Group C: Slovenia, Denmark, Serbia, England

[Daggers]

[PhillippaT]

A win's a win, but............  

[Stadt]

Shite performance, so unsecure in possesion.

 

Classic Southgate passivity when ahead and he never learns, can’t wait until he’s gone.

[adejo92]

Every bit as bad as I expected.

[foxfanazer]

Absolute turd as expected. Standards are on the floor

[Sir Shep]

1 minute ago, Sir Shep said:

Oh well roll on our danish friends Thursday

 

[Tielemans63]

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

[BillyFOX12]

2 minutes ago, cityfanlee23 said:

Is Southgate one of the luckiest tournament managers in the world in terms of groups/routes to later stages? Trying to think of a tournament where we didn't have a relatively easy route to the latter stages. We beat Germany in one of them but they were hardly the Germany of the early 10's.

In the last Euro Cup, we played 6 out of 7 games at home, and opposition fans couldn't enter the UK due to COVID restrictions. That tournament was tailored for us to win.

[Suzie the Fox]

1st half 6.5 - 2nd half 4... 

[foxes_rule1978]

Just now, Tielemans63 said:

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

Saka great first half, didn’t get into it second.. foden poor 

[Suzie the Fox]

Just now, Tielemans63 said:

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

Thought Saka played well in 1st half well for 30 mins  

[foxfanazer]

All the usual clichés are being spouted to mask how poor we are. We'll never learn 

[Vacamion]

 

Southgate's teams sit back and try and protect leads, trying to pass, pass, pass.

 

Croatia and Italy beat us doing it in vital games.

 

Doing it against Serbia who were there for the taking doesn't look great.

[Izzy]

Sounds crap, glad I've been watching the golf instead.

[purpleronnie]

Just now, Vacamion said:

 

Southgate's teams sit back and try and protect leads, trying to pass, pass, pass.

 

Croatia and Italy beat us doing it in vital games.

 

Doing it against Serbia who were there for the taking doesn't look great.

Agreed, it doesnt work but we keep doing it, odd.

[Daggers]

Just now, Tielemans63 said:

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

Saka absolutely wasnt. Foden was gash. 

[Corky]

Good first 30 then average to poor. Serbia had a lack of quality which helped.

[RowlattsFox]

Important win. Far from convincing and as usual Southgate can't change the attack to make it better. Default setting is to protect. 

 

Stones and Guehi generally defended well, winning some big headers. 

[bmt]

1 minute ago, Tielemans63 said:

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

?? Not great second half but he was the best player on the pitch in the first.

[spacemunky]

2 minutes ago, PhillippaT said:

A win's a win, but............  

I was trying to come up with something positive, but...yeah.

[FoxyPV]

Didi Hamann is an excellent analyst and is dressing down Southgate on RTE.

 

[Wolfox]

2 minutes ago, Tielemans63 said:

Saka and Foden were absolutely terrible 

Saka was the best player in the first half?

[Groby_Blue]

One word - yawn. 

[Tielemans63]

Just now, Wolfox said:

Saka was the best player in the first half?

He was a liability in the second....and I'm a fan of his. 

[Nalis]

Just now, cityfanlee23 said:

So had a quick jot down of our tournaments under Southgate. 
WC 2018 Group was Belgium, Panama and Tunisia, knockouts Colombia, Sweden and lost to Croatia
Euro 2021* was Croatia, Czechia and Scotland, knockouts Germany, Ukraine, Denmark and then lost the final to Italy
WC 2022 was USA, Iran, Wales, knockouts Senegal then lost to France
Euro 2024 we have Denmark, Slovenia and Serbia. 


 

Could argue its been the same in the Hoddle and Sven years at major tournaments too if your point is going out when playing the first decent team. Beating Argentina in 2002 was an Argentina that couldn't beat Sweden to get out of the groups and even that was a penalty Owen dived for.