Will An English Born Manager Ever Win The League Again?

[yarablue1994]

Dont know but someone in here said something about soggy pitches. I would kill for english football to have disgusting soggy uneven pitches, im sick of this carpet precision passing footy. Bring back the old pitches.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

Yes. I bid you farewell

In hindsight i should have asked, when an english manager will win the main domestic title.

 

[wm02]

Yes. Really, really hope it’s not Gerrard

 

[toffee82]

Will there ever be a boy born that can swim faster than a shark?

 

[larbert toffee]

It'll be 30 years next year, since Howard Wilkinson led Leeds to the final ever old division 1 championship. He remains to date, the last english born manager to win the league title. Of course it's been 36 years, since the late great Howard Kendall was the last english born manager, to win a european trophy with an english club side.

So in the last 30 years, continental managers have become the in vogue thing. I'm not saying that's a bad thing at all. The english game is all the better imo, for exposure to different footballing philosophies and cultures. But will we ever see an english born manager, win a league or european trophy again?

Chris Wilder won't

 

[WA Toffee]

It'll be 30 years next year, since Howard Wilkinson led Leeds to the final ever old division 1 championship. He remains to date, the last english born manager to win the league title. Of course it's been 36 years, since the late great Howard Kendall was the last english born manager, to win a european trophy with an english club side.

So in the last 30 years, continental managers have become the in vogue thing. I'm not saying that's a bad thing at all. The english game is all the better imo, for exposure to different footballing philosophies and cultures. But will we ever see an english born manager, win a league or european trophy again?

I would imagine they will be playing football in England for centuries to come. I'm sure at least one of those titles will be won by an English manager.

 

[Legend78]

Dont know but someone in here said something about soggy pitches. I would kill for english football to have disgusting soggy uneven pitches, im sick of this carpet precision passing footy. Bring back the old pitches.

And the old players who actually had personalities not the robots around nowadays...

 

[paultheblue]

I prefer the old ways of management taking the squad to a Chinese for a midweek bender and stopping off for a pie and chips on the way home from an away match.
All this foreign nonsense with special diets and and double training is a load of fanny , don't these fancy foreign managers realise our players need to be in the bookies or playing snooker by 1 o'clock.
Messi and Ronaldo may be decent players but if you put 15 pints of Guinness in them and a steak and kidney pie and double chips i doubt they could do any of there fancy tricks .

I don't bloody think so

 

[Yarrgh]

I prefer the old ways of management taking the squad to a Chinese for a midweek bender and stopping off for a pie and chips on the way home from an away match.
All this foreign nonsense with special diets and and double training is a load of fanny , don't these fancy foreign managers realise our players need to be in the bookies or playing snooker by 1 o'clock.
Messi and Ronaldo may be decent players but if you put 15 pints of Guinness in them and a steak and kidney pie and double chips i doubt they could do any of there fancy tricks .

I don't bloody think so

Have you considered Dalian Pro as your team? This is still normal behaviour.

 

[paultheblue]

Have you considered Dalian Pro as your team? This is still normal behaviour.

I am already a member mate I have the Dalian football pink delivered every Wednesday

 

[Legend78]

I prefer the old ways of management taking the squad to a Chinese for a midweek bender and stopping off for a pie and chips on the way home from an away match.
All this foreign nonsense with special diets and and double training is a load of fanny , don't these fancy foreign managers realise our players need to be in the bookies or playing snooker by 1 o'clock.
Messi and Ronaldo may be decent players but if you put 15 pints of Guinness in them and a steak and kidney pie and double chips i doubt they could do any of there fancy tricks .

I don't bloody think so

Have to agree..think people are brainwashed with science nowadays... if you tell a player he can’t play two games in a week enough times he will eventually believe it... how did all those players cope years ago and how could they play in four competitions a season.. there again.. football never existed before SKY did it...

 

[paultheblue]

I agree mate , they played on pitches that were bogs by Christmas and only had 1 substitute.
Players actually wanted to play football they didn't duck matches with toothaches or the slightest knock.
Obviously not to the same standard but I remember getting 8 stitches in my shin playing Sunday league then playing again on a Wednesday allbeit with shin pads in the second game.

 

[Legend78]

I agree mate , they played on pitches that were bogs by Christmas and only had 1 substitute.
Players actually wanted to play football they didn't duck matches with toothaches or the slightest knock.
Obviously not to the same standard but I remember getting 8 stitches in my shin playing Sunday league then playing again on a Wednesday allbeit with shin pads in the second game.

What seems strange is nowadays managers and players complain that they play too many games.. yet years ago players and managers wanted to play 60 games plus because it meant you have done well in all competitions... I just don’t get today’s mentality.. I bet if you said to these players and managers we will cut down the games you play but your wages have to be reduced too they would have something to say...

 

[paultheblue]

What seems strange is nowadays managers and players complain that they play too many games.. yet years ago players and managers wanted to play 60 games plus because it meant you have done well in all competitions... I just don’t get today’s mentality.. I bet if you said to these players and managers we will cut down the games you play but your wages have to be reduced too they would have something to say...

I know mate they want to play less games but won't entertain losing any money.

 

[Cork Evertonian]

I would imagine they will be playing football in England for centuries to come. I'm sure at least one of those titles will be won by an English manager.

I suppose when would be a better question. It's going to be 30 years next year. I don't see an english born manager, winning the league anytime soon. But i'm sure another 30 years won't pass without it happening.