England squad

[paulchapo]

He's a strange bloke Southgate. When he was first appointed I was underwhelmed but at first he appeared to be his own man and made some brave decisions. He got us to the world cup semi finals more by luck.than design, but so starved have we been of success even this was welcome.

Since then it has gone a bit backwards. With every passing month he seems to be reverting to type and becoming an FA yes man, something that appears more important than success in the corridor's of power. I'm not sure what style and formation we are playing and I don't think the players do either. We are hard to beat, awkward, with one or two quality players but that's about it. It's all a bit meh and uninspiring but if it wins a tournament good on him.

 

[GH64]

Good to see Kyle rated MOM in the Daily Fail player ratings. Never would have guessed that from the commentary.

 

[BlueHammer85]

He's a strange bloke Southgate. When he was first appointed I was underwhelmed but at first he appeared to be his own man and made some brave decisions. He got us to the world cup semi finals more by luck.than design, but so starved have we been of success even this was welcome.

Since then it has gone a bit backwards. With every passing month he seems to be reverting to type and becoming an FA yes man, something that appears more important than success in the corridor's of power. I'm not sure what style and formation we are playing and I don't think the players do either. We are hard to beat, awkward, with one or two quality players but that's about it. It's all a bit meh and uninspiring but if it wins a tournament good on him.

the truth is, we all would like to have seen Grealish, Foden, Mount etc all start and really 'go for it' but sometimes you have to be conservative, Belgium haven't lost in 20 games, they score for fun, Southgate set up perfect to stifer that - our shape when we didn't have the ball was perfect and Belgium could not break us down at all ... and we still had chances to win by more. Had he played a more young experimental side and gone all out attack and we lose, then he get's pelters thrown at him for that. The England job is the ultimate poison chalice.

 

[BlueTG]

That’s football.

Man City are the best team in the world.
They just lost 5-2 to Leicester and couldn’t beat Leeds recently.

That was a good laugh.

City the best team in the world ha

 

[paulchapo]

the truth is, we all would like to have seen Grealish, Foden, Mount etc all start and really 'go for it' but sometimes you have to be conservative, Belgium haven't lost in 20 games, they score for fun, Southgate set up perfect to stifer that - our shape when we didn't have the ball was perfect and Belgium could not break us down at all ... and we still had chances to win by more. Had he played a more young experimental side and gone all out attack and we lose, then he get's pelters thrown at him for that. The England job is the ultimate poison chalice.

I agree it's not easy, it never has been. I'd settle for us boring our way to a trophy, Greece did it so I guess it's not impossible.

 

[BlueHammer85]

I agree it's not easy, it never has been. I'd settle for us boring our way to a trophy, Greece did it so I guess it's not impossible.

we was so close last World Cup, just so difficult to win International tournaments, they don't often come round, there's loads of very very strong sides and you need a dose of luck at times.

 

[BlueHammer85]

That was a good laugh.

City the best team in the world ha

I'd say you are, if you had a fully fit starting 11, Man City as good as anyone for sure.

 

[cookster]

That’s football.

Man City are the best team in the world.
They just lost 5-2 to Leicester and couldn’t beat Leeds recently.

Great argument, City are consistent trophy winners over the last decade.

England have won fuck all in over half a century, might as well be Newcastle.

 

[ninjamonkey]

the truth is, we all would like to have seen Grealish, Foden, Mount etc all start and really 'go for it' but sometimes you have to be conservative, Belgium haven't lost in 20 games, they score for fun, Southgate set up perfect to stifer that - our shape when we didn't have the ball was perfect and Belgium could not break us down at all ... and we still had chances to win by more. Had he played a more young experimental side and gone all out attack and we lose, then he get's pelters thrown at him for that. The England job is the ultimate poison chalice.

You’ve got a point there. As city fans were used to, perhaps even spoilt seeing fantastic attacking football, you see the talent England have going forward and we want to see them play to their full potential and play the kind of football we all enjoy seeing, winning ugly is fine when there’s no alternative but England have the players to win well and people want to see that. It’s entertainment after all.

 

[TheCentralScrutinizer]

We’re so drowned in negativity and being told the manager is shit, the players are shit etc we are blind to see we’re actually a very good team.
even now, after beating one of the worlds best teams , fans still wont give any credit and will be forgotten by next game.

lol we are not a very good team,we are a very average team,freak results happen now & then....