Why Are English Football Managers So Bad?

[@HITCSevens]

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]

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

[@Chalks38]

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]

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[@bri1085]

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

[@jordanhopkins623]

brendan rodgers isn't english either!

[@andi6879]

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

[@laoch5658]

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

[@wobblybobengland]

Did he have a green and white umbrella?

[@nt3753]

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]

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

[@izdatsumcp]

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

[@petar.stoyanov]

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

[@rezaarmeynaldo7372]

😂😂😂

[@harrierjames7727]

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

[@ryanfraley7113]

Oof

[@yoboijason586]

And David moyes at real Sociedad.

[@RafsanS15]

still had better won percentage than Koeman

[@jolobor6686]

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

[@jolobor6686]

Welp apparently he got sacked. Big oof

[@ThreeRunHomer]

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

[@baliksupper6043]

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

[@rjd543]

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

[@naedot.9779]

He's assistant in Inter Miami now I think

[@jonathanwalker6383]

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]

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

[@harrierjames7727]

@@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]

@@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]

@@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]

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

[@ibitdalv3238]

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

[@hammer_mercedes]

Day 3: Most Obscure Europa League Pitches 2021

[@afrobuddy4801]

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]

@AfroBuddy Please take your meds

[@jj4ts185]

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

[@nelhed3587]

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

[@duncanself5111]

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]

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

[@duncanself5111]

@@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]

The foreign leagues won't have them!

[@andyallan2909]

Steven Gerard!

[@Ldoggmillionaire]

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

[@marctang3802]

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

[@Paperbagman555]

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

[@duncanself5111]

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]

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

[@hydromic2518]

I play his videos when I go to sleep

[@duncanself5111]

@@mbotela9979 haha, cool 👍

[@Paperbagman555]

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]

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]

This is actually spot on

[@johnsaunders2109]

@@bri1085 hes not English !!

[@MichaelCronan49]

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

[@franohmsford7548]

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

[@AdamMiligan]

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]

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

[@danielmurphy8262]

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]

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

[@danielmurphy8262]

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

[@shawnsnow2655]

Jack Charlton?

[@danielmurphy8262]

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

[@harveyholmes9533]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@jaredrodney3420]

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

[@TruckerJenkins82]

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)

[@caesar-dynastysports]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@wobblybobengland]

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]

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....

[@JCzzzzz]

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]

2 Scots actually. Kenny Daglish won in 1995

[@JCzzzzz]

@@pulkitnahata4140 good point

[@rafaelvalera4609]

David Moyes never managed in Scotland.

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

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

[@rafaelvalera4609]

@@simonpeyton-n3h Not the Premier League. Remember that the Premier League started with the 92-93 season. Graham's last league was the 90-91 season

[@trickygoose2]

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.

[@Inavo97]

wow... that's actually remarkable

[@wobblybobengland]

Jesus wept

[@ranggawiraspati6880]

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

[@25neptun93]

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]

YES ALFIE!!!! PLZ PLZ

[@sphericalcow6014]

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

[@gaara4667]

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

[@enternamehere544]

And football iconic

[@Tazza81]

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

[@mafiousbj]

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[@afrobuddy4801]

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]

"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]

@@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]

@@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

[@joefarrell7048]

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

[@ottocooper4256]

Didn't realise Brendan Rodgers and David Moyes were English

[@jonsouth1545]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@jsolloso]

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]

Very good point totally agree

[@WERTYUIO821]

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.

[@adrianmaty9406]

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]

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.

[@JaysonGeland]

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

[@MullerFan28]

that's something tifo footbal should do

[@zengerz]

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

[@JaysonGeland]

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

[@jamierobertson9832]

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

[@mattshark7665]

@DriftZ TwoSeven what utter ignorant nonsense.

[@harrytateson-stokes]

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

[@andrewgrange8327]

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]

But no other team is really following it

[@footballbrainer279]

Very true. The other promising English coach is Scott Parker

[@PhilWhelanNow]

@@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]

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.

[@Iron-Bridge]

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]

Not France lol they always have terrible coaches

[@AzizDoufikar2280]

@@oracle8589 Arsene Wenger??

[@finfog4590]

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

[@HaiNguyen-uk3tf]

@@finfog4590 Zidane ?

[@danielevans5286]

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

[@oakabielb5406]

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]

Totally agree

[@richarda3514]

Laziness is a key part too

[@jnvqc]

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.

[@AbbasAdejonwo]

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]

Would like to see this.

[@tabongprestige4104]

@@terrymunro9955 me too bud

[@GiovanniGiorgio2123]

Adam Johnson :V

[@dearcup9293]

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

[@nukiepie]

Wtf is this day 500 shit

[@bens4602]

My theory is one of the many reasons English players - who are wrongly maligned by big clubs given their talents and adaptability - is in part due to the small mindedness of English managers like Allardyce, Warnock, Hodgson and Dyche and their turgid, substandard football. In a bigger part, it’s due to that bigger stigma of uninspiring, poor, thick man football that’s inspired and that we English fans hang so much onto, embarrassingly so that English players get unfairly linked with, globally but even by our own fans. And then there is, of course, that no other country does it quite like we do when we beat people’s CVs down to absolute stupidity despite achievements against odds (like saying “Why didn’t Kane win anything?” When actually he’s responsible for Tottenham coming close to winning anything at all) making it harder for our people to succeed. Then conversely, we reward mates and give people jobs who’ve succeeded through nothing but building connections and getting in with the right friends, who then don’t perform well, thereby exacerbating the stigma and CV beating and not giving those who merit a chance, that chance. Pardew a main name there as an undeserved beneficiary. The last problem is one that affects all of England’s society, worse outside of football.

[@figos9999]

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

[@icdgyixify]

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

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

Did they not have more success abroad like Roy Hodgson?

[@louisbeerreviews8964]

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

[@icdgyixify]

@@louisbeerreviews8964 In English please?

[@Friddsch]

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

[@AlexJones-ue1ll]

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

[@Friddsch]

@@AlexJones-ue1ll Hopefully he did so.

[@timdeathly]

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.

[@matthewjennings5893]

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

[@Padbot1]

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]

@@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.

[@SpringtrapLover2010]

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]

Exactly very lazy

[@jamesduffy7549]

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]

Got to a cup final with Bobby Zamora

[@blaquenguni9249]

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]

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

[@HHHBFResurrected]

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]

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

[@havardorset141]

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]

Best description of Alan Brazil I've heard.

[@martins4902]

Doesn't help when some teams would rather pick from the merry-go-round of mediocre British managers because they managed in the Premier League at some point rather than give a manager who is achieving success further down the football pyramid a chance.

[@lalitthapa101]

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.

[@BOABModels]

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.

[@ismailniyaz5167]

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]

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

[@derekevans1932]

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

[@Boredoutofmywits]

The Brit school kind of died with Heysel Stadium disaster.

[@CharlesOffdensen]

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.)

[@AmazinJ89]

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]

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

[@AmazinJ89]

@@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.

[@leolo1613]

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

[@ejyounggun08]

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.

[@kingshuksaha9204]

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.

[@SauliBo1]

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

[@Enzoblueblood]

And more expensive

[@kozukizaki8675]

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]

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

[@GabrielRodriguez-mc4me]

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

[@fuckyoutube1999]

@@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.

[@MrBenjigee]

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.

[@formulahank1250]

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

[@sevenvoorhees99]

Steve Bruce ????

[@frankiebogdan4228]

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

[@tobe2854]

Pahahahahahahahaha... Steve Bruce. Good one

[@frankiebogdan4228]

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

[@naedot.9779]

Sir Bobby Robson.

[@fanis6dd]

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

[@arz5530]

Day 5:Alfie Potts Hammer lookalikes XI

[@AfroVibez]

The reason why English managers are also considered poor managers are also to do with the style of football, supported by commentators which is very old fashion.

[@eeeeewewew]

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

[@YES-bb9rh]

We will watch your career with great interest

[@mkgky15]

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 👍🏾

[@HufflepuffDaddy]

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]

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.

[@csansolo]

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

[@Anon-qp3kt]

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.

[@Midnight-ot3oi]

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...

[@Blackhalllll]

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]

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.

[@handerborte97]

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.

[@georgehunt8025]

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

[@havardorset141]

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

[@marpagapal3312]

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]

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

[@mvjbass9561]

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.

[@Mohammadizadeh]

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

[@kwolitygudzebay4233]

Over 30 years and amongst the 4-6 top teams (teams that have a genuine chance of winning the league) the only English managers of those clubs have been Frank Lampard, Harry Redknapp - although Spurs weren't really in the top tier of Premier League clubs when he took over - and recently Graham Potter who are English - not British which you interchange between on several occasion. David Moyes is Scottish and Brendan Rodgers is Northern Irish. Have there been any other English managers that have occupied the top 5-6 teams when they had a realistic chance of winning the league that I have missed out?

[@jonathanfreyone526]

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.

[@MrDavidht]

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.

[@tannermurphy8230]

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]

Great point

[@warsaw8149]

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

[@Wabibi355]

I was about to as well. He got me good

[@asheru9254]

Robert Martin

[@collinslagat3458]

I had to Google to confirm

[@pedrogilperdigao]

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

[@Striker1870]

and looking likely to be undefeated!

[@miguelsilva9118]

@@Striker1870 woops 😁

[@CameronMcRae09]

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]

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

[@rohitmathad7215]

Steven Gerrard is managing well at rangers right?

[@duncanmccallum7536]

Gerrard is the front man Michael Beale is the brains.

[@mainsmain]

Yep

[@patrickboland6102]

He only had one team to beat.

[@ehiyahasgotabenthairline2586]

@@patrickboland6102 not really lol

[@abheekdasgupta7079]

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]

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.

[@GizmoMcs]

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]

Mourinho and Robson styles are super different.

[@bigjanyway2224]

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

[@SubhamChowdhury97]

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**

[@rezarfar]

It has nothing to do with racism or reverse racism. The problem is that the best players in the world are mostly NOT English. English managers speak one language, foreign managers speak at least 2 and some speak more, this allows them to communicate with players directly, while English managers are using Google Translate. In fact this problem runs so much deeper than just linguistics, it's actually ignorance too. Do you see Sam Allardyce wishing a Muslim player happy Eid on the right day? I certainly do not. But i bet you £100 that Klopp has never forgotten to say happy Eid to Mohamed Salah. This is the reason why.

[@gregsmith4900]

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

[@timeisontheessence]

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]

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

[@ajorngjdonaydbr]

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

[@polaris7122]

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

[@danosullivan9502]

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

[@realsciencerhythm]

Brendan Rodgers is not an Englishman , he is from Northern Ireland. Edit: Also David Moyes is from Scotland. British managers do get chances at top clubs and Ferguson is an obvious proof of British successful manager. If you're talking English - stick to the topic and talk strict English.

[@HITCSevens]

Hi K_Teck, the video was about English managers, but the debate about lack of opportunities tends to be about British managers, so the two bleed into each other a little bit and I think that had to be acknowledged in the video.

[@realsciencerhythm]

@@HITCSevens I agree with that, but let's also acknowledge the fact that it's particularly the English managers who, paradoxically, seem to have the hardest time finding success with the English clubs. Thanks for the video, really interesting this one!

[@toffeelatte6042]

We've had very few good new English managers and people got tired of the carousel of allardyce, bruce, pardew etc.

[@TGFLdn24]

How many English managers have inspired their former premier League players to go into management like Sir Alex Ferguson had with his players?

[@orourkeda]

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

[@jm-np4mu]

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]

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

[@AzizDoufikar2280]

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

[@joelwakeham6925]

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.

[@shxsn8597]

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

[@ADAMdinho1]

Will in me bollocks hes a useless lump

[@jixuscrixus1967]

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

[@gideonstix]

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]

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

[@colindebourg3884]

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.

[@BenBen-yx6ug]

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]

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

[@alwilfrid]

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

[@TGFLdn24]

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.

[@samgardiner585]

Can genuinely fall asleep to this guy’s voi- Shit I’m gone

[@jamesjordan-davies2704]

He isnt as bad as that Newcastle fan that sounded like he was talking through a sponge cake that quit a month ago.

[@Arturo-sm1tb]

his tone and outline of speaking are both monotonous and totally confusing. He has no ability to weave his point together. The end result is confusion and no strong conclusion on this subject. What is his real point about English managers? LOL. Circular logic.

[@gm2407]

Hmm I think that the closest English managers have come to winning the PL is finished second. Ron Atkinson at Villa, Kevin Keegan at Newcastle. No British manager has won it since Sir Alex Ferguson and the last time any British manager was close was Brendan Rogers (Northern Ireland).

[@NoMoreENRG]

It's alright the new gen of English managers will end up winning a trophy. (Gerrard)

[@NxMluLloyd]

I love this cos some time last week I wrote a piece about why these English managers keep getting jobs even though they haven't really been successful. I used Steve Bruce, Sam Allardyce, Hodgsons, etc., as examples

[@magicalluke3861]

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]

This is disrespectful to Simeone.

[@nikolas8203]

@@caesar-dynastysports no you are disrespecting dyche

[@fuckyoutube1999]

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

[@ishangoyal2385]

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]

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

[@MrRQBQ]

I did wonder about the switch from English to British mid-stream when you included David Moyes and Brendan Rogers, and I was going to mention Alex Ferguson, but you've corrected yourself since so we'll let that one go. My theory about the lack of good English managers is the fact that for many years the continental countries have technically been light years ahead of England both in managership and on the field so maybe we should look at the English game at grass roots and change our way of thinking.

[@hothitrieuminh5967]

Day 99:Forgotten football legends:Fernando Peyroteo,Larbi Benbarek,Josef Bican,Jimmy Mcgrogry

[@WristyGymnast]

1) language & 2) money 1) The entire world speaks English, and therefore when comparing to other countries, the competition for English team managers is that much more intense. 2) the money means that top global managers are interested in coming to England, and that the cream of European managers can be prised away. Other than that, the fact that we are so cosmopolitan should be praised, not condemned (not that that’s what you’re doing).