Denmark v England - Thu 20th June, 17:00 | Euro 2024 Group C

[Roachy]

Some cracking excuses from the Waistcoat.
The England players are not fit enough.
We haven’t been able to replace Kalvin Phillips.
Falling into defensive mode after scoring is not part of our game plan.
Tront in midfield is just an experiment.

That "not fit enough" comment from him is unbelievable. Surely those players are at their peak with the season ending a few weeks ago.

 

[Rory Bluelow]

You can tell he has completely lost it.

His post match comments and indefensible.

No Kalvin Phillips or Jordan Henderson...really? How about change your approach then. Who was the PL player of the season and where does he play? That would be a start.

Experimenting on TAA as a midfielder in a tournament at the sacrifice of your best player is ridiculous.

Comments from the players reveal they have absolutely no clue what they're supposed to be doing.

And he has shown no effort to change things. He takes TAA off, then moments later Kane comes off for Watkins...who would have benefited from TAA the most. Square pegs round holes.

His comments were embarrassing. Totally out of his depth.

 

[mattcity5]

That "not fit enough" comment from him is unbelievable. Surely those players are at their peak with the season ending a few weeks ago.

Just reminded me actually of how Phillips came back to City overweight after the World Cup.

The English media criticised Pep for calling it out, but didn't question at all how it happened.

If Southgate isn't keeping the players fit, and they aren't playing with any kind of understanding or shape, what does he even do in training??

 

[The Black Shed]

Southgate is getting a five million pounds a year salary. Think about that,

 

[RayCTID]

Southgate is getting a five million pounds a year salary. Think about that,

The FA do have tendency to reward failure

 

[lust overlord]

Just watching the bbc iplayer with linekar, shearer, fabregas and rooney

All spot on in what they say.

The waistcoat has had 8 years and has not implemented a system, tactics, gameplan

And that is shocking.

He will be forced now to make changes - and he may actually get lucky with it. But luck only lasts so long

Forced changes worked for Booby Robson in 1986 after playing appalingly in the first 2 group games.
A change in formation and a couple of players swapped and performances and results improved.
Till we played Argentina.

 

[supercity88]

Just reminded me actually of how Phillips came back to City overweight after the World Cup.

The English media criticised Pep for calling it out, but didn't question at all how it happened.

If Southgate isn't keeping the players fit, and they aren't playing with any kind of understanding or shape, what does he even do in training??

They all cuddle and have fun and get on really well.

 

[mattcity5]

They all cuddle and have fun and get on really well.

But only in small groups, who don't get on with the other small groups there...

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

Some cracking excuses from the Waistcoat.
The England players are not fit enough.
We haven’t been able to replace Kalvin Phillips.
Falling into defensive mode after scoring is not part of our game plan.
Tront in midfield is just an experiment.

I'm expecting a pair of underpants on his head and a pencil up each nostril at his next post match press conference.

 

[Blue Feather]

Any England manager using the word experiment in the 2nd game of a tournament should sacked that night IMO

This. He's had ages to look at and find solutions and sensible alternative options for a couple of areas and the best he can come up with is last minute desperation. As said before, we could turn it around and who knows what might happen but if we do it will have little do to with Southgate....