On the positive side, Bellingham did well in the middle and Rice did well. Going forward, we got into some good positions but either just wide or decent saves without stretching them too far. Folan looks like he has to start now.
On the negative side, well, what can you say. Just too many players who look too short when up against very good players and Slabbers, Dier and Walker at the heart of defence and Saka at left wing back is always going to come up short.
I think that we have enough good players, mainly going forward that can definitely have a good shot at getting to the semis but collectively, with these players there are too many weaknesses to hope for further against the best teams. We could switch manager, I think there's a good chance Southgate is over his prime now (although fair play to him for getting some great shows together with a team that before him were very poor and the depth in quality at his disposal didn't improve too much during his reign) but I'm quite confident that whoever we get to come in will find the same limitations in squad depth.



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