Which soccer league is the most famous in the world today? The answer might be the Premier League. Everyone knows the answers are identical to the land of Queen Elizabeth, England.
It is ironic indeed, when the English Premier League is touted as one of the most prestigious leagues on the face of the earth with its clubs being a favorite of many earthlings, British trainers like only being at home. Losing competing with foreign coach expansions which won the Premier League alternately by bringing the game of his native country.
The Premier League competition is indeed increasingly colored with the presence of such asig coaches, various styles of play are there starting from Spanish tiki taka with Pep Guardiola, Italian cattenacio, Latin playing touches from Portugal coaches to Dutch-style total football here .
Then where is the style of playing Kick n Rush? the typical English style of play with the bait of the long balls seemed to be lost, unable to compete with the new game styles that came invading, sinking along with his successors (coaches).
Pay attention to the list of Premier League standings this season, of the top ten teams, all are trained by foreign coaches such as Spanish coaches, Pep Guardiola (Manchester City, Position 1), Unay Emery (Arsenal, 5) and Javier Garcia (Watford, 10). Portuguese coaches, Nuno Espirito Santo (Wolverhampton, 7) and Marco Silva (Everton, 8). German coach, Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool, 2). Italian coach Maurizio Sarri (Chelsea, 3). Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino (Tottenham, 4), Norway coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Manchester United, 6), and Northern Ireland coach Brendan Rodgers (Leicester City, 9).
Then where are the trainers from England? of the 20 participating teams, only five teams were handled directly by English coaches namely Roy Hodgson (Crystal Palace, 12), Eddie Howe (Bournemouth, 13), Sean Dyche (Burnley, 15), Neil Warnock (Cardiff City, 18) and Scott Parker (Fulham 19).
Neil Warnock and Scott Parker themselves have certainly not been able to bring their team to stay in the Premier League next season and have to go down to the Championship Division.
Actually there are still more English coaches, namely Mike Stowell (Leicester City), Kelvin Davis (Southampton) and Mark Hudson (Huddersfield) who have trained but have been fired due to poor club performance.
The highest achievement of coaches from England since the Premier League era revolved in the 1992/93 season, only limited to the runner-up position, namely in the 1995/96 and 1996/97 seasons through Kevin Keegan with Newcastle United.
Then what about European level competition?
The last time the English coach who ruled Europe was Joe Fagan when he delivered Liverpool in the 1983-1984 Champions Cup and Keith Burkinshaw in the UEFA Cup with Tottenham in the same season.
Whereas since the 1998/99 season until the 2017/18 season or in the last 20 years, English clubs have begun to be recalculated in the hunt for titles in the European leagues by placing 17 finalists with a total of four Champions League titles and three Europa League titles with Manchester United , Liverpool and Chelsea won alternately.
And even more great this season, where English clubs are back victorious by placing four teams as finalists in both championships and ensuring the title for England. But again there were no English coaches there.
Heysel Tragedy Begins
The tragedy that occurred before the Champions Cup final match between Juventus against Liverpool in the 1984/85 season killed 39 people, causing English clubs to be banned from playing for 5 years at the level of European competition.
Likewise, during the Hillsborough tragedy in 1989 when Liverpool met Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup semi-final which killed 96 people, the British government dropped an error on the supporters.
As a result of the British government’s perceived unfair policy, the formation of a new Premier League league was initiated by five club directors, Martin Edwards of Manchester United, Noel White of Liverpool, David Dein of Arsenal, Philip Carter of Everton and Irving Scholar of Tottenham Hotspur .
The new competition received funding support from Sky owners, Rupert Murdoch, who bought broadcasting rights and shared large profits for the participants.
With the advantages of selling broadcast rights that have increased, since then there have been scattered trainers and foreign players recruited to strengthen the club.
Not to mention the support of funds from club owners who want an instant way of achieving success by recruiting the best players and coaches at any price starting with Abramovich at Chelsea and being continued by Mansour Sheikh with Manchester City.
It is natural, because football has become an industry, clubs are profit oriented with money as the key.
So, whatever the price that must be paid to be a champion will be done because in the end, the team that came out as a champion (now at least qualifying for the Champions League full of glittering dollars) will definitely be boosted in profits.
Then is the English football industry to be blamed for the loss of achievements of England coach-coaches? Questions that are difficult to answer because of aspects of the club’s benefits, there are also other aspects such as sponsors, supporters and the demands of achievement and the institution of the coach itself.
With the many trainers who are full of achievements and diverse styles of football, coaches from England must take lessons and develop them along with the legendary Kick and rush style.
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