballbrainer279
      @footballbrainer279 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very true. The other promising English coach is Scott Parker

    • @PhilWhelanNow
      @PhilWhelanNow 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@anirudhsmenon216 Sunderland are, and if you watch closely, you’ll have seen far more overlapping of CBs this season at Villa, Man City even, and others where the CB has the skill set.

    • @aidygooner
      @aidygooner 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Playing a 3-5-2 with wing backs isn't innovative as that it a classic Italian formation. It was just unique seeing it in tinpot league and how it helped a club rise to the Premier League which was brilliant but in international terms that's not innovative. Tactically the English are inept which is the simple reason why they don't get offered the big jobs.

  • @jamesduffy7549
    @jamesduffy7549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Roy Hodgson is only disrespected in England because of Liverpool and the national team making people forget how good a manger he actually is. Personally I've a huge amount of respect for Roy Hodgson.

    • @gaughen
      @gaughen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Got to a cup final with Bobby Zamora

    • @blaquenguni9249
      @blaquenguni9249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Roy Hodgson flopped with the most expensive side ever assembled, the Inter Milan of the late 90s. Inter couldn't even win a Serie A and did terrible in Europe, Roberto Baggio and R9 in that team

    • @robertburgess11
      @robertburgess11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Not disrespected by me
      Steve McClaren won the uefa cup and Dutch league didn't he?

    • @HHHBFResurrected
      @HHHBFResurrected 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Blackburn as well, but yes you're right. Football management's as unforgiving as boxing, a few KO's and your name loses respect rapidly.
      Scolari's the same. Won three Champions Leagues & the World Cup, but it simply doesn't matter compared to his failing at Chelsea & especially Brazil at the 2014 WC. It's not right or wrong, it just is.

    • @airslayer1564
      @airslayer1564 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@HHHBFResurrected Scolari hasn’t won three champions league he did win a World Cup with Brazil in 2002.

  • @jsolloso
    @jsolloso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    When English managers take the risk of managing abroad (Italy, Spain, Germany or France), then they can claim not being bad. Fact is, they keep landing every job in the Premier League even when their CV shows constant failure at winning trophies.
    As for nepotism, that's the big problem in football throughout, not just in the UK. It's debilitating the game and allowing for stagnation.

    • @richarda3514
      @richarda3514 ปีที่แล้ว

      Very good point totally agree

  • @figos9999
    @figos9999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Last great English managers who had success abroad and at home, Bobby Robson and Terry venables

    • @icdgyixify
      @icdgyixify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Roy Hodgson, Graham Potter, come to mind. They would get more money in the Championship though.

    • @patrickmccutcheon9361
      @patrickmccutcheon9361 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did they not have more success abroad like Roy Hodgson?

    • @louisbeerreviews8964
      @louisbeerreviews8964 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@icdgyixify no Roy Huogson has not be successful he was England manager

    • @icdgyixify
      @icdgyixify 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@louisbeerreviews8964 In English please?

  • @joefarrell7048
    @joefarrell7048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I think it says a lot as well that other countries have universities dedicated to football and the study of football tactics. In England, you just have to be a former player from the 80s and 90s with a couple coaching badges

  • @oakabielb5406
    @oakabielb5406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    English managers/players are nearly always overhyped by the media. I also think there is an arrogance associated with being English and involved in football.

    • @dwanyewest
      @dwanyewest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree

    • @richarda3514
      @richarda3514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Laziness is a key part too

  • @25neptun93
    @25neptun93 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Day 27:Please make a video about DINAMO BUCHAREST...The story of our club is a hard one...And you telling it can really help us a lot,our club is clinging to survival,and we raised 2 milion euros to try to save the club...
    Dinamo is one of the biggest clubs in Eastern Europe,it has 18 league titles and 13 domestic cup titles...It reached the Champions League Semi Final in 1984 after beating the holders of the trophy Hamburg...In the Semi Final they played against the great Liverpool side of the 80's...After the 89 revolution the club lost one of their greatest generation after their players where bought off by western clubs,similar to what happened to the clubs in East Germany that you already talked about...Corruption and neglect brought this giant of romanian football to it s knees...At the moment Dinamo is preety much the ONLY true historical side in Romania's top division...This team stood afloat thanks only to it's fans...In the summer some new spanish chiarman came and bought the club,brought players on huge contracts and left without paying them...The players just broke the contracts and the club accumulated even more debt...If the fans did not step in and accumulated 2 milion euros the club would have been dissolved...For anyone watching outside of Eastern Europe it might be hard to understand it s value...If u re English imagine Liverpool being dissolved...This club is OUR Liverpool,and it's stadium OUR cathedral...With all the fears of relegation,players leaving and managers coming in and leaving the club still managed to fight it's way to a Romanian cup Semi Final...Please,make one video about our story too...

    • @andreiiacob8255
      @andreiiacob8255 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      YES ALFIE!!!! PLZ PLZ

    • @sphericalcow6014
      @sphericalcow6014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sounds like a story I'd love to hear from Alfie

  • @danielevans5286
    @danielevans5286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I’m a big fan of the opinion pieces, would be great to see more of them

  • @formulahank1250
    @formulahank1250 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Harry Redknapp is the only moderately successful top 6 English manager who comes to mind

    • @sevenvoorhees99
      @sevenvoorhees99 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steve Bruce ????

    • @frankiebogdan4228
      @frankiebogdan4228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@sevenvoorhees99 when did Steve Bruce manage a top 6 club?

    • @tobe2854
      @tobe2854 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Pahahahahahahahaha... Steve Bruce. Good one

    • @frankiebogdan4228
      @frankiebogdan4228 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tobe2854 ikr what is this guy on about, Steve Bruce has done a good job anywhere for about 8 years 😭😭

    • @naedot.9779
      @naedot.9779 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Sir Bobby Robson.

  • @AbbasAdejonwo
    @AbbasAdejonwo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    Day 44 of best 7 footballers who have gone to prison (or best XI)
    Update: I'll be retiring at day 50 so please like this comment on any future videos🙏

    • @terrymunro9955
      @terrymunro9955 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Would like to see this.

    • @tabongprestige4104
      @tabongprestige4104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@terrymunro9955 me too bud

    • @GiovanniGiorgio2123
      @GiovanniGiorgio2123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Adam Johnson :V

    • @dearcup9293
      @dearcup9293 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Balotelli went to jail just to pick up some girls….utter mad lad Mario

    • @nukiepie
      @nukiepie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wtf is this day 500 shit

  • @jnvqc
    @jnvqc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    From 85/86 to 02/03, the top flight of english football was won 14 times by Scottish managers and twice each by English/French managers.

  • @gaara4667
    @gaara4667 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    HITC Sevens and Tifo Football is where the relaxation is at🙏🏿

  • @ismailniyaz5167
    @ismailniyaz5167 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can't for the life of me imagine Sam Allardyce saving Eibar from relegation while giving press interviews in Spanish and Basque. The problem with the current crop of English managers in the Premier League is that they all happen to be proud Little Englanders, with the exception of Potter.

    • @mancunioner
      @mancunioner 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not really.... Juande Ramos comes to mind. Same generation as Allardyce could barely speak anything other than Spanish and failed miserably with Spurs

  • @georgehunt8025
    @georgehunt8025 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Bit harsh on Roy Hodgson considering the jobs he’s had in different countries throughout his managerial career

    • @havardorset141
      @havardorset141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Totally agree ! He speaks four foreign languages fluently: Swedish, German, Italian, and French

    • @marpagapal3312
      @marpagapal3312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He hasn't been champion anywhere.
      He has more losses than games won in Premier League.
      That's the very least one asks from a "good" manager...

    • @nickj7520
      @nickj7520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Bobby Robson comes to mind. Was a top level manager and won trophies at Lisbon, Psv and Barcelona

  • @warsaw8149
    @warsaw8149 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I believed the Roberto Martinez rib for a minute. Was going to just search the video then realised it was a joke 😂

    • @Wabibi355
      @Wabibi355 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I was about to as well. He got me good

    • @asheru9254
      @asheru9254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Robert Martin

    • @collinslagat3458
      @collinslagat3458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had to Google to confirm

  • @SpringtrapLover2010
    @SpringtrapLover2010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The problem is majority of English players that retire become pundits, look at Gary Neville, he tried his hand at becoming a manager, made a very bad choice going to Valencia for his first job, it didnt work out, the media destroyed him so he decided to stick with Sky Sports. Even now while commentating his colleague will mention his failed brief time in Spain.

    • @richarda3514
      @richarda3514 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly very lazy

  • @bigjanyway2224
    @bigjanyway2224 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done Alfie ! Well done ! Idea for you, top 7 HITC sevens vid where Hull City aren't mentioned !

  • @WERTYUIO821
    @WERTYUIO821 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    An interesting video once again! As someone that is not from great, I would say that the only English/British managers that I would rank as capable are Howe and Rodgers. The first because he has proven that he can develop a club in its fullest while at Bournemouth and the second because he was able to make teams over-perform in all Liverpool, Celtic and Leicester.
    It doesn't have so much with style of play as with results and tactics.
    You watch the average English manager and you realize that he lacks something that could make his team get to the next level. Meanwhile in Portuguese managers, you see them play defensively but also have tactics for the 1-0 even against top teams. You watch the Italian League and you see tactics and passion in defense even by the lowest of teams. You watch the Premier League and half the midfielders walk in the pitch like they lack motivation. Meanwhile in Germany the midfielders usually run around and fix the whole midfield.
    Something that probably gives a big disadvantage to the British managers though, is the unlimited ammound of money that even the lowest of the teams in the League have. When a player prefers to play in below average Premier League team rather than in European competitions, he mostly do it because of money. When the majority of your players are overpaid, they usually underperform and have little ambition. This makes an English/British manager unable to stand out compared to their counterparts in Italy or Germany.

  • @realharrykane2063
    @realharrykane2063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One big reason is that the FA coaching education is so out dated compared to Germany or Italy for example

  • @danosullivan9502
    @danosullivan9502 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff Alfie, only found this now. But absolutely brilliant as always. That Robert Martin joke had me in tears

  • @leolo1613
    @leolo1613 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    documentary-style video idea: the case of neuchatel xamax and the 11/12 swiss season

  • @derekevans1932
    @derekevans1932 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Interesting that you showed photographs of John Toshack (Welsh) who managed successfully in Spain and back home as well as Terry Venables.

    • @Boredoutofmywits
      @Boredoutofmywits ปีที่แล้ว

      The Brit school kind of died with Heysel Stadium disaster.

  • @fanis6dd
    @fanis6dd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Day 1: a video about the separation of Belenenses and B-SAD and its history

  • @jamescoutinho3963
    @jamescoutinho3963 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is great content, thank you

  • @BOABModels
    @BOABModels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Jill Ellis, who was USWNT head coach until 2019, was born in Portsmouth. However, she's a US citizen and isn't currently managing.
    If I was a footballer, I'd love to try playing in a foreign league. One of my favourite players, Christian Burgess, left Pompey last summer for Union in Belgium. Then this season he got promoted to the top flight. That experience will put him in great stead and I could imagine him being a great coach when he retires.

  • @adrianmaty9406
    @adrianmaty9406 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Your best video so far, imo.You are so right and realistic. Just one thing: maybe people will slow down on looking down on other leagues and calling them 'farmers', 'plumbers' and so on as you've yourself admitted the succes of the Premier League is mostly due to non-English money ( owners), managers and footballers. Thank You !

    • @Boredoutofmywits
      @Boredoutofmywits ปีที่แล้ว

      The Premier League Success is due good adminstration, shrewd bussines sense, great marketing and comparatively way less corruption and cronyism. On top of the competetive advantage of English being the language of the land.

  • @michaelmearney5721
    @michaelmearney5721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Day 1 of telling Alfie he's pretty good at making videos

    • @YES-bb9rh
      @YES-bb9rh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We will watch your career with great interest

  • @geeflat
    @geeflat 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting. My favourite video of yours to date.

  • @joenewman5985
    @joenewman5985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is my favourite video yet. Brilliant insight.

  • @CharlesOffdensen
    @CharlesOffdensen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tuchel got a job at PSG, because he speaks French. Then he got a job at Chelsea, because he speaks German. How many languages do English coaches speak? (Germans are also notorious for not speaking so many foreign languages, Germany is a big market so movies and books get translated in German. A country like say Denmark is a smaller market, so nothing gets translated, so the Danish have to learn English and even German, too.)

  • @lalitthapa101
    @lalitthapa101 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It is actually shameful that not a single English manager has won the premier league.
    Not having good English managers is something I credit to a lot for the disappointment England is in international tournaments.

  • @magicalluke3861
    @magicalluke3861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I do think Sean Dyche could be an English Simeone if given the funds, players and no stick for the way he sets his team up

    • @caesar-dynastysports
      @caesar-dynastysports 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      This is disrespectful to Simeone.

    • @nikolas8203
      @nikolas8203 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@caesar-dynastysports no you are disrespecting dyche

    • @fuckyoutube1999
      @fuckyoutube1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dyche is one of the only English managers I respect along with potter.

    • @ishangoyal2385
      @ishangoyal2385 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hahahahahhahahahahah. Hes nothing more than your typical mid table relegation battling manager. English simeone lol. Just because they play a similar style doesnt mean dyche is as good as simeone😂😂

    • @andrewgrange8327
      @andrewgrange8327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As a Burnley fan sush, we want less interest in our man Dyche

  • @rohitmathad7215
    @rohitmathad7215 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Steven Gerrard is managing well at rangers right?

  • @shxsn8597
    @shxsn8597 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Steven Gerald will become the first English Manager to win the premier league

    • @ADAMdinho1
      @ADAMdinho1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Will in me bollocks hes a useless lump

    • @jixuscrixus1967
      @jixuscrixus1967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WTF is ‘Gerald’?
      Can you spell your own name?

    • @gideonstix
      @gideonstix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yea, i dont think winning scottish league makes him that good. Lets wait few more years before claiming something like that. People were hyping up Lampard and he got shown the door in a heartbeat.

    • @footballbrainer279
      @footballbrainer279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hope so. I'm a Man Utd fan but I love what he's done at Rangers

    • @colindebourg3884
      @colindebourg3884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lampard said he dreams of managing a huge club but doesn't seem to realise that you have to learn the trade first, like having a limited transfer budget and getting the best out of what you have.

  • @AmazinJ89
    @AmazinJ89 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video, I've been discussing with friends how funny it is that out of the top 7 league's, England is the only nation in the last 30 years to not have a native win the domestic league. I do agree that our promising English/British managers need to go abroad more.

    • @exsandgrounder
      @exsandgrounder 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Howard Wilkinson in 1992 comes just within your 30 year timeframe.

    • @AmazinJ89
      @AmazinJ89 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@exsandgrounder yes, I'm a year a head but unless one of the big six hire a English manager for next season it will be 30.

  • @arz5530
    @arz5530 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Day 5:Alfie Potts Hammer lookalikes XI

  • @havardorset141
    @havardorset141 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A couple of comments to your very interesting video:
    Roy Hodgson is actually a very cosmopolitan manager. He speaks several languages fluently and have managed lots of clubs and national teams around the world. I remember him very well being manager of Viking FK (Stavanger) in the Norwegian Premier Division. He could do interviews in Norwegian language because he spoke fluent Swedish. He did very well with the club, and had an amusing personality and character. Flopping in Liverpool, I think, destroyed his reputation of taking care of a top flight club.
    Ole Gunnar Solskjær is kind of an English manager in my opinion. Everything he learned is from Manchester, and the incredible success he had in Molde, was actually by implementing everything he had learned in Manchester.

  • @malthuswasright
    @malthuswasright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Best description of Alan Brazil I've heard.

  • @Blackhalllll
    @Blackhalllll 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Brendan Rodgers and David Moyes aren’t English, SAF would’ve been included in the British managers but is the most successful PL manager in history

    • @jonsouth1545
      @jonsouth1545 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah this is a really poorly researched video that cherry picks data if it was "British Managers" it would include SAF and Kenny Dalgleish who have both won the Premiership but that wouldn't suit the false narrative this video is trying t make.

  • @mvjbass9561
    @mvjbass9561 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The English media and even fans are still very biased against Englishmen in football who go out abroad. If we look at players, people think Southgate is an idiot for picking Trippier over the likes of AWB and Trent despite him arguably being England's player of the 2018 WC tournament and being an integral part to the team who are probably going to win La Liga this season. Jaden Sancho is still routinely underrated, Carragher & Neville didn't even include him in the squad they'd take to the Euros which is utterly ludicrous.

  • @kingshuksaha9204
    @kingshuksaha9204 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Tactical innovation by an English manager: Overlapping centrebacks by Chris Wilder at last season's SHU. It was wonderful to watch and a great innovation.

  • @kozukizaki8675
    @kozukizaki8675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Ooo this one should be a doozy, as an American I know you British lads have always had a thing against your English managers 😅. Anyways, Day 7 I believe, Documentary on Monarcas Morelia, please!

    • @fuckyoutube1999
      @fuckyoutube1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What is there to make a documentary about? That was the least relevant team in liga mx.

    • @GabrielRodriguez-mc4me
      @GabrielRodriguez-mc4me 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fuckyoutube1999 Have to disagree with you on that. More like Atletico San Luis, Juarez or even Puebla. Most likely, none are irrelevant.

    • @fuckyoutube1999
      @fuckyoutube1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GabrielRodriguez-mc4me Atlético San Luis is owned by atlético de Madrid and they got a little money. Puebla is doing well and has more titles than Morelia did and Juarez also has money, but I can’t stand that team.

  • @csansolo
    @csansolo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The same thing is happening in Brazil, all the big clubs are switching to Portuguese or Argentinian managers.

  • @Midnight-ot3oi
    @Midnight-ot3oi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why do people dislike these videos? I may or may not agree with everything but I do in enjoy these opinions of people with a different perspective...

  • @MrDavidht
    @MrDavidht 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Have to agree that Marco Silva got the Tigers playing some very exciting football when he was with us. It doesn't surprise me that he is doing so well at Fulham, he seems to be a good fit there.

  • @ejyounggun08
    @ejyounggun08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm confident the English FA has a hand in not producing great English managers. The only time I hear of coaches 'getting their coaching badges in England' is an English manager. Everybody else goes through Germany, France, Italy, anybody but England. I've read from many people that getting your UEFA licenses through Germany are amongst the toughest and best courses.

  • @jonathanfreyone526
    @jonathanfreyone526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Most English managers are tactically inept, Frank Lampard is case in point. I do also agree that there is an island mentality with regards to football.

  • @mkgky15
    @mkgky15 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Day 3: Most aggressive XI across the top 5 league (or any if you feel adventurous) this season. Taking into Consideration Most fouls given, yellows and Red cards a player has... For my suggested weighting factor 👍🏾

  • @MrBenjigee
    @MrBenjigee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good video. I think the most important factor is the island mentality of English people. We are among the worst in the world for learning languages, which makes it so hard to function effectively in a job abroad, and even when managing a team of mostly foreign players.

  • @gregsmith4900
    @gregsmith4900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I feel that argument about because they are English, Scottish managers seem to be able to get the top jobs

    • @timeisontheessence
      @timeisontheessence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thats not the only reason. Most English managers are not tactically astute. You have foreign coaches like harry Redknapp who dont really have the sophistication, tactical flexibility or analysis. Look how harry talks about dele, as if he's worth 80mill
      Sean dyche is the exception for me

    • @polaris7122
      @polaris7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      How many Jock managers have had the top jobs in Spain or Italy??????

    • @ajorngjdonaydbr
      @ajorngjdonaydbr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@polaris7122 well 2 SCOTTISH managers have been in spain, John Wallace and Moyes

    • @polaris7122
      @polaris7122 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ajorngjdonaydbr yes and look how that went, the best thing was Moyes trying to speak in gogildigook!

  • @pedrogilperdigao
    @pedrogilperdigao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Day 2: please, a video about Sporting CP's season. Champions again after 19 years

    • @Striker1870
      @Striker1870 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      and looking likely to be undefeated!

    • @miguelsilva9118
      @miguelsilva9118 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Striker1870 woops 😁

  • @CameronMcRae09
    @CameronMcRae09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    English managers not going abroad seems to be a fairly recent phenomenon. Between leaving England in 1990 and joining Newcastle in 1999 Bobby Robson managed PSV, Sporting, Porto, Barcelona and PSV again. Apart from 2 brief stints at Bristol City and Blackburn Roy Hodgson solely managed abroad until 2007, including a short time at Inter Milan. Terry Venables spent 3 years at Barcelona during which time he led them to their first European Cup final in over 20 years. Brendan Rodgers is the only current British manager I could imagine getting a job like Barcelona now

    • @richarda3514
      @richarda3514 ปีที่แล้ว

      Excellent point why do you think mangers from England don't want to take the chance?

  • @TGFLdn24
    @TGFLdn24 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shout outs to Ian Holloway who changed his philosophy after his first stint at QPR and started to coach his team in an exciting English / European way when he went to Blackpool. Not many English managers have made that change of that era. Can you imagine if Dyche changed his style successful.....his stock would go up.

  • @SubhamChowdhury97
    @SubhamChowdhury97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Alfie: If Tottenham were to replace Jose with an English manager, Graham Potter would be the man.
    **Tottenham signs Mason as a manager**
    The Irish Guy: **flips the table in disgust**
    Alfie: **looks indifferent but is horrified from inside**

  • @Mohammadizadeh
    @Mohammadizadeh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    7:00 I have a problem here. David Moyes is Scottish and Brendan Rodgers is Irish. And I don’t think the problem is with British managers, (SAF won the prem many times and is one of the best) it’s with English managers. I don’t think you’re making a good point here mate. But good video regardless

  • @gadget00
    @gadget00 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't believe you had the courage to make this video. I highly respect you for this

    • @dwanyewest
      @dwanyewest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why is it courageous to make this video?

  • @delfincastellino-dominguez1607
    @delfincastellino-dominguez1607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Day 103: Top 7 ranked National teams' golden generations if they were compiled into a league format

  • @handerborte97
    @handerborte97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It really grinds my gears to proclaim that X could not brung glory to said team because they had *insert good player here* at the time. It was a reason they were at Derby on loan. They were young, they were still developing. It is like saying that West Ham should have won the league because they had Ferdinand, Carrick, Lampard, and Cole.

  • @HufflepuffDaddy
    @HufflepuffDaddy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Have you heard an interview with Steve Bruce? He's not exactly confidence inspiring, he's like the friendly shop owner down the street. Gary Neville is Braveheart compared to these guys.

    • @MBjarno
      @MBjarno 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Callum Wilson even mentioned that when they hired an assistant manager at Newcastle it seemed as if there was more tactical understanding. In other words, Bruce doesn't know what he's talking about. Not entirely shocking that he's not landing big jobs. Not to mention, most Newcastle fans wants him out.

  • @harryh911
    @harryh911 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Marc bircham at waterford United. Would you count that even though he’s a Canadian international?

  • @tannermurphy8230
    @tannermurphy8230 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Always annoying to hear pundits and former managers/players sit there and complain that there's not enough English managers in the game when English managers (for the most part) refuse to leave home and learn the trade elsewhere other than the lower divisions of English football.

    • @richarda3514
      @richarda3514 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Great point

  • @florianmaier6286
    @florianmaier6286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Day 72: 7 worst players who scored a hattrick in either the premier or champions league

    • @cleanfawn1392
      @cleanfawn1392 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      messi

    • @teem4800
      @teem4800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@cleanfawn1392 kevin lisbee

    • @Paperbagman555
      @Paperbagman555 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      enough of this suggestion, it's insensitive. why call anyone a 'worst player' when every dog has his day?

    • @stonecold6521
      @stonecold6521 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      As mentioned yesterday, The Irish guy already did a video on this. Why would Aflie also do one?

  • @daanvanderrol5627
    @daanvanderrol5627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    In the dutch Eredivisie we had Pardew last season. We never laughed so hard.
    Steve McLaren did quite allright here though.

    • @hanli5416
      @hanli5416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      To be fair on Pardew, i think Brood probably did worse as a coach. I have never seen a team play with less of a style or plan in the eredivisie than ADO this year. How they managed to get any points or beat Feyenoord boggles the mind.

    • @daanvanderrol5627
      @daanvanderrol5627 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hanli5416 Agreed. There's more wrong at ado than just the head coach last couple of seasons.

    • @jb894
      @jb894 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's because your team was shite. Pardew is a decent manager.

    • @fuckyoutube1999
      @fuckyoutube1999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jb894 nah pardew sucks. Typical trash relegation battling Englishmen

    • @harrierjames7727
      @harrierjames7727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pardew's appointment, I'd argue, was as a result of him having a bit of a tarnished reputation in the UK and wasn't getting close to jobs he would once have been linked with, forcing his hand somewhat to look abroad. Would Pardew of 15-20 years ago consider going to the Netherlands then? I highly doubt it.

  • @johanericsson7309
    @johanericsson7309 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video as always, love the semi-clickbaity title (altho to be fair, it's not "Why English managers are all rubbish")

  • @seangibbons1131
    @seangibbons1131 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Strange fact Danny Bergara was the first foreign manager to lead a English league club out onto the pitch at Wembley, He did this in 1992 with Stockport County.

    • @charcolew
      @charcolew 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Plenty of Scottish, Welsh and Irish managers did that long before

    • @Boredoutofmywits
      @Boredoutofmywits ปีที่แล้ว

      Daniel Bergara history is really interesting and symptomatic of the situation and evolution of English football.

  • @Anon-qp3kt
    @Anon-qp3kt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Not exactly bad, they just haven't evolved with the modern game. They're still able to communicate effectively, possess leadership skills and their team setup is fine as a whole.
    Where they lack is modern day tactics.

  • @jm-np4mu
    @jm-np4mu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Back in the day there were English managers such as Bob Paisley, Brian Clough, Howard Kendall & Bobby Robson. They were among the world's very best

    • @KnarfStein
      @KnarfStein ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It just goes to show that stagnancy is a losing mentality!

    • @AzizDoufikar2280
      @AzizDoufikar2280 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      They are good but certainly not on par with the likes of Cruyff,Capello,Sacchi,Menotti,Mourinho, Guardiola etc etc

  • @abheekdasgupta7079
    @abheekdasgupta7079 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the factors is that English football is more working class with people without much education, whereas the educated prefer playing cricket or rugby, given they'll find more people like them in the dressing rooms.
    On the other hand, in continental Europe, people from all backgrounds play football, and that means you have educated people who can study the game and become managers

    • @Eibarwoman
      @Eibarwoman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Another thing is for example in Spain, some teams have a culture that encourages higher education even amongst the academy players such as the Basque clubs. Ever notice how many managers have names like Mikel, Iker, Unai or long names like Mendilibar? Yeah, that's because Real Sociedad, Athletic Bilbao, and the like encourage both higher education and athleticism to the point of more engineers at Mondragon than Premier League players emerging from the academies.

  • @BenBen-yx6ug
    @BenBen-yx6ug ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well this aged nicely alfie ,
    Burnley replaced dyche with M.J was more a smooth criminal than a triller and vincent kompany came in after going down
    Nuno lost his job taken jose's then lost that too .
    However tammy , tomri , bellingham have all gone abroad play football and everyone of them has flurished abroad

  • @ShahPhilLeotardo
    @ShahPhilLeotardo 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Howard Wilkinson was the last English Manager to win the league when it was the old first division in the 91-92 season.

    • @alwilfrid
      @alwilfrid 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ....and the one before that was called Howard as well.

  • @GizmoMcs
    @GizmoMcs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    English managers were pretty popular in Portuguese football for a while specially with Bobby Robson which might have quickstarted the portuguese manager golden age by mentoring Mourinho ^^

    • @Boredoutofmywits
      @Boredoutofmywits ปีที่แล้ว

      Mourinho and Robson styles are super different.

  • @darraghclarke3327
    @darraghclarke3327 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    by far and out the best youtube channel for football

  • @orourkeda
    @orourkeda 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I agree with your comments on Tim Sherwood and I find it astonishing that he was gainfully employed at PL level in any capacity.

  • @nhlakaniphozulu1533
    @nhlakaniphozulu1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Know why South Africa now has a boom in local coaches coaching in the local league is because they all have an attractive philosophy to football

    • @blaquenguni9249
      @blaquenguni9249 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      SA football standard is so low that no matter what your point is, it's redundant.

    • @timeisontheessence
      @timeisontheessence 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      South Africa philosophy is just to have fun. That doesnt compete to the levels of even the championship, standard is so low

    • @nelhed3587
      @nelhed3587 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I've seen semi professional clubs from Mauritius defeat South African giants like Kaizer Chiefs. So I don't think SA football is that good tbh.

    • @nhlakaniphozulu1533
      @nhlakaniphozulu1533 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nelhed3587 I never said South African football is the best I said it has a boom in local coaches

  • @JordanRP9
    @JordanRP9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve wanted you to mention Crawley on this channel for the longest time, was hoping it would be for football and not a hypothetical dodgy gas engineers hometown but I’ll take it. It will only get better from here!

    • @GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears
      @GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Two things missing from this video: A nice mention/ picture of A. Villas Boas as a warning about foreign managers, and (the "dieting"?) Steve Evans running and celebrating along on the Wembley touchline with his trousers falling down at the Play offs.

    • @wobblybobengland
      @wobblybobengland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears a lady streaker?

    • @GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears
      @GyitMulhaneski-GloriousYears 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@wobblybobengland
      If you mean Steve Evans, "Hourglass" isn't exactly the phrase that springs to mind...

  • @joelwakeham6925
    @joelwakeham6925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A bit harsh on Moyes and Hodgson IMO. Moyes' work at Everton in the noughties is admirable and Hodgson transformed a relegation battler Fulham into Europa League finalists in the space of a couple of seasons.

  • @uncledougie5288
    @uncledougie5288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    New to your channel and loving it!! Can you (or have you) done a video on how Sam Alladyce. Mark Hughes, and Harry Redknap keep fooling teams into hiring them year after year after year... they never win anything!! (1 FA cup between them based on my research)