Welcome to the Big Thing on Total Soccer Show, the show where we go in depth on the biggest

trending topics in the beautiful game. Today, we're talking about the latest national team

to bring on a hot foreign manager who's had success in the European domestic game. All the

cool countries are doing it these days. It's Thomas Tuchel and his appointment

as manager of England. The German coach has been confirmed as Garris Southgate's permanent

successor as England's manager and he's going to start his role on January 1st after being

handed an 18-month deal. Today we're looking at the circumstances around his appointment, the reaction to it, how England's going to look under his tutelage, and much, much more. My name's Ryan Bailey, joining me today for this discussion, Power Trio, led by Taylor Rockwell. Hello, Taylor. Hello, Ryan. I would really appreciate if the English F.A. would stop looking on the U.S. soccer's page to cheat. You all couldn't even get billionaires to have to subsidize your salary, so you're not even doing it to the fullest extent you could be. Shame on you. Yeah, we did copy the playbook, but not the get the Republican mega donor to pay your coach's wages part of the playbook. Unfortunate for us, I suppose, Taylor. Give it time. We'll see how it goes. We'll see. We'll see. Joe Larry's also here. Hello, Joe.

Just another an alarm. is part of the playbook. Unfortunate for us, I suppose, Taylor. Give it time.

We'll see how it goes.

We'll see.

We'll see.

Joe Larry's also here.

Hello, Joe.

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forward, please. And thank you. All right. Let's get straight to the discussion, Taylor. A closely

guarded secret, this was Tuckles' arrival as England's coach, the third foreign manager in the history

of the national team. Of course, Tuckles' history was Chelsea, Paris, Sanjaman, and Bayern Munich.

Has won the Champions League? Has got a pretty good resume. So what's happened? What has led us

to this point, Taylor? Well, for starters, there was a general feeling that Gary Southgate had

basically taken the English national team as far as they could go, concerns about his maybe

tactical acumen, specifically his ability to change the game in the game once the match

was underway, adjusting tactics, adjusting formations, adjusting players to get the ideal

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