I was responding to the statement Southgate has the best players. So going back to those eras was relevant.
that would be my team for the next match. Can Gomez come in for trippier - I thought he could play left-back? Trippier has done nowt.
Im not sure we had as many or the balance in either era mate. We had some cracking player in both but we have the players to balance this squad. There were some really average player in the 1990 squad, and actually folk forget we were pretty ****e in that tournament too. Scraped through the group by a 1-0 v Egypt, shocking v Belgium. Behind and 2 pens to beat Cameroon. Maybe 5 of the Italia 90 squad get in the current squad imo.
They do mate, but I am not engaging when folks starting point is he couldnt do it himself. Many top coaches coulnt do it themselves, it is not relevant. I will happily debate it if we arent tarring him with whatever he did or didnt do 20 years ago. It needs to be balanced though. One for tomorrow if you are on. I have had a bevvie and as usual am defending coaches because I have walked in their shoes and feel they are target number 1 again and again. Tonight was on the players, more than Southgate, and I would put my mortgage on elite coaches agreeing with that.
I’d be bold and sack him mid-tournament. Bring someone in who can motivate the players and who can get the players to deliver on tactics.
Wasnt Kalvin Phillips regarded as a top class player for England. Didnt he make a big money move to Man City, the so called best team in the world. Honestly, you would think he is saying we are missing carlton palmer the way you are going on. Lets hope he accepts the great Trent example has failed, because it looks a poor balance in a base 2. They are flat and lacking in dynism. CG made a noticeable difference, again.
Exactly. He’s a mess. He’s playing a RB in CM when we’ve got CM’s on the bench. He’s playing a RB at LB who hasn’t got a left foot at all. He’s playing a CM out wide left when he’s got wide players on the bench. He’s playing our slowest forward when we need someone up top to stretch other teams. I don’t know how you can defend him, mate.
Look at your elite club managers, they are on that touch line encouraging and coaxing players, reminding them of their duties and encouraging them. Southgate went to the touch line a couple of times to tell them to calm down for gods sake. He has took probably the best attacking midfielders and forwards in the world and made them look ordinary. I used to love watching England but now I don’t and that’s down to Southgate, he was an average player, a poor club manager and nothing more than a virtue signalling yes man for the FA
Let’s be honest… this tournament has been fantastic. Most teams are going hammer and tongs at it, it’s providing great matches. The two British teams are stinking the place out with our performances.
