Gareth Southgate

[I'm Blue]

He’s just going with the flow.
Love football hate City.
Fuck em all!

 

[davek1808]

No I just think he's a shit manager.

 

[blueinsa]

He picks who he is told to pick either it the agents in need of a favour to profile a player and in return some cash or its the FA needing to sell seats and shirts so certain names on the backs helps.

Yes man.

 

[paulchapo]

He's just an fa yes man which is why he was chosen. A safe uncharismatic nice clean living boring twat in a waistcoat. Give this fucker both barrels as well next time he is at one of our games.

 

[Hart of the Matter]

No.

Raz has had a key role, Walker's form went off the boil, Stones has been injured and he picked Delph when it wasn't a popular choice.

Can't reasonably expect him to pick Phil when Pep snubs him on a regular basis.

Explain how Joe Gomez has been selected then?

 

[Fame Monster]

I don't know but he really is clueless about football.

 

[give it to gordon]

Just doing what he has been told to do by his pay masters......pick dippers and scum even if they dont play regular.

To be far any English player that won the treble is clearly not good enough for England.

 

[bewildered]

yes. Walker, Foden, now Sterling. Even before this his treatment of sterling and lack of support really showed for me. But yes, I think the hate and bias is universal.

I expect Stones to be the next one dropped, in favour of some Liverpool player. Even the playing style - I have seen hints of should we play like LFC or like City and I expect that battle line to be drawn some time soon.

Spot on.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

Explain how Joe Gomez has been selected then?

He's played cups and Europe, I think, and I think every minute of the Nations League Finals matches. If he's next fit centrehalf on the list, he gets in, as he plays right or centreback

 

[bewildered]

I'm hoping that Pep decides to stop helping Southgate...

He's clearly had significant support from City/Pep over the past couple of years and that can be seen in the playing style.

I hope the club realise that these fuckers are not our friends and start putting a 'club first' relationship in place (just like Fergie did a few years back).

I think the treatment by Southgate of Walker in particular has been disgusting and dishonest.

 

[born2bblu]

Even before the Sterling bust up I was wondering about Southgate's attitude to City. The dropping of Walker, the none selection of Phil and now hanging out Sterling to dry begins to look like it.
Certainly his quotes about foreign players in youth set ups seem more directed at us and Chelsea.i guess he stood by Raheem over racism. Has he an issue?

 

[decmancity]

We should be thanking the man. Keep Foden away from the FA dinosaurs, Walker gets a rest and Sterling does as well.

I wonder if we can piss off the Spanish and Brazil national team managers to get them to drop our players.

 

[Ric]

No.

Raz has had a key role, Walker's form went off the boil, Stones has been injured and he picked Delph when it wasn't a popular choice.

Can't reasonably expect him to pick Phil when Pep snubs him on a regular basis.

Well said.

 

[Barcon]

No. He doesn't pick the team.

 

[domalino]

Explain how Joe Gomez has been selected then?

Why wouldn't Joe Gomez get selected?

He was Liverpools starting CB for half of last season before his ankle injury, he played well in the Nations League games and CB is a position England are shit at.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Does anyone think we should stop focusing on the negative like this thread is doing ? or is this negativity now going to define us ?

Yes VAR robbed us of 3 decisions but it also doesn't take away the fact that our defence is inadequate at the moment due to it lacking a leader

We should be celebrating the fact that our great club, with the injuries we had still took the game to them, in a stadium we haven't won since 2003 anyway - and are still only 9pts behind with a hell of a way to go still

 

[Ric]

Does anyone think we should stop focusing on the negative like this thread is doing ? or is this negativity now going to define us ?

Yes VAR robbed us of 3 decisions but it also doesn't take away the fact that our defence is inadequate at the moment due to it lacking a leader

We should be celebrating the fact that our great club, with the injuries we had still took the game to them, in a stadium we haven't won since 2003 anyway - and are still only 9pts behind with a hell of a way to go still

Yep, I do think think there is a danger that we're starting to get consumed by our own self-pity. Time for a bit of resilience in adversity.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

No.

Raz has had a key role, Walker's form went off the boil, Stones has been injured and he picked Delph when it wasn't a popular choice.

Can't reasonably expect him to pick Phil when Pep snubs him on a regular basis.

What about Gomez then?

 

[Hart of the Matter]

Does anyone think we should stop focusing on the negative like this thread is doing ? or is this negativity now going to define us ?

Yes VAR robbed us of 3 decisions but it also doesn't take away the fact that our defence is inadequate at the moment due to it lacking a leader

We should be celebrating the fact that our great club, with the injuries we had still took the game to them, in a stadium we haven't won since 2003 anyway - and are still only 9pts behind with a hell of a way to go still

Whats this got to do with Southgate?
Walker selection is a mystery when you look at the other options and his England form. The only negativity i see on this thread is blues turning on our own players. Foden has started matches and dominated u21 international matches.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Explain how Joe Gomez has been selected then?

It suits the pro Liverpool pro scum agenda, promoting the players of the clubs who generate them the most money. How else do you explain the likes of Tom cleverley and jessee fucking lingard playing for England?