18 Dec 2025 13:55:26
Not sexist in the slightest or Arne Slots number one fan, but how has Sarina Wiegman been named over Arne Slots for Dutch Manager of the year. I know recently results haven’t been great but winning the league in your first season must be an achievement. This smacks of a box ticking exercise.
18 Dec 2025 14:34:07
I would say winning the Euros is bigger than the PL title.
18 Dec 2025 15:07:49
The Womens Euro's?
18 Dec 2025 15:09:27
It was also her 3rd Euro championships in a row (and 2nd in a row with England) .
18 Dec 2025 15:23:08
And won it for the third consecutive time. A huge accomplishment. After all Slot only won the league because it was Klopps team right? ;)
18 Dec 2025 15:32:44
Winning back to back Euros titles is a huge achievement. Slot, as much as I appreciate what he did last season, was using Klopp's team and for the most part very similar tactics to Klopp.
Wiegman has built her success over the last 4 years and has achieved somethign that very few (potentially none in Europe) have before winning back to back continental titles.
18 Dec 2025 15:40:10
How about winning 3 Euros in a row?
{Ed025's Note - Wiegman has got some great appreciation on here today RedQ, now dare i ask...would any of you consider her as a replacement for Slot if he were to go?, it would break all the barriers of course but it would make you pioneers in mens football and the breaker of chains...just a thought my friend..
18 Dec 2025 16:11:29
I do wish it would happen some time, ed025, would be great to see. I'm just hoping male footballers would have the sense to respect a female coach.
{Ed025's Note - well if its going to be anyone PB then at this time it would have to be her mate, yes its off the wall but if it came off would break a lot of barriers and i would imagine gain a lot of respect from the non-neanderthal public at least..
18 Dec 2025 16:19:56
"The breaker of chains" bloody hell Ed steady on haha.
{Ed025's Note - she could be the next Daenerys Targaryen AAR, and you dont mess about with people like her my friend.. :)
18 Dec 2025 16:29:10
Not being sexist either, but she would be a disaster at Liverpool. Emma Hayes is the girl for me.
18 Dec 2025 16:31:24
No not for me, two totally different sports.
18 Dec 2025 16:38:44
Thank you all for your responses, but would she be able to deal with all the egos in male football? Arne Slot had a hard act to follow and now it’s showing where Sarina Wiegmann credentials were already proven. How would a female manager deal with a Salah or a Ronaldo?
18 Dec 2025 17:33:17
Or a Barton?
18 Dec 2025 16:39:48
Ed stiring the pot there.
{Ed025's Note - i thought it was a fair question to ask Max..
18 Dec 2025 17:55:28
Ed25. Why don't you Blue noses get rid of Mrs Doubfire and give her his job? Everton breaking down barriers, leading the way! Be the only thing they lead since the 80s mate. ❤️.
{Ed025's Note - we are on the way back Chrisy, and you never know mate we could be the first club to appoint a woman...we are ground breakers ans pioneers after all.. :)
18 Dec 2025 18:50:13
Its judged over a calender year not a season. Wiegman won 3 Euros, so there's legacy there, Slot doesn't have that. Euros is bigger than Prem, technically.
I don't think women should coach men at this level, I would have nothing against it from a political standpoint but I just don't see a woman commanding the same respect in a dressing room full of egotistical athletes
Not to mention that the two games are very different. Yes same rules, and I'm not nocking the girls in any way but the pace, physicality, intensity, competitiveness, tactical aspect etc are all levels above what a female footballer/ coaches are used to experiencing.
Not saying its impossible but I believe in order for a female to be successful coaching an elite male team would need to spend most of her career coaching men.
18 Dec 2025 21:30:49
Anybody who thinks women aren’t as capable as men always amuse me. Modern day Britain was shaped by a woman Horrible human but a brilliant politician, even if personally I disagreed with everything she said and did.
Allied to that, the monarch for the overwhelming time of everybody who reads / contributes to this forum was a woman.
Women aren’t prominent in various fields - politics, business, et. And there will be a woman managing a PL club sooner rather than later. I think Wiegman would command respect.
19 Dec 2025 00:52:11
Wow . how on earth are the people on here comparing womens football achievements to the mens game . its chalk n cheese . iv heard some nonsense on here bfr but this is the worst bit of woke nonsense iv heard on here.
19 Dec 2025 02:21:55
They should have men’s and women’s awards and not mix the two.
19 Dec 2025 06:28:08
Not sexist but I don’t care for women ? only joking!
This is a fascinating question.
It would be interesting to see how weigman would do in the men’s game, I wonder if the issue wouldn’t be with players but with fans and the media circus, if things did not start off well? at the end of the day day, football is football, so there is no real reason she shouldn’t do well!
19 Dec 2025 06:30:48
I’m not commenting on the award. But I’ve coached both men’s and women’s teams and they are quite different games (and challenged me as a coach as they generally responded differently to different coaching methods )