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Also let's not forget, we nearly lost against Slovakia.
I somehow think it would have been better if we had.
An earlier exit would have at least seen the back of Southgate and his nonsense.
Also let's not forget, we nearly lost against Slovakia.
I somehow think it would have been better if we had.
Bar the first half against the Dutch and maybe 30 mins against Serbia we looked terrible in every game, we scored 7 goals 1 of those being a dubious penalty while conceding 6 and we only averaged a total of 6 shots a game with just 3 on target.This thing about England not attacking enough and not being more proactive, which by the way I agree with, hasn't that always been the case even with previous managers? Let's look at the positive here. England got to the final, AND scored a goal, AND only lost by one goal, they didn't get slaughtered, thanks to Pickford. I'm not saying Gareth shouldn't be replaced, but at the same time, it doesn't seem like he did a particularly bad job either.
Depends on how serious the FA are about having the national team actually win something.Not sure Pep would work for England we don’t have a keeper who can play his system or the absolute rock of a holding mifielder he relies on. I can’t see us tempting him out of club football there are too many clubs with loads of cash who would want him.
I know it's a case of "careful what you wish for", and if you ask any fans whether we want to see us play rubbish and win nothing or play great football and still win nothing...we probably pick the better football option, with the caveat of getting into 2 finals. It depends if you define getting into finals an achievements or winning trophies an achievement.
There is merit of how he plays his football, but I just can't help that it's like ETH last season. Back in January/Feb when United won like 5 games or something on paper had the best "form" but those that watched the games knew United were so lucky in most of them, including the 4-2 against Newport. I feel like it is like England in this Euros.
Granted, I think a lot of the teams also were not at their best. France was awful, Croatia didn't live up to expectations, Italy too didn't turn up and Portugal too was hampered with playing with 10 men. In a way, so did we....but at least Kane scored.
I don't think England could have wished for a better side of the draw and better chances, Spain was the only team that played great all the way through. I can't see us being that lucky for a long time with both the draw and the other big teams out of form. I think we would have struggled against Turkey or even Georgia.
A lot of the luck of the draw this time came down to winning the group some other fancied nations fluffing theirs. We also get better draws because we waltz through qualification and have done consistently well at major tournaments boosting our FIFA ranking. You can call it luck but some of it is down to hard work and success to often in the past we made qualification a drama and then scrapped out of a group in second place. Football fans are so irrational it seems Southgate is the worst manager in history and we have the best players in the world yet both are demonstrably not true. I agree Southgate should go, his time is up and someone else should try and build on the foundations he has left to see if we can get over the final hurdle. In terms of success though he will be a tough act to follow as the margins in international football are small and how bad would a manager have to be to do worse than Southgate if you believe the drama queens!Did we get any lucky draws prior to Southgate which we messed up? I suppose then you could see if Gareth made a difference or not.
Personally I am of the view any manager would have got us through to where we have based on the draws alone.
Saw it at last Euros, saw it this time.
Last World Cup is the best example, again beat easy teams and then against France got taken out (Kane cocking up the penalty exempted). Difference was we met France earlier.
If England had Spain's draw, they'd have got utterly destroyed.
Yes you play the teams in front of you but if you only beat bad teams it's all slightly immaterial.
Who are you going to play in goal to give Pep his foundation? All his teams have been built on ball playing keepers, defenders and a mid field anchor and all we have for that is Stones!Depends on how serious the FA are about having the national team actually win something.
Imo Klopp or Pep are the only managers who could achieve this monumental task.
The thought of Potter or Howe is just deplorable.
It really isnt a monumental task. If Southgate wasn't so negative England could easily have won last night.Depends on how serious the FA are about having the national team actually win something.
Imo Klopp or Pep are the only managers who could achieve this monumental task.
The thought of Potter or Howe is just deplorable.
I VERY highly doubt they could lure Klopp, tbh his own country needs him in charge just as much as we would want him in charge. There would be outrage in Germany if he decided to manage England rather than Germany.I would agree on Klopp he seems to fit the players we have better but can the FA tempt him?
2 ways of looking at it
a) Southgate got us to 2 Euro finals in a row - great. Best manager evah.
Englands squad is 1.25b, Slovakia is 100m so around 1.1B better.We struggled against Slovakia save a very lucky penalty.
Before that, Gareth was going to repeat Iceland. Clearly the team is better than then but really how much better?
The draws got us to two finals in a row and arguably a semi final in Russia.
Southgate's win percentage against top sides is less than 25%. It is abysmal.
What is the win rate under previous managers?
You'd have to compare the squad FIFA player ratings as well thoughWhat is the win rate under previous managers?
And that's the problem, when faced with better opposition we're often found out with our current tactics.The draws got us to two finals in a row and arguably a semi final in Russia.
Southgate's win percentage against top sides is less than 25%. It is abysmal.