Herd mentality combined with lack of imagination.
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Selecting two DM's and having no-one to connect the midfield to the attack is bad.
Bringing off Foden, bad.
I've seen nothing from Southgate that gives me any confidence in his ability. The guy has probably the best attacking talent in depth in the competition and he can find 1 goal in two games.
Bringing off Foden, bad.
I've seen nothing from Southgate that gives me any confidence in his ability. The guy has probably the best attacking talent in depth in the competition and he can find 1 goal in two games.
I'd drop him back to play alongside Rice. Then play Grealish in advance of them. Mount can play a more defensive role, he's done it for Chelsea. I like Phillips but him and Rice together is more a tactic that stops the opposition rather than one that allows us to attack them.
But Southgate is from the Mourinho/Benitez school of defensive first, low-block, anti-football so it's unlikely we'll see much change.
Well I'm trying to be as positive as possible but after being hyped all week, this evening was shit. I woke up with a migraine so should have knock today was going to ultimately be a bit wank.
Luckily Tuesday's game will come around quickly. Not so lucky for us, Southgate will still be in charge and will still keep our players on a leash.
Luckily Tuesday's game will come around quickly. Not so lucky for us, Southgate will still be in charge and will still keep our players on a leash.
As soon as we face a big team we'll sit back even further; playing both Sterling AND Rashford in the name of #paceywingazzz and the (ahem) game-'changing' subs will be Kane for Calvert Lewin and a dose of Hendo.
So fucking wrong haha
Then we get knocked out at the earliest opportunity and Southgate keeps his job and takes us to the next world cup with the exact same boring shitty tactics....
Rinse and repeat.
Just look to Mancini and Italy to see what can actually be done
I bet Southgate is ruing not picking Dier so he could slot him into a midfield three of Rice, Dier and Phillips.
Guido 🇺🇦
is. Getting outplayed by the international equivalent of a mid table League 2 team seems to have really rattled him.
He's already been told the WC22 job is in the bag.
Classic FA... Take away the pressure to acheive on the eve of a tournament.
And then rotate them with Winks, another one he would have picked if he could have.
Sterling is a waste of a shirt at the moment. Midfield balance looks all wrong IMO.
And Channel 5 are showing Braveheart!
Think Scotland played well tonight. Probably the better side on the night. We actually played pretty well on Monday too but were error prone at horrible times. We seemed to clean that up tonight.
We've created plenty over the two games but just don't have a goalscorer and that's not going to change, obviously, before Tuesday. Just have to hope that a good chance will fall to the right player against the Croats.
We've created plenty over the two games but just don't have a goalscorer and that's not going to change, obviously, before Tuesday. Just have to hope that a good chance will fall to the right player against the Croats.
Southgate should watch it. Hopefully the "FREEEEEDOM!" part will inspire him to allow our players to play with a little bit of it, the mug.
Why is that funny? Whoever is laughing is a fucking moron.
What does it say, come on, do explain.
Don't think either deserved to win it, or lose it, but as the away side I suppose if you had to make a case for one winning it, it would be Scotland.
Playing well in a game where there's no real expectation and the pressure is largely all on the opposition is quite different to what you'll face next week at home to a struggling Croatia side though. Very different in fact.
It say's that you should believe in yourselves a little more. England won't play as poor as that this tournament, yet you seem to be over the moon with a point. If you don't beat Croatia, you're out, and as much as Croatia are struggling to score goals they certainly have enough about them to take points off you. That game has 0-0 written all over it.