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[blues_funk_reggae]

WTF!? England top the group by only scoring 2 goals... We're done.

This has to be one of the strangest groups I've ever seen
England with the lone win, every other team drew, Serbia with the only loss.

 

[The Wall Is Undefeated!]

Losing it with this England team.

Reminds me of France '98. Amazing on paper, but on the pitch it's like a FUT All Star team with no chemistry.

Plan A is keep possession until *something* happens.

There is no Plan B. There are substitutes who sound like they'd change any game, but no strategy to go with them.

La Liga player of the year. Bundesliga player of the year. Premiership champions all over the fukking pitch and they play like Barnsley.

Jude looks LOST.

Can't even blame the fans and press like we did in '98. I've had so much patience with this man and he's always given us fighting England teams, but this is on Southgate.

At the bolded - I was with Southgate up until the 2022 World Cup. He's had his run and the only way he's gonna keep his job is to win this Euro...

Basically, he has to go.

 

[null]

Jude was trying in the beginning but just like in the Serbia game, dude got ghost in the second half. Dude keeps running and gets no balls, so he's been looking frustrated.

players that can actually play football would at that point go back-to-basics. keeping things simple to help regain control of the match and to find his role in the match.

 

[TheAlbionist]

Brehs how much emphasis should be placed in the fact the no English manager has won the Premier League since it's inception? Is tactical illiteracy a thing in the English game?

I think it's an under-talked topic.

There's also zero connection between Premiership management and England management. Southgate, Eriksson, Hoddle - none of them had regular experience managing top flight English players when they took the England job.

The FA think managing Under 21 England prepares you for managing a team that will play France, Spain and Brasil... they should be trying to throw money at proven top flight managers.

Terry Venables knew how to manage a real team. He actually gave us an *exciting* team that were a genuine challenger and he had to have Stuart Pearce out there taking pens... if he'd had this squad we would've looked like Barcefukkinglona.

 

[MVike28]

Literally how most selections are made

Not a one size fits all approach.

Look at James Rodriguez w/COL

Shaquiri with Switzerland

 

[Nero Christ]

Group C results:

Slovenia 1 - 1 Denmark
Serbia 0 - 1 England

Slovenia 1 - 1 Serbia
Denmark 1 - 1 England

England 0 - 0 Slovenia
Denmark 0 - 0 Serbia

Atrocities all up and down the pitch

 

[Trajan]

Rich man's Nicholas Pepe

 

[Yayo Toure]

Sub Bellingham out, Breh is useless right now.

right now?

He been stinking it up all tournament but that goal he poached in the first game distracted the people who only see the game one way.

In three years when he's at Liverpool or Tottenham don't forget Senor Yayo Toure told you Jude was shyt long before.

 

[null]

I think it's an under-talked topic.

There's also zero connection between Premiership management and England management. Southgate, Eriksson, Hoddle - none of them had regular experience managing top flight English players when they took the England job.

it's a uk cultural problem + the class system + lack of a certain type of player.

the english cannot manage anything of considerable size to a world class standard.

in football the english who are/were good managers tend to be from up north but .. it's the southerners running the country.

the country is not united due to the class system.

The FA think managing Under 21 England prepares you for managing a team that will play France, Spain and Brasil... they should be trying to throw money at proven top flight managers.

Terry Venables knew how to manage a real team. He actually gave us an *exciting* team that were a genuine challenger and he had to have Stuart Pearce out there taking pens... if he'd had this squad we would've looked like Barcefukkinglona.

 

[gho3st]

man took antony gordon over rashford, sterling or sancho. this england team is about as pedestrian as it can get, nobody except saka creates fear for the opponent. Foden needs to be in middle with good wide players creating the spacing.


this nikka started gallagher thinkin it was gonna make a difference

 

[null]

That boy Jude untouchable ..

Phoden been England's best player

faux-den

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Jude is knackered he can come off the bench with Gole Palmer put Gordon on the left and Foden in the #10.

 

[Yayo Toure]

Everybody picking their scapegoat.

But I've said from day one, no one can shine with this sort of player playing as #10

 

[null]

bellingham is like stevie G.

where are madrid going to play him when a forward arrives?

exactly where rafa ended up playing stevie-me.

everywhere in MF, see that fail, and then on the wing/free role.

 

[Yayo Toure]

bellingham is like stevie G.

where are madrid going to play him when a forward arrives?

exactly where rafa ended up playing stevie-me.

everywhere in MF, see that fail, and then on the wing/free role.

Yeah, Madrid had no problem benching Joselu and playing Vinicius as striker and Jude would just run into space. Good luck running into Mbappe space.