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Phil Foden one of the premiership outstanding players can’t get a game!!!!
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Yes it was very poor tonight, strange nobody came on here and raised a thread about the 6-2 win on Monday. Guess everybody missed that one 🤔
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Better performance last night after the first 20 mins. 64yrs wait for Wales why did they bother looked and played as good as Scunthorpe, at least like scunny their fans turned up. Good to hear their fans this morning wanting Senegal to beat us just how it should be, not this media bollocks of supporting any British team.
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9 goals in the group stage, similar to the last world cup. More goals than England scored at the 2014 (2), 2010 (3), 2006 (6) and 2002 (6) world cups put together. But, sure, Southgate’s a negative, defensive manager who plays with the handbrake on.
The total goals scored in the list ypu provided is 17. I’m sure that’s more than the 9 they have scored so far!!
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One of the things Southgate gets deserved plaudits is uniting the team. The ‘golden generation’ had too many uncontrolled egos and no coach with the strength of character to get them in check. This left them playing as individuals and the lack of team ethic cost us when we came across sides of quality.
I don’t think it’s all down to Gareth, I think the last decade or so of not feeding the egos of our players, not telling them they’re the best in the world like we did with Gerrard, Beckham and Lampard, has helped lead to a greater team spirit too. However, I don’t think it’s just that. We still played like a bunch of ill fitting donkeys long after the ‘golden generation’ retired. Kyle Walker said that one of the first things Southgate did was to get the players together and make everyone feel welcome, getting them to bond as a team a lot better, without the cliques. Lampard did say that during his time this wasn’t done and everyone seemed to keep to their club and not converse with those from others, plus he wanted to one-up Gerrard. This was the mentality within England. I think Southgate has removed this mentality and deserves plaudits for how he has united the squad.
My question is how he handles big games strategically, and picking of favourites. He might say it’s loyalty, but there aren’t any excuses for leaving Foden or Rashford on the bench now so Sterling can put in another lacklustre performance.
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I would say that we should be aiming higher than Poland. We have a better squad.
Also, while Kane hasn’t scored, he has created and played quite well I think in coming back and dragging the ball forward. However, I realise the frustration of a non-scoring striker.
I don’t think Southgate is a bad manager for us. He’s probably been the best for decades. He deserves plaudits. I get bored of the binary nature of this. Either Southgate’s useless or he’s beyond criticism. I have concerns and I won’t be too happy if we struggle against stronger teams than Iran and Wales because of his flaws.
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Saka didn’t cost the country 30 billion quid, no comparison.
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Personally I thought Henderson was immense for England last match, what a leader on the pitch, much better captain material then Kane IMO but I appreciate he me not get the nod every time whereas Kane is a shoo-in if fit, despite not scoring yet at this tournament.
I don’t get this Henderson thing, I wouldn’t give him a game for The Iron. He taps it backwards 90% of the time and gives it away every time he goes forwards. Seldom gets out of a trot and cleverly puts an oppositon player between himself and the teammate in possession to avoid having to get involved in the play. Can’t deny his vocal ability though.
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Definitely a case of ‘I can’t see what he does… but I can hear it!’
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Thought Rashford would start tonight but Saka his replacement scored a very good goal to justify the managers faith. Also Henderson who gets a lot of negative vibes on here was excellent and took his goal very well. Bellingham and Foden showed just why they should be nailed on England starters every game and yes we started slowly and played poor for the first thirty minutes but hey, it’s the World Cup, we won’t dominate every game all the time because the teams left are pretty good too. We won the game and second half game management was spot on. The French game should be a cracker because both teams strengths are quick attacking players and both defenses are not that great. I just hope it’s a very open attacking game where we play to our strengths and give it a real go which I believe we will. Both teams will fancy their chances and rightly so.
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