Southgate is and always will be a crap manager/player, but does anyone really care about international football, for me its unimportant. I only care about the mighty PALACE

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

A miserable game to watch. A bit harsh to put the blame on Southgate though. He's done a reasonable job in his time and will be replaced after Qatar.

Some of those players, already mentioned, looked either out of their depth or out of sorts. Couldn't decide which. For sure they won't figure much in the important games.

Dad and I watched games standing on the muddy slope of the Holmesdale Road end. He cheered and I rattled.

My comments are not knee jerk to yesterday but it is clear that Southgate lacks tactical flair, invention or courage when push come to shove.
We could have beaten Croatia in the World Cup and we should have beaten Italy in the Euros but he stuck his fingers in his ears and sang la la la instead of being bold.
Let him manage the players and the press and let a real coach/tactician make the on field decisions.

Good player.

However, as England manager he rarely seems to miss an opportunity to tell us his woke politics and how he thinks others should think...something I don't remember from other England managers and he's now a part of a highly politicised game that can brook no criticism of itself.

People think he's a good manager but he's had a highly talented bunch of players to pick from and in my view has been distinctly average.

But he's the FA's 'yes man' and darling, saying exactly what they want presented and that goes a long way in this game.

Edited by Stirlingsays (05 Jun 2022 5.37pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Someone has said that all teams will lose from time to time. we have to hope that the defeat will lead to a team that is up to it. Agree that at the moment there is too much football and the lads should be on the beach (hopefully not being transported by Easyjet).

There, sadly, remains the naming of a team that will win the World Cup. Putting PALACE first, I think we have enough English players to put 15 into the squad.

He's an upgrade on Sven, McClaten and Fabio but, then again, so is the sh1t on my shoes. I won't mention Roy out of misguided Palace loyalty but he was bloody awful too. When you think of why Hoddle got sacked, probably makes some of sense of Southgate.

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