He got us to the semis of the wc, what capabilities has he been promoted beyond?Whenever I watch England recently I can’t help but think what a decent manager could do with this squad.
Not a great performance but very impressed with the young Leeds lad.
Hopefully we'll get a decent manager to manage this quality squad at the WC.
I actually think Southgate has some good qualities to bring to the team, but definitely not as a manager, he's been way promoted beyond his capabilities.
Absolute bollocks of a statement.only one player was Phillips that can hold his head up high
Agree Rascal, Croatia are a hard team to beat, especially when he's had zero prep with Chelsea and City lads in the warm up games.Well done Gareth Southgate, he got it spot on today tactically, his substitutions were well timed and we played with a smile and a certain amount of freedom.
I think they all did pretty well. A few errors here and there from Walker, Kane didn’t have his best day etc, but the team ethic and unit was solid.Absolute bollocks of a statement.
Ming's, Stones, Pickford, Trippier, Sterling ....did very well in that heat.
He was, head and shoulders better than anyone else, and the comparison with Fernandhino is good, we could do a lot worse than him as Fern's replacement for me, with years ahead of him to improve.The Leeds kid in midfield reminded me of Fernandinho and that is high praise, he was superb.
Pickford is definitely the weak link in the squad, his distribution is terrible, and he doesn't give any confidence to the defence.I think they all did pretty well. A few errors here and there from Walker, Kane didn’t have his best day etc, but the team ethic and unit was solid.
Pickford though. He makes me nervous. He’s picked for his distribution. He can’t distribute. Stones was berating him constantly in the first half as he destroyed our build up when trying short and booted it out of play when going long.
He also is as nervous as a kitten and every time he moves towards the ball, it isn’t in a confident fashion. This can’t be good for the guys in front of him.
Since his breakthrough season at Sunderland, where he was fucking busy and made some decent saves, has he ever done anything to justify him being England’s keeper?Pickford is definitely the weak link in the squad, his distribution is terrible, and he doesn't give any confidence to the defence.
Don't agree.Since his breakthrough season at Sunderland, where he was fucking busy and made some decent saves, has he ever done anything to justify him being England’s keeper?
Henderson/Johnstone are far better options. They don’t seem addicted to Red Bull.
To be fair Beanie could have got us to the semi-finals of that competition, we had such a nice path and we nearly messed it up.He got us to the semis of the wc, what capabilities has he been promoted beyond?
I think he's doing a decent job. We're playing some good stuff at timrs, there's even City style in their, we 've become a model to follow.. But he's doing it well, England are capable of getting to the semi's and Southgate , well who would do better? Besides Pep?