Football (Soccer) Thread

[Josephus]

I think dictatorships work well for national football team performance. Hungary got off the ground as the politics have become darker (and they were on top of the world while the nightmare of the 50s were happening back home), and Poland is flying since they have the potatohead back in charge

The Italians did great during the Mussolini years

[Zanza]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

[dps]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Well, losing to Costa Rica isn't going to help anyone's job security.  But no one else has ever really done any better with the team overall, and I don't know who they can get that will do as well.  According to ESPN, the rumor is that they'll bring back Bruce Arena.  I don't see why you'd do that.  Not that Arena is necessarily a bad coach, but he had his shot with the national team already.

[Josephus]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Well, losing to Costa Rica isn't going to help anyone's job security.  But no one else has ever really done any better with the team overall, and I don't know who they can get that will do as well.  According to ESPN, the rumor is that they'll bring back Bruce Arena.  I don't see why you'd do that.  Not that Arena is necessarily a bad coach, but he had his shot with the national team already.

Ticos are a pretty good team, that was always going to be a tough fixture...for anybody really.

I think the issue more is that the team has not gotten any better under Klinsmann overall.

[dps]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Well, losing to Costa Rica isn't going to help anyone's job security.  But no one else has ever really done any better with the team overall, and I don't know who they can get that will do as well.  According to ESPN, the rumor is that they'll bring back Bruce Arena.  I don't see why you'd do that.  Not that Arena is necessarily a bad coach, but he had his shot with the national team already.

Ticos are a pretty good team, that was always going to be a tough fixture...for anybody really.

I think the issue more is that the team has not gotten any better under Klinsmann overall.

Fair enough.  I'd agree that the team hasn't gotten any better overall, and he wasn't hired to deliver more of the same.  But if the team had won the Costa Rica match, he wouldn't have been let go.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm not really qualified to judge if the managing or the material were poor.

[katmai]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Trump effect taking hold!

[katmai]

As technical director he hasn't helped improve the team from youth on down. I have no issues with him being let go.

[Josephus]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Well, losing to Costa Rica isn't going to help anyone's job security.  But no one else has ever really done any better with the team overall, and I don't know who they can get that will do as well.  According to ESPN, the rumor is that they'll bring back Bruce Arena.  I don't see why you'd do that.  Not that Arena is necessarily a bad coach, but he had his shot with the national team already.

Ticos are a pretty good team, that was always going to be a tough fixture...for anybody really.

I think the issue more is that the team has not gotten any better under Klinsmann overall.

Fair enough.  I'd agree that the team hasn't gotten any better overall, and he wasn't hired to deliver more of the same.  But if the team had won the Costa Rica match, he wouldn't have been let go.

No manager gets fired after WINNING a game, no.

[Zanza]

No manager gets fired after WINNING a game, no.

Jupp Heynckes was once fired by Real Madrid right after winning the fucking Champions League final. 

[celedhring]

No manager gets fired after WINNING a game, no.

Jupp Heynckes was once fired by Real Madrid right after winning the fucking Champions League final. 

And Bayern!

[Zanza]

Kinda. He had already been "fired" in January when they announced Pep as his successor. But yeah, I guess he's the only manager who lost a job twice after winning the Champions League.

[Maladict]

Klinsmann fired by US Soccer. Thoughts?

Well, losing to Costa Rica isn't going to help anyone's job security.  But no one else has ever really done any better with the team overall, and I don't know who they can get that will do as well.  According to ESPN, the rumor is that they'll bring back Bruce Arena.  I don't see why you'd do that.  Not that Arena is necessarily a bad coach, but he had his shot with the national team already.

Ticos are a pretty good team, that was always going to be a tough fixture...for anybody really.

Yeah, losing against the best team in the group shouldn't be grounds for dismissal.

[Josephus]

No manager gets fired after WINNING a game, no.

Jupp Heynckes was once fired by Real Madrid right after winning the fucking Champions League final. 

..mmm not quite the same thing. And that was the end of a season.

[Liep]

FC Copenhagen's fans had a message to UEFA at last night's game against Porto.