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If you did a player v player comparison to this team and 2002-2010 era team, how many would start? Our defensive and midfield options aren’t as strong as people think. In international tournaments, these are the most important areas of the pitch.

What does this prove in your mind? That the team was failed multiple times? It’s like you prefer heroic failure to success.

They weren’t better than us and if a team of that calibre finished above us in the group this season you’d be (rightfully) fuming. We agree our record was poor against the top teams before Southgate. Therefore, the conclusion that if we change manager all will be well just doesn’t seem...

Why did we end up playing some of the those teams? We failed to win the group. In 2002 we came second to Sweden and 2010 2nd to the USA. Our team in 1998-2010 was genuinely great. Even compared to some of those other teams you mentioned and to have not made it past the quarters was a travesty.

What was our record against Top 10 teams pre-Southgate? We hadn’t won a KO game since 2006 before he took over. I’m sure beating Colombia and Germany in 2018 and 2020 were the highest ranked teams we’ve knocked out since Spain in 1996. Again, you compare Southgate to his predecessors and he...

It’s not great, friendlies are pretty meaningless. We’ve done well in such fixtures only to get battered when it mattered in tournaments. Beating Germany was a huge psychological win and I’d like us to meet and beat the Netherlands in the semis (providing we get past the Swiss) for another...

This is such a dumb take. Guess Denmark, Greece and Portugal should’ve packed it in in 1992, 2004 and 2016 respectively. You’ve got to set up the team to prepare for the big games against Top 10 opposition. Southgate has hedged his bets on that style, it’s mostly worked at tournaments under him...

The last two goals Foden was an offside away from an assist and a goal. He’s not playing badly imo. If we don’t change formation, I can see Gordon playing LW (Foden RW) with Saka LB. Personally, would prefer Palmer but Saka at LB is quite risky so Gordon offers more balance and Palmer as a...

In tournament football, the result is all that matters. There’s plenty of examples where teams looked average in group stages, slow in the KO stages and build into the tournament. I’m interested in what changes we’ll make in the next round. Saka will likely play LB/LWB and I’d like to see...

Football fans as a whole have a short memory. In 2010, we had a great team that failed to win an EASY group (literally The Sun’s headline after the draw) and ended up getting battered by Germany. This happened in 2002 and 2004. (Harder groups) too. Even look England’s record at tournaments...

Agreed, reading Southgate’s post-match comments I think we will see changes for the Switzerland match. It looks like he’ll consider Saka at LB moving forwards. Specifically, Trippier gets dropped for me if we continue playing 4-2-3-1. Konsa comes in for Guehi at CB I assume.

After Shaw, Trippier is probably the best option we have then. Who does this uncapped Championship LB get selected over? I don’t see the rationale, personally. If Shaw isn’t fit, the only thing I can think of is playing Saka LWB in a 3-4-3. It worked yesterday because we were desperate and...

On LB, who would you have picked? The only English LBs playing at a high level is as followed: Shaw Chilwell Gomez (covering Robertson) Mitchell 50% of those are in the squad and Chilwell has just come back from a long absence. Trippier has played LB for England before and played well, even...

The difference is that the players and management are task orientated. All the mattered in the group stage was qualifying for the KO rounds. Now we’re there, it’s just one game at a time. If Foden stayed onside and Rice’s shot creeped in, we’d have taken a very different view of the match...

I’d actually keep the same team but in a 3-4-3 / 3-4-2-1 with Foden and Bellingham as the two AMs or wide players. Mainoo deserves a start too. I like the idea of TAA at RWB too, but Trippier is a play I trust more defensively. If Shaw was fit, TAA would be viable. Next game, I’d switch Konsa...

Would never happen and I also don’t think he’d make a great international manager.

It is true though. Fans seem to forget that previous teams and ‘golden generations’ have failed to deliver under top managers. As long as we get through each round, I don’t care how we do it. For context, it’s the first time England have reached back to back quarter finals in the Euros. That’s...

I also think switching to a 3-4-3 looks inevitable atm. We actually look better playing that formation too.

Aged 10 years in this match. Nearly booked a flight to the next best Spanish tourist destination.

Keep the faith mate! Xhaka seems to morph into a world class midfielder at international tournaments.