Southgate is a numpty outwood. His latest rubbish: “To win tournaments we have to get every aspect of the game right,” Southgate said. “We can improve on all the small details from the performances against Austria and Romania. It’s now one of those rare periods where you get some work with the team, some continuity and we’ll take every opportunity to polish every aspect of our game.”
Someone needs to remind him, you can't polish a turd.
I agree with Army, we do have some very good players, Grealish, Foden, Mount, Kane, Stones, we have two left-backs in Shaw and Chilwell who would get into most international teams, we're spoilt for choice at right-back with Trippier, James and Walker, Pickford, whether you like him or not, has been exceptional playing for England, Maguire, Sterling and Henderson, although I have my own doubts about all three, are rock solid, experienced top level players, there's a whole raft of young black players in the squad who could be anything given the chance. My worry is what Southgate will do with the talent he has available, he's looking to me very much like someone who's losing the plot. Hopefully I'm wrong.
When you have left out 2 players who should on form have been included in your squad-to accommodate two crocks one of whom (Maguire) will probably not be fit enough to get on the pitch at all- fans must surely be worried. That said there is still enough talent in the squad for England to do well. The biggest liability is Southgate. I will as ever be rooting for us all the way as soon as the matches have kicked off.
Pickford - good shot stopper - distributor
Stones - McGuire both good centre backs yes they have flaws but don’t most players.
Shaw , chilwell both great attacking full backs pace and delivery
Trips ( don’t need to comment )
Grealish - great player with it all
In his locker
Foden ( snake hips ) the next George best if he carries on as he is doing - ( glides past people like they’re not even there ).
Kane - the best finisher I’ve seen for some time
Sterling - match changer on his day ( the last tournament we played in if it wasn’t for him we’d have been home a lot sooner ).
That’s to name but a few BT
I honestly do not think it matters to the powers that be if the team wins.They have their politically correct YES man at the helm and that is more important.They need clever Gareth to educate the racist fans who boo the 50 grand a week pros.AS for the pros-they all have their price in order to cave in to the Marxists.Give me 50 grand a week I would take the knee with the booing all day long.
Last edited by ClaretinBudapest; 08-06-2021 at 12:09 PM.
Easy option is that army88. Imagine you are picking the team to play Croatia tomorrow, I want you to name the starting eleven from our selection of "great players". You can't, Southgate can't, no-one can, because Southgate has been pi$$ing about for the last two years and we still have no idea what our best starting eleven is.
Southgate says he knows 10 of his 11 starters, of course he does, you can rhyme them off, Rice, Kane, Sterling, Stones, Pickford, Chilwell, Mount, Walker, I expect he'll pick Mings over Coady, James over Tripps, leaving him stroking his chin while he ponders Foden, Grealish or Phillips for the other place.