Italy v England | Euro 2020 Final

What will the result be?

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FantasyIreland said:
Yes please.

A manager who can recognise his best players and create a system that gets the best out of them,while also having the tactical awareness to alter that system when the situation dictates.
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I think that sums up England managers over the last however long. Southgate has stuck with Sterling but it was Pep who got the best out of him. And there is still the strong belief in the Mr Micawber manual of football tactics - summat will turn up. His first reaction after the PieMan's goal was to consider playing out the game for the next 88 mins and let Italy apply a little pressure, and summat will turn up. There's not many defences at this level who can defend solidly for that amount of time in a game.
 
The big thing for me is we literally won't get a better chance to win a major final, a reasonable draw with every game bar one at Wembley. We were even leading in the shoot out ffs.

Whilst so many things change, others seem to stay the same.
 
If you even have half a brain cell you’d want Southgate gone. This and the World Cup it’s probably harder not to get to these stages considering our opposition. Very common theme with the waste of space, England play average teams and do ok. England play a half decent team and fold like a pack of cards, World Cup it happened and now. You have Kane, Sterling, Grealish, Foden, Sancho, Saka all at your disposal and continuously play ultra defensive football. You then get lauded for being hard to score against. Strange.
He fell into the job, not through any kind of experience is success in the past. There’s a good team spirit built but clearly that only gets you so far. He’s stupidly loyal to out of form players and he has zero in game management. Fuck off big nose
 
I'm With Stupid said:
I rest my case. The best option is a manager whose last achievement was getting relegated and hasn't exactly been falling over himself with offers.
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A man who for years played some great football and showed very good tactical knowledge, an English manager who’s philosophy was modern and progressive. A man who would aim to dominate a football game, not shut up shop.

What was Southgates achievements before he become England manager?
 
wagonman said:
Several posts display the famous arrogance of the English football "fan" who think England has a right to win.

Guess what...

Southgate has built an excellent national team which has gone further than the previous ones in the last five decades.

Italy were the better team and deserved to win.

It's only a game.

JJ
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Caveman
 
Damien10 said:
A man who for years played some great football and showed very good tactical knowledge, an English manager who’s philosophy was modern and progressive. A man who would aim to dominate a football game, not shut up shop.

What was Southgates achievements before he become England manager?
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What’s his achievements since being manager
 
Well media quite rightly want sympathy for penelty taker miss players. Imagine their reaction if a City player had been one of those.
 
nellyonthewing said:
A Manager too afraid to lose never wins.
Surely a younger manager might have more guts than the dour unimaginative Southgate.
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A major characteristic with English managers - frightened to death of losing. But then when they actually look at the talent in front of them it can easily become a familiar option. England weren't the best team in the tournament, they didn't have a wealth of creative and ambitious personnel so we fall back on the tried, tested and failed system of knowing what you want in each area of the pitch and shoe-horning a player in there.
 
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