english has a weird culture where they hate success but also hate if success is not guaranteed
Match Day Thread Last 32 England v DR Congo
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I agree, that’s what Southgate had , if I had to choose a new manager I’d go Howe, I think he would have similar traits . But I repeat I hope Tuchel proves me wrong and we don’t need a new manager, but not holding my breath
I quite enjoyed it.
Congo were excellent. First 15 minutes aside England were lively and created decent chances.
We could have been better but we've played a lot worse and won*
Congo were excellent. First 15 minutes aside England were lively and created decent chances.
We could have been better but we've played a lot worse and won*
In those days we would have lost this game today. The likes of Foden, Palmer, Alexander-Arnold etc all would have been on the pitch, stinking it out and we would have been moaning about taking players from the big clubs instead of the form players.
We haven’t clicked but it’s not quite that level of depression yet. I completely agree Southgate should still be in charge and we’d be a lot better if he was, but the hordes of plastic **** fans we are plagued with in this nation pressured him away from the role, so this is what we’ve got.
It’s still a good team and they’re not rolling over to die, regardless of how well it’s clicking (or not) on the pitch.
i think its difficult to keep the same momentum for so many tournaments without winning in southgates case
sometimes you need a fresh face
tournaments are such fine margins, the best teams dont always win
southgate was very close to winning two trophies for england
this was the first ever round of 32 in a world cup
but how many world cups has a team looked incredible and people think, ohh theyre a favourite
and then crash out?
its better to peak later than early
I can’t agree, these are the games Sir Gaz pissed, the odd blip ( in 2024) , but we put 4 past Senegal, 6 past Panama , 6 past Iran … we had no issues on the whole beating the teams we should have most time , it was the elite teams we slipped up against .
panama are a much better than 2018
and germany put 7 past curacao this world cup
where are they now?
congos back four have all played in the premier league
I agree when Palmer equalised against Spain we had a period and might have scored again .
This tournament has better teams so I'd consider getting to the semi final success.
We haven't beaten a top 10 team at the World Cup finals since 4 v 2
I did say we would be better if Southgate was still in charge. This team is not like the horrors of the 20 odd years before 2018.
People talk about 2016 and Iceland , 2014 was even worse, out group in 2 games . Hodgson was a shambles
Does it have our 1990 World Cup semi v Germany and the 1996 Euro Semi final against Germany in it ?
You said 20+ years
then england will never have successI'd consider winning the tournament as success.
It's our time.
No but it does have our 5-1 qualifying win in it.
Q. England scored 5 goals, Germany scored 1 goal. The diameter of the ball was 22cm and the goal line was 12cm. What was the total linear distance that the ball travelled over the goal line during the match?