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Under Southgate we’ve been to two semi finals too, which no England manager has done for a long while. Since Southgate’s club record has been brought up, I’d like to point out Joachim Löw’s career highlight in club football is managing FK Austria Wien. If we get thrashed by whomever we play...

Germany battered Portugal in the group stages and followed it up with a draw to Ghana and a 1-0 win over the USA. Germany and France were favourites for both of those World Cups having come very close to winning major trophies previously and we’re not at that level, yet. We’ve got a good...

I travelled around France for Euro 2016 and watched the France games with a few French mates. They had similar things to say about Deschamps as we do about Southgate now. He’s a negative manager with a team with great attacking talent. Well, he’s done alright since. Despite starting Giroud...

Southgate has a very pragmatic view of international football. Even recently successful international teams have bored fans en route to success. 2010 World Cup - Spain won every game by 1 goals, bar a 2-0 win v Honduras. 2016 Euros - Portugal, drew all their group games. Won in ET v Croatia...

The Czechs were launching it from distance, and the source of their best chance. Structurally, we were sound, we looked quite good, if not particularly special. Germany had more shots than France, but you’d be hard pressed to find anyone who genuinely thought Germany were the better team. Far...

I’m sure everyone was quaking their boots after Portugal came 3rd in their Group in 2016. The same team that failed to get a win against Iceland, Hungary and Australia won the championship. We’ve got a good chance of progressing deep in this championship, but we’re by no means the best team in...

Case and point being today. Created chances, didn’t take them, drew to Hungary. Even against Germany, France looked in 3rd gear, which suggests that they were either toying with Germany, or generally weren’t all that sharp. It’d be foolish to discount France despite a very disappointing result...

It’s irrelevant because football is an outcome driven game. In all the tournaments Southgate has lead us in, we’ve got to a semi final. That’s what Southgate will be judged on. Not meaningless qualification games or friendlies.

Do you think French fans are all defeatist over their draw with Hungary? It could well be the case that Southgate’s caution pays dividends in the knockout stages. The same French and Portuguese teams we’re fawning over are led by Deschamps and Santos*. Both are managers have been criticised for...

More recently Portugal too - they looked terrible in 2016. Very disappointed with the result last night, but things can improve and as long as we’re in the tournament, there’s a chance we can win. Intense rivalries can bridge the gap in quality, it’s not quite the same, but even Finland beat...

Something to try and cheer you all up a bit. Even 1990 and 1996 had stinkers apparently. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/euro-2021/2021/06/19/dispiriting-gets-england-not-lost/

For the round of 16, yes. But the quarters and semis would be a tougher draw.

The bigger picture is that we’ve all but confirmed qualification to the next round, regardless of the result against Czech. Then, it’s knock out football and anything can happen. Portugal scrapped out of the Group in 3rd and won the tournament. A few things that really concern me: 1) Kane’s...

A lot of overreacting, we were average and Scotland played the game of their life. Think Southgate has a lot to think about to be honest. If we top the group, jobs still a goodun. Improvement needed against Czech, for sure.

Probably shouldn’t have sacked Mourinho without having someone lined up...

Why James? Seems like we may line up with 3 centre backs as I’d be surprised if we rotated both Trippier and Walker. Personally, I’d stick with the same team and put Shaw in for Walker. Get the win against Scotland, and then rotate attacking options and get Maguire and Henderson match fitness...

Would really like to see a confident performance against Scotland today and expecting to win by a two goal margin! For all their talk leading up to the game, we’ve got to put them in their place.

Che Adams

Out of curiosity, what out and out strikers would you put ahead of him?

That looks really crisp!