Bedfordspurs
Les Bennett
Have we ever had a manager before whose previous management career highlight was relegation?
Positives for England.
Mainoo, been England's best player, just need to find another competent midfielder to play with him.
Palmer, not phased at all, should be starting games really.
They should absolutely stick with Southgate too, his tactics work, his subs work, he overachieves, he just didn't have the players, other than leaving out Dier and Grealish, he doesn't get much blame from me.
Quite likely and that’s England doneNew manager? Southgate will get another 4 years
Boot in long to the strikerWhat was the tactics from Southgate?
All I can think, it play it safe, try not to lose and see if something happens up the other end.
Build up was slow, sideways and backwards. Noone would take on a player or have much movement.
Spanish players aren’t betterCompletely disagree re Southgate, we’re negative and only start to play when we need a goal or we don’t kick on and finish teams off when we do go in front. We’ve got lucky in this tournament with lucky draws and late goals from individual brilliance rather than tactical nous. Also completely disagree re Dier, he’s not played for half a season and is generally poor at CB. I think people have got it into their heads because he plays for Bayern that he’s played really well. Barcelona signed Paulinho. Sometimes even the big teams get signings wrong.
Also, you say Southgate doesn’t have the players, Spain I’ll give you are a better team but which other team are clearly better than England?
Yeah they are, and they are smarter, and more confident.Spanish players aren’t better
They just know what they are doing
What was the tactics from Southgate?
All I can think, it play it safe, try not to lose and see if something happens up the other end.
Build up was slow, sideways and backwards. Noone would take on a player or have much movement.
Spanish players aren’t better
They just know what they are doing
Said it before the tournament started and i will say it again, a few of our players are overated by the media and a lot of fans. And once again we saw it in a game, Spain were far the better team and deserved the win. I am not going to defend Southgate but he is not the reason we lost that game some of our players look good in the Prem when they are surrounded by world class players from abroad but in a English shirt they struggle.
I don’t think the players are overratedSaid it before the tournament started and i will say it again, a few of our players are overated by the media and a lot of fans. And once again we saw it in a game, Spain were far the better team and deserved the win. I am not going to defend Southgate but he is not the reason we lost that game some of our players look good in the Prem when they are surrounded by world class players from abroad but in a English shirt they struggle.
I thought Foden had made a step up this season, but he still looked like a kid tonight.
New manager? Southgate will get another 4 years
As a non-England fan, my feeling is you’ll miss him when he’s gone. The football’s not great to watch, but he’s achieved more than any other English manager in my 50+ years on the planet.Have we ever had a manager before whose previous management career highlight was relegation?
I don’t think the players are overrated
Give an incompetent guy the best tools and the still won’t make anything good
My wife tried to argue with me his greatness as a coach and as I said .. he hasn’t beaten anyone
Spain lost or Scotland not that long ago and made changes
This tournament they beat the previous two finalists and the top two European sides from the last World Cup.. and the hosts
That was all on the coach adapting and changing
Has he though?As a non-England fan, my feeling is you’ll miss him when he’s gone. The football’s not great to watch, but he’s achieved more than any other English manager in my 50+ years on the planet.
comparable to Spain I think we had better playersSouthgate is not a GREAT coach for sure but to hear some fans and pundits talk you would think we have a team of GREAT players and imo we do not. One or Two who could be called that but there is a lot of overhyped players in there as well. imo
As a non-England fan, my feeling is you’ll miss him when he’s gone. The football’s not great to watch, but he’s achieved more than any other English manager in my 50+ years on the planet.