It’s an interesting performance.
If Brighton had played like that (and not got the result) the Potter out campaign would have quadrupled in size as it’s leaders set up multiple negative threads.
But, I noticed that despite picking 5 defenders and 2 defensive midfielders, the team held it’s territory and didn’t drop deep too much. They held their ground in the middle of the park. Germany were petrified of our attacking 3 and rarely tried to overload us. Despite giving the ball away in one game the amount of times Brighton would do in a dozen games, I can see the thinking. We stay firm and wait for the other team to make a move, eventually the class of Sterling or Kane or Grealish will tell.
The problem is, bad luck. We had none last night but normally things go very wrong for England. Southgate is a lucky manager, it’s normally someone like John Stones making a horrific error that leads to his downfall. My worry is that if we do make a mistake (like Sterling giving the ball away and Muller almost scoring) we’ll have no way to get back into a game.
In short, if we don’t score first and our opponents do, I think we might be ****ed if the opposition sit back in a deep block. However, Gareth’s way is the only way for me. I’ve seen us outplay Germany with brilliant players and lose because they get the luck, he has reversed that trend amazingly. We are now the turgid team who’ll always get the result and hopefully, win the trophy.
