This is the correct answer.

90s pitches were rough. Even by late October. Whenever an international break was upcoming the groundstaff would be getting ready to put proper work in.

The FIFA playing, only ever watched elite level football and never gone to a game in their life generation have spoken.

Brazilian internationals playing in the English top division are now “bang average”.

Genuine managers barely exist anymore.

A manager is someone who is hands on with almost all aspects of the club. Transfers, youth teams, etc. At the top level, that’s almost impossible nowadays. Ferguson would be an obvious example of a manager. It appears to be a mostly British concept. On the continent, it has long been standard to have division of labour between a specific football exec (Director or Football, Technical Director or whatever title you want to give them) and the 1st team head coach.

Some managers (Like Martin O’Neil at Leicester and Celtic)wouldn’t even be involved much on the training ground and would maintain a bit of distance from the players with the assistance manager being more involved and friendly with the players.

A coach is responsible for the 1st team. That would be tactics, training, matchday etc. They will usually have the final say on transfers but won’t be actively involved in the whole business.

European Qualification is a nightmare for both the Euros and World Cup. You can easily find yourself in the same group as Italy & France with only 1 automatic qualification spot.

It’s quite conceiveable that Haaland will never play in a WC or Euros.