Scotland v England - Tue 12th Sept, 19:45 | Friendly

[bondsman]

If City had won that trophy in 2005, we’d still be celebrating it now!

Be fair.

Haha maybe.

 

[Stelea]

Souness great pundit
So close to saying ‘hand bags’ in reference to the pushing and shoving.
Joe Cole massive grin.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Haha maybe.

Beanie would be a club legend!

 

[Sibierskii]

Speaks well Bellingham to be fair, seems to be a likeable lad,I’d have liked him more if he’d joined us mind

I think he’s a cock.

 

[LesBleuMiserable]

Its no good him staying there as its not going to get any better.

He should have left for West Ham and restarted his career.

Why leave? Take the money I say. If United want him to leave they need to pay up.

 

[i kne albert davy]

Souness great pundit
So close to saying ‘hand bags’ in reference to the pushing and shoving.
Joe Cole massive grin.

Had he said that we'd never have seen him again,sad ain't it.

 

[burning blue soul]

That’s fine, we see things differently, that’s what football is all about at times.

I would just hate to fall in the trap of demanding the England manager plays west ham players , must play how I want them to play, must be entertained, must not play any spurs players etc.

All that would absolutely spoil supporting my own nation.

Anyhow, not ‘hiding away’ from any posts to me. Got a newborn to feed then hitting bed with my new Southgate pillows. Laters blues.

My opinion pitches its tent far far away from the jingoistic "should have picked my teams player" main stage.
I have seen the manager in a final, and he crumbled. It was horrific to watch. It was a kid coming in at number 9 to bat and closing his eyes for a 1st ball blocking shot. He just doesn't have the character to win, or be a winner. It isn't in him.
The sad thing is his "nearly is good enough" aura will leak into the players.
As long as this guy is manager England will fail at any international tournament, even with this amazing pool of talent he has to work with.

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

And you are one of the rare football fans that isn’t thick?

Outdone himself there. Easy to see why fans would get annoyed with those type of views.

 

[SebastianBlue]

Shows it’s a results business rather than this embarrassing demand of being ‘entertained’

Ok, now I am actually confused.

Because most of us “thick” fans you regularly denounce argue that Southgate should ultimately be assessed based on overall result, not average age of squad, total goals scored, or win percentage.

And you have maintained that it isn’t about entertainment or overall all results, but about the journey and friends we make along the way.

So which is it?

 

[SebastianBlue]

Yes, what’s the reason then ?

Because he is close with them and also has pressure from various entities to play them, regardless of fitness or form (as testified by selecting and playing Maguire, who now has more minutes for England in the last four days than with United in as many months).