I think our problem is centre midfield. Philips and Rice ran their socks off and generally both did really well. But we don’t have that calm midfield maestro who can put his foot on the ball and control play ...picking out raking passes or just keeping the ball ticking over. Someone like Verratti ... we don’t seem to have this type of player. Grealish, Sako, Sancho and Foden are all great attackers in the final third but quite similar in many respects ...

Despite the despair ....I am actually positive about Qatar .... Southgate does need to learn from mistakes though ... and get over his conservative and overly cautious mindset ...it’s something which has dogged England teams in many sports over the years ... we have strong Plan A but no Plan B.

But overall am proud of the team for what they have done over the past month ....