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So which left backs should be in the squad then?

Pesky fact: Sancho won 22 of his 23 England caps when he was a Dortmund player. Since joining Manchester United he has played once for England. He hasn't been in the squad for 2 years - but why let facts get in the way of having a pop at Southgate?

As expected, this thread is extremely long on anti-Southgate invective and extremely short on suggestions for who could replace him and do a better job. Strange how so many people can witter on in every thread about how terrible Southgate is, but never seem to suggest a better alternative. If...

Considering how much everyone here pisses and moans every time Rashford gets in the England squad, surely you should be delighted that he had to drop out? I notice there isn't the same performative outrage about Pope starting for Newcastle, even though he dropped out of the England squad with an...

And be replaced with whom? Name specific names, not 'somebody else'.

Why are people suddenly pretending that the Nations League is vitally important? All I remember during the summer was people here complaining that it was a waste of time after a long season, and the matches were just glorified friendlies. Personally, I think it's just another excuse for the...

Okay, this needs to die. Spain won the Euros in 2008, before Pep went to Barcelona. Luis Aragones introduced their playing style, and when Del Bosque replaced him after the Euros, he carried on where Aragones left off. Pep had very little to do with it. As for Germany, Low got them to the 2008...

On the other hand, France have beaten Australia, Denmark, Poland and England, and have a semi-final with Morocco. They lost their final group game to Tunisia. Croatia beat Canada, drew with Belgium and Morocco, and needed penalties to beat Japan and Brazil. Argentina beat Mexico, Poland and...

It's the Juventus Women sporting director, Stefano Braghin, that City are trying to get hold of, not their coach.

For those people whinging ad nauseum about Maguire, who do you play instead? I'm assuming Stones starts. None of you seem to like Eric Dier or Conor Coady, and Ben White has only played a handful of times for England, so it's asking a lot for him and Stones to suddenly strike up a partnership...

Jill Ellis isn't available - she's the president of San Diego Wave; I think she's also effectively retired from coaching. There was also a feeling that she wasn't tactically that good, and that the US won the World Cups largely because they had the best squad.

So, again, if you don't think Taylor's up to the job, who do you want to replace him with? And I want specific examples, not 'someone else'.

You do know that Maguire became an England regular when he was at Leicester, right? He didn't just get called up when he joined Manchester United, so I call bullshit on this FA directive thing. I mean, if you believe in that, why wasn't Sancho called back into the squad? Why has Wan Bissaka been...

Fair enough, but you could also apply all of those to Graham Potter as well. If he got handed the England job tomorrow, I don't think he'd start picking fights with journalists or call all the players a useless shower of shits or whatever - I guess that makes him a yes man as well?

Again, why are people calling Southgate an FA yes man? What exactly are these orders from the FA that he's supposedly obeying, because I honestly can't think of any.