Southgate doesn’t want a spark Lee, I’d be surprised even after last night that he starts Gordon. I’m struggling to see what style he’s trying to play, he’s definitely not attacking despite the strengths we have up front. I’ll support the team but so far it’s been abysmal for whatever reason.
Didn’t one of the match pundits put out a comment that England don’t have many options for a LB ?. So that’s why he plays Tripps there even though he plays RB at home because Southgate has not got options. That’s just for starters.
I dont agree with throwing beer cups at Southgate. But if there's no dog sh1t available then we have to make do! I'm joking of course but the team formation / selection and in-game changes are laughable. Who's to blame for that?
England have progressively gotten worse game by game, even including the two friendlies before the tournament..! Talking about momentum, we have none, and I don’t want to crap all over the team, but dismal draws against Denmark and Slovenia doesn’t scream positivity!
Southgate has missed so many opportunities, he has been blessed by having some of the finest players available for selection, yet has misused, ignored, mis-coached, or otherwise squandered their talent. He was a very poor league team manager, and I believe it was only his friendship with the owner that kept him employed at Middlesbrough, and despite having one of the best players in the game in Junhino still failed to win anything. He may be a very nice chap, but that does not win football matches.
I'm not too worried yet as things tend to open up in the knock outs. England are yet to play anyone that has genuinely wanted to beat us and that can be challenging to break down.
As some are pointing out players should make their way home refusing to play for a hopeless 'manager'(?). Foden has already done so with a valid excuse playing card!
I think people are looking at the from the wrong end of the telescope - the problem isn’t with the players in the current team - it started with the squad Southgate selected and it goes back even further than that - it goes back to Southgate ignoring the single biggest problem he has had for ages and that is left back - everyone has been focused on our weakness at CH but if you look at left back we literally only have one natural left footed defender in the squad who can play left back and he was injured from the get go - this was always a car crash waiting to happen - a well balanced squad needs to have a player for every position and cover for that position too - Southgate has started the competition with the sort of problem you might get towards the end if you progress that far and get injuries - and he has known about this weakness for ages - but he ignored it - he should have been giving chances for other full backs to at the very least cover at left back but that never happened and there are players worth looking at such as Mitchell at Crystal Palace - combine this basic mistake with a failure to play players in their best positions and what do you get? - two right footed players playing on the left - three of our players (Trippier Rice and Foden) playing out of their best position - full backs who have clearly been told not to attack and as a consequence of this buffoonery no service whatsoever for Kane up front - this pretty much all comes back to the cock up made at left back but it’s the forwards who are getting the blame - yet they have been totally hung out to dry
Foden and rice complaining my God they have been terrible rice only knows one way to play pass back to keeper and that foden like a little lass running round weak as piss,
You literally have to finish 1st 2nd or 3rd to go through a four man group. LMAO.... ROFL... LOL.... how is this even considered a tournament. It's an absolute joke. No wonder it's low intensity football we are watching. More like an exhibition than a competition.
I apologise for my countryman. Please comment as much as you like. Your opinion is just as valid as anyone else's. Perhaps even more valid than Mr Angry's...
