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A television cutter as old as television football itself. A higher division game, a persistent shot of the stands and chic seats and there in overcoat, apart from some dignitaries or other simple, sits the manager of England. Cue Kenneth Wolstenholme: “There is Alf Ramsey, maybe wondering if Johnny Fantham de Sheffield on Wednesday should be recalled to repeat his goals for England. Although Geoff Hurst from West Ham can receive the call. From Brian Moore to Martin Tyler, “Motty” to “Clive” through Peter Drury’s poetry recitals by Peter Drury, all of this is part of the routine. A manager of England must be seen and not heard and sometimes spotted when leaving early to beat traffic on the M6. A manager of England should know his Toddington of his watford gap, their soup in their Kutsford, and be able to quote the price of a Wildbean Cafe meal agreement without looking for their expenses. A manager of England is a road knight, forever forcing the mileage in his fast living room, baseless in his efforts to find the next Kalvin Phillips, the only player who can unlock the potential of a team.
So far. Front’s reports suggest this week that Thomas Tuchel, the current manager of the men of England and a real German, betrays this tradition. Ok, you may have seen tactics that Tommy has a little in case since his start date of January 1, but the word is that he takes time. Tuchel missed the entire third round of the FA Cup on January 11 and 12, then three series of first League games. Remember that Sven Göran-Eriksson and Fabio Capello both lived in London and were happy to attend matches. Although it may not be so convincing an argument given the final results …
Last weekend, Tuchel attended Bayer Leverkusen against Bayern Munich rather than a match in England, his excuse being Harry Kane. A publication of August even published a complete file on the place where Tuchel was seen and not seen. On Sunday, he missed Tottenham and Manchester United serve a potboiler, passing the chance to see Harry Maguire, James Maddison and Djed Spence as starters before Achie Gray appears as a submarine. A FA declaration gémi: “Thomas attended 17 games – in England and abroad – to watch English players since he joined us in January, and works full to assess the players for his First team announcement next month. “
Worse, the suspicion that Tuchel was … working at home, the type of practice considered as an offense only accidentable by the great Sir Jim Ratcliffe, certain right -wing politicians whose commercial interests are in a commercial property and that of Fleet Street Thunders who generally deposit their bile of French, Dubai or swimming pools in Palm Beach. By coincidence, Tuchel’s house these days is in Germany after post -Brexit regulations – and the ax of Todd Boehly – prompted him to return from Surrey. Sarina Wiegman is ok, since she lives in the Netherlands, right? Worse, Tuchel’s first match – against Algeria – is not March 21. No more foam to follow.
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I loved the photo of Jude Bellingham when I saw the red of the quote from the day, although I still cannot shake the idea that the real reason for his comic fizzog is that Vinícius Jr has just revealed the A real age of Luka Modric in Birmingham from Birmingham Export ”- Colin Reed.
My God, it must have been 40 years ago when I wrote (yes, a letter) to the great Patrick Barclay. I had taken the heels against a completely useless change in the team’s colors (memory thinks that it was these delinquents in Aston Villa series). I had to include my work phone number because he called me (after a journalist’s liquid lunch) and completely agreed with me. Others in the Lincolnshire County Council personnel office share neither my excitement nor understood the gravity of a good football journalist who sounds me! And then agree with me. RIP Patrick ”- Ian Dovey.
As a fan of Bristol Rovers who has been suffering for a long time, your photo of Bert Tann recovering his golf ball from a stream (Memory Lane of yesterday, edition by full e-mail) reminded me that he was Our manager when I grew up. It prompted me to do some research and, to my surprise, I discovered that he managed them for 18 years but was only their second longest director. By the way, when I started to support the Rovers, they were in the lower half of division three. Sixty years later, they are still there. Could the photo be a metaphor? Rovers groped for success? – Andy Smith.
I was amazed to see the article on Bert Tann. As a Bristolian, I remember him as a long -term director of Rovers in the 1950s and 1960s, when he had a policy of “No Buy, No Sell”, based on the recruitment of local talents. Imagine that any club is trying these days. It was not an extremely successful policy, but as a supporter of Bristol City, I agreed with that “- David Sage.
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