We lose and our deficiencies are exposed to the max .

That's 3 defeats on the trot to the cream , Belgium , Croatia and Spain .

This isn't a criticism as such because I think Southgate gets the absolute max out of what he has but all things considered we aren't really that much better on the field than in previous years .

The squad are a tight group , Gareth has a plan and a style of play which we haven't always had but we still appear to be well behind the elite just the same .

These top notch country's always seem to be better at keeping the ball than we do , miles better at it , for 25 minutes in the second half last night we couldn't get a sniff of the ball .

Why is that ?