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Agreed, I've said the same about Bellingham. He is incredibly frustrating to watch and you can see his limitations as a player when he isn't surrounded by world-class talent. He is still young, and Foden suffered from the same issues when he was 21. I expect Bellingham will improve in these...

Ha true. Talent-wise, there isn't much difference, but they are well-managed, have a clear style of play, and know their roles. This game is where I think we'll miss Grealish. Especially his experience of playing against Carvajal, and his talent for winning free-kicks to alleviate the pressure...

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Our only hope is that the games v Germany, and France have taken it out of Spain. This is the first time we're coming up against a team either on our level/better than us, and we usually lose these games.

Credit where it's due to Southgate, we looked much better in that first half. The second half was very cagey, agree that Foden wasn't as good but none of the England players were. Bellingham again stank the place out. They were the right subs to bring on, but I couldn't believe that Foden was...

He'll go with the same formation again, so I'd like to see: Pickford Walker Stones Guéhi Saka Bellingham Rice Shaw Foden Toney Kane or Palmer in for Toney

Our goals in this tournament. Deflected cross Deflected cross Individual moment of brilliance Set-piece, followed by a miss-hit shot. Individual moment of brilliance. I cannot recall an actual chance we've created in the 5 games we've played.

I live in Hawke's Bay in NZ. The only football tops I see on the kids today are either Messi tops (Miami, or old Barcelona tops) or City tops. I was chaperone at my daughters' school disco the other night and the striking thing I noticed was that there was not an All Blacks top in sight, only...

Capello was a disaster, he had no connection with the players, nor understood the culture. Sven was unlucky, undone by moments, a freak free-kick, an incorrectly disallowed goal, or a red card to your best player. There's a lot of context missing relating to your Southgate statement. We've had...

I didn't know whether to be happy that we won, or angry that I have to go through this shite again at the weekend. I suppose this tournament is a win-win. If England win it (ha!) then great, if we don't then Southgate will be gone, and that too is great!

He's gone into another tournament not knowing what his best starting XI is and again is hoping it'll all come together. He has absolutely no in-game management. He only sets us up one way and nothing will make him deviate from it. All subs are like-for-like replacements. The only time I can...

I would have called down to the bench and had him sacked and escorted out of the stadium straight after that triple substitution. The man is a clown.

Guehi overall for me too, with Foden and Bellingham alongside him as the better performers in the first half. Bellingham ran around a lot without any real discipline in that second half. He was more a Gerrard than a Xavi/Iniesta. I thought TAA was okay, until his mistake gave Mitroic a chance...

I watched the game back (so you don't have too). Until we scored we were playing well. In possession we had 3 across the back, Trippier was pretty much playing in the left-wing position, Foden and Bellingham were very close together and popping up all over the forward line, I lost count how...

Pleasantly surprised by the squad. I had him nailed on to have Henderson and Rasford in it. Rico not being in there is a negative, he covers so many positions and is so comfortable on the ball. I think the Tomori and Loftus-Cheek hae both been doing well at Milan are unlucky not to make it...

I'm fairly certain that the character Roddy Ho, in the Slough House series of books, was based on Jonathan Liew.

They were only 2 points off winning 9 Premier League titles in a row. That's the competitiveness they want back.

Glaring errors aside that wasn't too bad. Our midfield looked far more comfortable with a technical ball-playin midfielder like Mainoo next to Rice, than the energizer bunnies Southgate usually favours. A few observations Toney is far better than Watkins I imagine Trippier will be left back...

He can't and will never be able to, but he could at least appear to have a plan/philosophy for how we set up and play, and be able to explain it. In the beginning, he was wedded to 3 at the back and wing-backs, and to be fair to him he was limited with what he could do with the squad at the...

I shall disagree agreeably with you about Southgate and his many contradictions. I wouldn't want to criticise any manager for defeats in friendlies or even performances, but how they use the games and squad selection is fair game. This isn't just Southgate, many England managers past have...