'No more tippy tappy football' - England fans react to Tuchel appointment

Jacque Talbot

Updated: 16 Oct 2024 10:18 BST
5 min read

The Football Association has announced the appointment of Thomas Tuchel as England manager, but the reaction has been mixed.

The German will formally take up his post in January, with Lee Carsley managing the team on an interim basis until that time.

The former Bayern Munich head coach marks the third foreign boss to lead the Three Lions. The reaction to the news has been mostly positive, but there are still some doubters.

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Not least the Daily Mail who took a bizarre angle on the news this morning, blasting it as a 'Dark Day of England' and referring to Tuchel's German nationality.

Tuchel is arguably the most esteemed coach to take the job, being a Ligue 1, Bundesliga, and Champions League winner.

What has been said?

My choice was Klopp. Tuchel was the next best available. I knew the racists would have trouble accepting it. It’s great news. No more tippy tappy football. TAA in his correct position. Crosses for H. What’s not to like? We don’t trust our big clubs to English coaches. 🤷‍♂️.
— Richard Keys (@richardajkeys) October 16, 2024

GMB every morning until Tuchel is sacked pic.twitter.com/h6NfzG7wc4
— Jay Motty (@JayMotty) October 15, 2024

People saying the England manager has to be English is so funny to me. An English manager has never won the PL nor have England won anything in any of our lifetimes.

Tuchel is a serial winner and far, far better than Lee Carsley or Graham Potter. It’s as simple as that 👍
— Ball Talk (@Ba11Talk) October 15, 2024

Big fan of the Tuchel appointment. England in a win now mindset with this generation of players and given the reaction to his nationality from the usual suspects I hope he does brilliantly. Will be a proper head explosion moment if a German manager wins England the World Cup.…
— Luke Edwards (@LukeEdwardsTele) October 16, 2024

Do not care about the foreign/German angle with Tuchel at all. FA have finally made a good decision with the aim of winning a major trophy
— Mark Goldbridge (@markgoldbridge) October 15, 2024

I think there’s a lazy narrative surrounding Tuchel that he falls out with everyone higher up the food chain. That won’t be a problem with England & if you look at the people he’s fallen out with at Chelsea, Bayern, PSG — you’ll notice everyone else has also fallen out with them https://t.co/6u68lE93aW
— luke (@louorns) October 15, 2024

“I don’t mind if he is German as they were brilliant to us at the Euros, they wanted us to win after they went out,” says one England fan of Thomas Tuchel. “I don’t mind whatever country they come from as long as he’s not Scottish or Argentinian.” If that gives a glimpse into the…
— Henry Winter (@henrywinter) October 15, 2024

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