Southgate is fucking wank. That team got to the finishes they did in tournaments in spite of him, not because of him. There's bags of talent in the England squad at the moment and a proper manager would have us winning playing great football, not grinding out 1-0 losses to fucking Hungary with 8 defenders playing the most turgid football you've ever clapped eyes on.
I've always hated Deschamps through all aspects of his career. Absolute fraud. Cantona was right about him.Originally Posted by -james-
The way I see it is that there's likely an appointable manager out there who could play a more attractive style than Southgate and get equivalent results, but what are the chances of absolutely nailing that appointment? I reckon they're extremely slim.
He's got the players on board and it clearly works at tournaments. Why would he go five up front or whatever in a meaningless game when there are only a handful left until the only ones that matter? These are basically pre-season friendlies.
And, as ropey as the defence is, we didn't concede until the semi finals last year. In 2018, we had one clean sheet all tournament. That's progress.
He makes Mourinho looks like Bielsa but then that’s what happens at International football. It’s mostly always turgid affairs.
If only there was a young English managerial prospect with a widely respected reputation for playing succesful attacking football.
If you sack Southgate and Potter says no then you're left with what, Lampard or Gerrard?
I don't think Gary Neville is the answer.
All joking aside I'm not even sure Potter's heroics would translate without daily coaching that comes with club football but fuck me I'd be gagging to try it (or indeed anything else) than having to deal with the shit being served up by Waistcoat. The final run obviously gets him the time but it's purely vibe driven and hopefully the return to classic failure England will come in November.
Potter's probably next in line. I also reckon, once Southgate is done, he never takes another job.
He will. He has West Brom written all over him.
He'll be in at United when the Dutch experiment is floundering on its arse in January, thus setting them back another decade.
Michael Carrick current favourite for the Swindon manager's job. This means little, not just bookie's odds are largely pointless, but there have been several different odds on favourites in the two weeks this has rumbled on. Is he rated as a coach by Utd fans?
Southgate should be kicked out the country for his actions. Total bottler in the 90s, so he worked his arse off with the FA in hope to make amends, then when the moment came he blagged the job. I bet deep down he still knew he was a bottling twat, but desperately hoped it wasn't true. Absolute geek.
There's a big spectrum between 5 up front and 8 in defence.
Any England manager could do what Southgate has done which is why it's been done over and over again since 1966.
He's King Gammon.
Has Socceraid always been mixed or is this a new development?
So fucking painful to watch some Croatian bum destroying our national team. If we don't fire him before November I'm gonna lose my shit (and retire on the winnings of England -5 on opening day of WC).
Aussies v the Paddington's on the BBC website.
Hosted in Qatar in front of a half empty stadium.
Have you seen any of the slaves from Myanmar and Napal that built it?
Aaron Mooy. I'd forgotten about him. Going to guess he plays in Bundesliga 2.
Shanghai Port. What a life that must be. Wish he would sort out the shipping container backlogs.
They're probably putting up and living in the Fan Tents.
73 minutes gone, no shots on target. If only there was a way they could both lose?
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Aus-Peru qualifier on BBC and heading into drama. Just turning it on myself.
What’s the NZ - Costa Rica game for then? Are they semi finals?
Wasn't it meant to be impossible to play football in Qatar in June?
Nah, play-offs so the winners go to Qatar.
Aussies pulling the Krul gambit.
Australia have subbed in a keeper.
Weren't Peru quality at the last World Cup?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_W...ficial_mascots
I want someone without any prior knowledge to draw them based on those descriptions.
The Peru 'keeper not speaking/understanding whatever the ref is saying bodes well.
Redmayne's line dancing.They're going home.
Aye, that worked perfectly. Shame they won't get to try that again in the winter.
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Nice one, Shitdig.
That keeper.
The one where he twirled on the line was my favourite.
Asia > *
Another World Cup where the Aussies qualify via a penalty shootout, it wasn't pretty for 120 minutes, but I'll take that result any day.
I was thinking during the game that the life of an Aussie football fan must be a highly stressful one, permanently (for the last 40+ years) on a do-or-die intercontinental playoff footing. Never better than that, never worse.
Honestly, it should never have got as far as a playoff. The Aussies should have qualified from their Asian group as they had done in their three previous World Cup campaigns, but they suddenly lost the plot halfway through the final group stage and fell into the double playoff saga that we've just gone through.
We'll be lucky if we pick up a point in Qatar, but at least we're going there and it keeps me personally invested in the group stages at least.
Costa Rica's struck early but the Kiwis have come roaring back. Good match.
England in danger of getting RELEGATED.
I like Bowen as a player but I'm not convinced he's an international quality forward.
This has been piss poor so far.
Oh Jesus, is this wank home and away? Fuck me.
I'm guessing the problem now comes that as Sir Gareth has made us an established TOP international side, teams, particularly those who aren't established TOP international sides, are going to be even more inclined to sit back against us, thus rendering the back 8 even more of a waste of time.
Oof. New Zealand look done here. The ref's got the calls right but they'll still feel persecuted after this.
New Zealand heads have gone.
Meanwhile Nathan Collins Beckenbauring one in for us against Ukraine. 😎
Oh dear.
Hope he stays.
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