Every team we come up against knows exactly how we we'll set up, regardless of how many good attack minded players we have. We have a flat track bully manager who lives off of qualifying results and being a "nice guy" in press conferences that the FA love. As soon as it comes down to proper tournament football Southgate is clueless and resorts to his notebook manual with his sidekick and his automaton substitutions. This man has wasted the best generation of footballers we've had for over 50 years. Yet the FA will give this clown another contract because he's "nice".
Not alot but Howe and Edwards off top of head straight away. But for me it’s Time we got a top manager in that isn’t English and isn’t so stubborn with his selections, not just the fact there is no real tactics it’s even personality and passion and that’s rubbing off on some of the players. Only positive thing is I believe at which ever point we get knocked out or even by some miracle win it, I think it will hopefully be his last tournament. Time for change.
a) Kalvin Phillips really isn't anyone special to be missing. It's hardly "we're struggling a bit since Zidane retired". b) He's basically been out two years, we've had time to find a replacement or a different way of playing if you can't.
b) is literally Southgate's job. Saying you've not really got a plan and you're trying things out that aren't working two games into a major tournament is pathetic.
good news for those who backed us at 7 to 2 to win the tournament you can now back us at 4 to 1 it was such an impressive performance , even better after another masterclass we are now 5 to 1 and third favourites , load of guff
a) Kalvin Phillips really isn't anyone special to be missing. It's hardly "we're struggling a bit since Zidane retired". b) He's basically been out two years, we've had time to find a replacement or a different way of playing if you can't.
b) is literally Southgate's job. Saying you've not really got a plan and you're trying things out that aren't working two games into a major tournament is pathetic.
Guy is a national embarrassment. Get him out FFS. Rest of Europe gonna be looking at the players he has and pissing themselves at him.
If we got Mourinho or Bielsa as manager, I would find it hard to support England anymore.
Someone above said that Southgate is wasting the best English talent in 50 years but I think that accolade falls to Eriksson. He also wasted our best central midfielder on the left. He also did the equivalent of not selecting Kane in favour of a youth player with not one single league appearance.
F*** foreign managers. I’d much rather have Southgate.
Really poor. Other teams will look at England now and think we're very beatable. Ridiculous position to be in for the supposed favourites.
England have never been favourites for this tournament- apart from the bookmaker / Sun fakenewspaper universe
Joint favourites with Germany and France I think?
Or with France as well? Just checked. 4/1 joint faves. As usual we think we’re better than we actually are. ‘Best squad in the tournament’. Nah, not really.
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That logic got us Steve McClaren.
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a) Kalvin Phillips really isn't anyone special to be missing. It's hardly "we're struggling a bit since Zidane retired".
b) He's basically been out two years, we've had time to find a replacement or a different way of playing if you can't.
b) is literally Southgate's job. Saying you've not really got a plan and you're trying things out that aren't working two games into a major tournament is pathetic.
Southgate now just comes across as a one-trick Pony that no longer has his trick.
Someone above said that Southgate is wasting the best English talent in 50 years but I think that accolade falls to Eriksson. He also wasted our best central midfielder on the left. He also did the equivalent of not selecting Kane in favour of a youth player with not one single league appearance.
F*** foreign managers. I’d much rather have Southgate.
As usual we think we’re better than we actually are. ‘Best squad in the tournament’. Nah, not really.