England Squad - Euro 2024

3rd semi in Succession. Southgate must be a genius eh?

 

New 5 yr contract please.
Sod it, make it 10.

 

You make joke but don't be surprised if he gets a contract extension
Spain will show him up in the final IF England get there

 

Even IF, and it's a very big IF miracles happen and we win this tournament, he needs to go. His football is crap, his tactics are crap....he is a boring boring football manager.

 

Spot on Si. There's no coherence, balance, plan with England. And he's got a ton of talent to work with. They're in the Semi in spite of Southgate, not because of him.

Atrocious manager.

 

I cannot believe the criticism. I don’t give a flying feck how we get there, if we win it. I’ve craved a tournament win since I can remember and will take one any means possible, even if we are playing shite. Italy were a terrible team when they beat us, so you really think their fans gave 2 hoots?!

 

If we win it I agree with you, but there is absolutely no way this team is playing to even 60% of its potential. A good manager would have beaten what we have come up against, a great manager would have us in this position with a good haul of goals to boot.

Spain play with flair and skill, we have had 2 shots on goal in the last two games minus extra time.

 

Ever since we appointed Mr Grey I have wanted him gone. Mr Cautious is set a task of winning Tournaments. Tournament football is cup football with bells on. The last thing you need is an over cautious manager. Last night he only changed it when we went 1 down and Kane took himself off. It is awful watching incredibly talented footballers try and play with one foot tied behind their back. At least they can do pens now.

 

Southgate broke the record at the weekend for the longest managerial run in the Euros unbeaten. He's technically never lost a Euros game, as the 2020 Final goes down in the record books as a draw. His 12 games unbeaten have brought 7 wins and 5 draws.

More pointless trivia, but this Euros has also set records for the fastest goal, the latest goal, the fastest red card and the latest red card.

 

Better. Best 45 this tournament by a mile. Mainoo is running it, what an exceptional young talent.

This is a bang average Holland side and we need to take it to the shed. It needs Southgate to be proactive and male subs early enough to keep the energy up, but he won't

 

This is exactly the time changes need to be made. We have a much better bench, it needs to be frashend up. Kane off for a start, probably Saka too.

But Southgate is completely reactive.

 

200 games in charge for Sir Gareth

 

Much better tonight a bit of credit needed

 

That first half was sensational and just shows what this talented side can do. Mainoo has been brilliant, cool calm and collected. Foden was fantastic last night, very unlucky to not get a goal. Can we beat Spain, difficult, but let’s be positive.

 

Last night was what I expected of England when they rocked up to this tournament and in a way it's why people have been frustrated when you look at the first 45min and you know they can produce that.

There is alot of talk about how England have had it easy with the draw, however it's not our fault that other teams didn't win their groups. France failed to win their group which would have seen them on our side of the draw, Belgium likewise. Before a ball was kicked you'd have expected France and Belgium in the slots that Romania and Austria ended up taking, that's not's England's issue.

I've been very critical of Southgate mainly because I know we can play better and last night proved we can, however this is a results business and we are in the final.

Can we beat Spain? Well could Man Utd beat Man City in the FA Cup Final? Were Greece the best team in Europe when they won the Euros? Were Italy the best team in Euro 2020. It's a one off game, anything can happen. In a full league it is very rare not to see the best team win it, in knockout football the so called best team doesn't always win.

Spain haven't had it all their own way, Germany and France have made them look vunerable, it will be a very different game as I expect England to have little of the ball, but we have players who are fantastic on the break and can cause damage. It's time for a new name on this trophy.