Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales

[Nalis]

Fantastic cross by Mount

[RowlattsFox]

Wide players offering nothing. Not even showing for a pass and with Mount invisible there is no passes for the defenders. 

[MPH]

Just now, ARTY_FOX said:

Southgate needs to let go of the reigns. Can't wait for him to leave the job. 

 

not his biggest fan but he’s got a good record on paper. You can’t just throw him out because USA are having a good spell

[tom27111]

2 minutes ago, Miquel The Work Geordie said:

Mount has been catastrophic 

Completely agree, but Connor Gallagher is there.

 

Mount is Zidane compared to him.

 

You just wonder what goes through Southgate's mind.

[Guest StevieLynex]

1 minute ago, trabuch said:

I'm not as convinced as I was a couple of days ago that England are going to win the World Cup.

We might if we play Costa Rica in the final

[Sunbury Fox]

Mount is so bad. Even with Maddison injured, how is he starting ahead of Foden?

[Foxdiamond]

This is the England we feared. 

[Sly]

Bellingham hasn’t been in this game either. This is where you need a more creative player with the press. Someone like a Foden, Grealish or Maddison that plays on the half turn and turns on the pace. 

[trabuch]

Just now, StevieLynex said:

We might if we play Costa Rica in the final

If Southgate maintains his lucky way with the draws it could happen.

[tom27111]

If we slate Mount enough, he might bag a brace, Richarlison style 

[Dahnsouff]

England look ass

[Tielemans63]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

Completely agree, but Connor Gallagher is there.

 

Mount is Zidane compared to him.

 

You just wonder what goes through Southgate's mind.

Yeah but they both play for Chelsea so they must be well good.

[MPH]

Don’t even think we’ve been technically awful, just think USA have controlled the game because they’ve been better more than we have been terrible

[trabuch]

1 minute ago, tom27111 said:

If we slate Mount enough, he might bag a brace, Richarlison style 

I genuinely think Kane is past it too.

[whoareyaaa]

USA playing better than I thought 

[ARTY_FOX]

3 minutes ago, MPH said:

 

not his biggest fan but he’s got a good record on paper. You can’t just throw him out because USA are having a good spell

Let go of the reigns was ment to be more let them off the leash tbf. 

 

But it's not just this game. The football is horrid with him. We'd have won atleast one of the last 2 tournaments with almost any other manager. 

Edited 25 November 2022 by ARTY_FOX

[Muzzy_no7]

Mount awful.

Sterling non-existent.

 

England carrying a few passengers and being outplayed.

 

Time for Southgate to react here. Tactically it’s not working and clearly we have better players on the bench. 

[Finnegan]

When you think of how many young, talented attacking midfielders and forwards England have - watching Spain let theirs loose playing absolute Hollywood football then tuning in to watch this is a really great advert for Southgate getting the job for life 

[StanSP]

Some of the passing is atrocious. 

 

Wonder if there's a way to work Grealish and Foden in to the team at half time. 

[Nalis]

Trippier has been poor

[SouthStandUpperTier]

Cautious. Negative. Boring.

 

Total Southgateball.

Edited 25 November 2022 by SouthStandUpperTier

[ARTY_FOX]

Just pass forwards. 

[RowlattsFox]

Saka is playing like someone who thinks he's the star because he scored two against Iran. 

[Sly]

Just now, StanSP said:

Some of the passing is atrocious. 

 

Wonder if there's a way to work Grealish and Foden in to the team at half time. 

Drag Mount and Sterling 

[KingsX]

3 minutes ago, Detroit Blues said:

Yanks look terrible 🤣

 

I have to admit I really didn't expect to enjoy this game, much less this thread ...

 

But so far, so decent.