Subject: »[NT] group play game 2: Lietuva

Phil's alright I suppose. ;)
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Thats totally fair.

I would look to vote based on ability & forum activity.

To be honest, I'm personally considering whether the USA is worth running for as NT manager. If in my opinion there isn't genuine world cup winning potential I won't bother.

Thank you Guac for your vote, but I won`t rush running for a NT manager here any time soon. I need to win the World Cup with New Zealand first.

I totally agree with you Phil. I don`t know the skills of every player in NT USA, but judging by the value and marks, then can`t be bad at all. Your place should be in TOP 8 for sure.

I would say they were on par with England player wise, maybe or certainly very close.

Exactly, in my view the USA has a lot of potential & that I could help them get to where they should be in the world.

i wasn't actually voting for you vilps, i was just saying i'd rather have someone who has bothered on the forum prior to putting up a candidacy :)

i wasn't actually voting for you vilps

I only read that part of your post = I will destroy USA in week 12, when we´ll meet in so called friendly match!

:)

maybe i half ass the media part, but not in the important aspects of the job. it was very unlucky to not move on to the knockout stages

the reason we lost the first 2 friendlies was because i purposefully played a very flawed tactic to not give away information to romania. i will be trying to improve our ranking in the world via friendlies, and a 2-0 victory over brasil is the beginning of that

but why use a full A team for a friendly? haha

because a 26th place ranking in the world is not satisfactory

From what I have seen the USA do have a very strong first XI, perhaps even stronger than England.

How is the depth, are there options when the top players are on low form?

hi i am ready for next season again :)

i dont think that non american managers is bad choice.i will try next.

we dont have experience?i beat usa with slovakia nt team 4:0 without any chance for Usa and after i loose with holland in penalty shots where was just luck for them not for us.

almost unreadable.

:) never say never

Looks like there is quite an interest in the USA NT post.

I'm a little surprised to be honest, there isn't much interest being shown in the England job.

People want bigger challenge. USA has even better potential, than England imo. Not a worse team at all. Maybe has even better players. And England have been in semis in last two World Cups, that might be one reason there are so few people interested. English managers expect more from their team, that puts the new coach under pressure too. Of course those who might be interested, those more known managers know that it`s really hard to get elected in England.

Finally, at least for me it`s no fun to be a NT coach of a strong country. The main reason is that qualification phase is boring. Where`s the fun beating i.e Singapore 15:0. If I finally decide to run anywhere where is a strong team, then only after qualification season. That`s more difficult though.