Should foreign managers be allowed in international football?

[Pride of Birmingham]

National teams are not allowed to use foreign players so why are they allowed to use foreign managers?

Surely getting a foreigner to manage your side is no different to getting a foreigner to score the goals for your team?

International football is supposed to be "our best" vs "your best"

You should not be able to buy success by using a foreign manager.

If you don't have any good managers then that's tough. If you don't have any good players you don't buy a load of foreign players do you?

Using another country's talent to improve your chances of success really defeats the whole point of international football.

 

[roydo]

Hasnt seemed to work for England either way. So I vote no manager at all. Just let the players sort it out.

But on balance, I agree.

 

[wandyr79]

National teams are not allowed to use foreign players so why are they allowed to use foreign managers?

Surely getting a foreigner to manage your side is no different to getting a foreigner to score the goals for your team?

International football is supposed to be "our best" vs "your best"

You should not be able to buy success by using a foreign manager.

If you don't have any good managers then that's tough. If you don't have any good players you don't buy a load of foreign players do you?

Using another country's talent to improve your chances of success really defeats the whole point of international football.

Unless you are France

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

Absolutely appalling racism on display here.

 

[EFCNIK]

I think in our case it would help to get an English manager who really 'gets' us and The English game in general. Certainly think a passionate Englishman would help us, but unfortunately there aren't that many going who are good enough. If Mourinho wanted to manage us I'd jump at it in a heartbeat. So I vote no ban.

 

[The Esk]

I think all foreign national teams should have Steve McClaren as manager.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Seems the whole point is to pit one nation against another, so yes, for me, the manager should be English.

 

[tommye]

We're all foreigners somewhere.

 

[DualityNSNO]

I think in our case it would help to get an English manager who really 'gets' us and The English game in general. Certainly think a passionate Englishman would help us, but unfortunately there aren't that many going who are good enough. If Mourinho wanted to manage us I'd jump at it in a heartbeat. So I vote no ban.

There are probably plenty who are good enough and 'get England', but they're not the FA's choice and never will be.

 

[Khalekan]

I think in our case it would help to get an English manager who really 'gets' us and The English game in general. Certainly think a passionate Englishman would help us, but unfortunately there aren't that many going who are good enough. If Mourinho wanted to manage us I'd jump at it in a heartbeat. So I vote no ban.

There is a very timely sequel to Mike Bassett about to hit the silver screen.

That's the kind of passionate chap to manage England

 

[teppic]

National teams are not allowed to use foreign players so why are they allowed to use foreign managers?

Surely getting a foreigner to manage your side is no different to getting a foreigner to score the goals for your team?

International football is supposed to be "our best" vs "your best"

You should not be able to buy success by using a foreign manager.

If you don't have any good managers then that's tough. If you don't have any good players you don't buy a load of foreign players do you?

Using another country's talent to improve your chances of success really defeats the whole point of international football.

This would be a really fascinating debate if enough people actually cared about international football.

 

[bluemangroup]

This would be a really fascinating debate if enough people actually cared about international football.

Oh you're every football fan on earths representative. Ok.

 

[Elong]

This would be a really fascinating debate if enough people actually cared about international football.

And yet here you are posting about it...

 

[teppic]

And yet here you are posting about it...

Ok, people who are right into their international togger.. go for it.

 

[Elong]

Ok, people who are right into their international togger.. go for it.

Thanks for your approval, I'm glad I got it first before making a post on the subject.



I think it should be the same situation as the players, ie manage your country only. Of course if you take up residency in a new country and call it your home that should be considered too.