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While I don't disagree, how many times do we see teams that have been in control of a match suddenly sink back into their own box at the end of the game and then inevitably concede? Happens all the time to sides that don't kill the game off with a second goal.
But Mount's clearance that led to their goal was a tired one and he's one of the few changes I would have like to have seen made with about 15-20 minutes to go. Bringing on Bellingham for him just seemed to make perfect sense. As did Saka for Grealish and Henderson for Phillips.
I was saying mount and sterling should of been coming off in the 65th minute. They was attacking our right side towards the end and sterling was lazy with his tracking. Mount was poor in general and offered nothing and I felt lingard should of replaced him.
Yeah, Lingard for Mount would have also made perfect sense, even more so as Lingard would have been on a high after scoring twice a few days ago.
While we did control the second half there's no reason to think we wouldn't have done so had we made a few subs. Hopefully Southgate learns from it.
I don't think he will and I think it's his only issue really. Even in the euros he waited too long and I don't think he understands the importance of fresh legs especially in games like last night. I'm not southgate out I do like him I just think it's a major flaw he needs to overcome.
I agree with this. However I think he is pragmatically getting through qualification first, then may change the style next year. He is succeeding to be fair. But he really does need to integrate some of the attacking talent.
Fresh legs from players like Sancho,lingard,saka etc makes all the difference imo. Their subs weren't as talented as ours but they had the freshness to go out and change the game positively for them last night.
England need to trust Saka he should play over Mount he has huge potential. Mount is the epitome of average.
I agree. I think Southgate doesn't quite trust the team to not fall apart when changes are made.
All true but still bizarre him not using subs so whenever we come up against a decent side he’ll get found out again
Rinse and repeat
Because the players are trying to make a stand against racism, someone booing that really sends out a bad message, specifically that the people booing are racist. You will probably say that perception is unfair but that goes with the territory.
I do agree completely that he needs to take the brakes off, that is undeniable.
He’s fortunate in that we have quite a good side but with him in charge we’ll never reach our full potential
No problem qualifying for tournaments and the FA will just be happy with that
The World Cup next year is a great opportunity. It will be chaos, players injured because the season is a third done, teams unprepared etc. England probably have the best scope for dealing with that. He needs to see it as a once in a lifetime opportunity. It's up to him. I still think he's doing a 95% good job, its the other 5% that needs work.
Right and I think we have discussed that already, booing though is taking it to another level, you may say the people booing are not booing because they are racist and I'd use your own argument and say not everyone will see it that way.
I think you’re being very generous
75% good
25% poor for me and he needs to have a word with Grealish and his theatrics
He was clearly pissing the ref off last night going down for the slightest thing and whining like a bitch
I thought he and Sterling had poor games and Harry got us out of jail
I think he deserves a bit more leeway in a game where results are often everything. But I do accept your point of view.
Agree completely about Grealish, he was very naive last night. For £100mil I'd want a fully formed player and he really isn't. We screwed up by not getting him at the price a couple of years ago but City have screwed up paying that for him.
It matters not a jot what we "personally feel" or if we are discomfort by an anti racist gesture. Or if we think it divides, it was ever thus from the majority. The players don't. It only matters what the players/protesters feel.
That has been the case whenever people have protested. Happened to the suffragettes the anti Apartheid campaigners, the gay rights proponents. All denounced. They still did it, history judges those people, their contemporaries complain. Its obvious the England player know this.