England can win 2022 World Cup, says U21s boss Gareth Southgate

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LenGlover said:

I'd say Southgate should pay the penalty for England's woeful performance but he'd probably miss it!

I'll cut Southgate some slack, given that his predecessor was Stuart Pearce. Anyone would be preferable to him

The_Organiser

You don't necessarily need amazing players to win a tournament - Greece and Denmark have proven that.

Unfortunately we have none of the other qualities required either.

I genuinely think Wales and NI etc will give there fans more (relatively) to cheer about next summer than our hopeless bunch.

Hope I'm wrong but we have been missing that required mentality throughout the whole set-up for years now and i don't see it changing when it comes to the crunch.

c4fcdenmark

Hear this every two years, relating to some major tournament. Sadly the St George's flag carrying drivers seem to agree, cue fire sales of England tat at all major retailers...

Bryan_Kynsie

c4fcdenmark said:

Hear this every two years, relating to some major tournament. Sadly the St George's flag carrying drivers seem to agree, cue fire sales of England tat at all major retailers...

Yes, but take away optimism and what's left? Anyway what have you got against tat? Seems a nice tie in for England football.

Missed It

The FA have decided what they actually want, the Premier League. All the rest of their talk about England and international success is hopeful hot air. As long as English football is a slave to the money making machine that is the Premier League, the national team are going nowhere.

Any organisation that employs Gareth Southgate with the expectation of winning anything is seriously barking up the wrong tree as well!

5_12_2004at1752

We all know what will happen after tonight's U21 final. If Portugal win; "we lost to the best team in the tournament and they beat Germany 5-0". If Sweden win; "well, we were only team to beat the winners". Either way the conclusion will be that we have no problem and will come good in the next tournament. Delusional

nth_london_addick

We find glory in defeat it's a huge contribution to why we don't breed winners

Leroy Ambrose

nth london addick said:

We find glory in defeat it's a huge contribution to why we don't breed winners

I think a bigger contribution is made by the fact we're shit at football

c4fcdenmark

Bryan_Kynsie said:

c4fcdenmark said:

Hear this every two years, relating to some major tournament. Sadly the St George's flag carrying drivers seem to agree, cue fire sales of England tat at all major retailers...

Yes, but take away optimism and what's left? Anyway what have you got against tat? Seems a nice tie in for England football.

Realism and pragmatism?

nth_london_addick

Leroy Ambrose said:

nth london addick said:

We find glory in defeat it's a huge contribution to why we don't breed winners

I think a bigger contribution is made by the fact we're shit at football

Not shit just a wet fart nearly shit