The discussion is about Southgate not Wiegman.
As soon as we scored early in the euro final we were doomed. His approach against any ‘good’ team is to score and then hold on for dear life and that played into the Italians hands. That is not just my opinion but also of italian colleagues at the...
I agree with the replacement argument as ‘nature abhors a vacuum’, how ever that doesn’t detract from the fact that he isn’t up to the job. During the Euro’s, European football was in the shit house. Spain crap, Germany shocking, Portugal shit, the Dutch 😂 and Italy the worse they have ever...
The question you have to ask yourself is what was the mentality prior to these games. Lewis is hardly going to say ‘he’s a useless palace wanker‘ is he.
you’ve basically said that he hasn’t won anything because of his ‘ strange squad selections, being tactically limited and not being brave enough’. Damming praise indeed.
What has wanting to win got anything to do with ‘Land of hope and glory’? My issue is that he has had some of the best chances to win a trophy since ‘66 and has blown it Big time. The national teams when both of 5hose above were England managers were much, much stronger than now.
southgate has...
As we do for every tourno …. then come away empty handed. He can’t beat the better teams. The annoying thing for me is that We have stood still, we play the same way as we did when he first started. Turgid, risk averse bollocks. when we play in red we look just like his middlesbrough side...
The difference being that this will reviewed again and the tmo will be asked to justify his decision. Our lot would just ignore it And pretend it didn’t happen.
my view is if curry’s was a red then so was the argie’s, he jumped in with shoulder at head height. He new exactly what he was doing...
As is that tbh. We lost that because of goalkeeping errors and CH not keeping the team focussed.
that’s one player ffs and the operative word is future.
You do not pick a player who hasn’t played any meaningful football in a World Cup qualifier. we’ve tried it in the past and it‘s always...
Who has played how many minutes of competitive football this season? We know he can do it but that was when he was starting regularly. He going to have questionable fitness and no match sharpness. This is not about Maguire though, this is about a manager who hasn’t a clue. if it goes pear shaped...
And if he doesn’t and Maguire is at fault. He’s basically thrown one of his players under a bus.
As for an experiment against Scotland, it won’t matter how well the two CB play they know he won’t pick them, because he’s too scared too.
That’s the point though isn’t it. Stones and Dunk would work, as would stones and GuehI. The issue here is Maguire, he should be sat in front of the TV watching the game, not playing in it. If he started week in, week out then I could understand it but he isn’t.
They lost to Liverpool and Man City, not Luton and Sheff utd. The premier league is the highest pressure league in the world.
Maguire (btw, I feel sorry for him) hasn’t earned his spot, he’s got it because Southgate hasn’t the balls to try another combination. That is not how you win things...
I would argue playing against Newcastle last weekend was way more pressure than playing against Ukraine this afternoon.
picking a player who has bugger all minutes this season, over players who have and at the highest level is just insulting.