Southgate's at the wheel - How long has he got - WC stick or twist
A third absolutely abject display in a row from England, outclassed by Hungary, Germany and now Italy
Playing Sam Allardyce route one football, having the players dive around embarrassingly trying to win free kicks and opportunities to score from set pieces
Persists with his woeful 4231 system with his best 11 in his mind containing Rice and Phillips who are both a very long way from being top class midfielders, neither have even featured in a single Champions League campaign testing themselves against the world's finest midfielders regularly
Given the wealth and quality of forward options and the ability of Mount, Foden and Grealish to all operate as the third more attacking midfielder of the 3 in a 433 playing a pressing game all our very best and most experienced players are so very well used to playing, his use of this incredibly talented squad of players is quite frankly abysmal
STILL he persists with Maguire at CB despite having numerous players who are far better than him and in far better form than him AND who have more Champions League experience and of winning things than him
Southgate is a very poor manager, he is completely wasting this group of England players, his tactics and philosophy of playing belong in the 1990's, the emergence of the 433 and pressing game haven't happened in his mind, despite havind a group of players ideally suited to play that system who regularly play it to the latter stages of the Champions League while challenging for all other trophies
The World Cup is looming fast, we have wasted 2 absolutely glorious opportunities to win major international tournaments having this clown as our manager, who continues to oversee an incredible misuse of the players at his disposal, stick or twist time for me, we need a forward thinking manager whose mind set is in the modern era, who knows how to play and will play the 433 pressing and counter pressing game England's very best players are so accustomed to, entertain the crowd and win the major tournaments they should be doing
"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”
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