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In that, we have shared goals. Potter would be the most likely manager (or Carsley) and arguably the best tactician we have. The only thing is that he wouldn’t have changed much from Southgate. I doubt Eddie Howe would leave the Newcastle project, even if England is his ultimate goal. He’s...

Slovakia had an excellent counter attacking strategy that really hurt us in the first half. They did a great job with the low block and credit to them. It was almost a perfect game plan. That said, in the second half we were on top, Foden was a toe away from scoring an early 2nd half equaliser...

Won 2 KO games against the top 10 teams versus 4 losses. Which is still an improvement compared to previous England managers. Bearing in mind we’d won something like 6 KO games since 1966 before Southgate took over. The narrative that if we’re a bit more attacking we’ll suddenly win everything...

Barring Spain, in the KO rounds we were the better team in every game with more shots and more possession against each opponent. Switzerland aren’t mugs, they nearly beat Germany to top the group and beat Italy convincingly. Somehow, the narrative that beating Italy would somehow be harder -...

If your nan had wheels she’d have been a bike, what’s your point?

That narrative just doesn’t match reality. In the first half we had the better chances, albeit both were half chances. Stones tackling Williams in the box was Spain’s most dangerous moment in the first half. We conceded right after the break being caught half asleep, we weren’t sitting back at...

With 6 shots on target and Portugal had a red card at 2-0. We didn’t cling on for penalties, that’s ridiculous. Only Switzerland went to penalties and we were pushing for a winner before penalties. Likewise, against Spain, most of their big chances were when they caught us on the counter...

We need to figure out patterns of play to put Foden, Kane and Bellingham in positions to score goals. Several times you could see Bellingham and Foden call for the ball and make a darting run not for the team to take a risk. From my obervations, having only Saka as an elite dribbler was a...

Drew to Ghana in the group stage and need extra time to beat Algeria in the R16. Were solid against the USA, France and scored a late in extra time to win the final. Go through the match stats, they had 3 shots on target v France and 5 in 120m v Argentina. It’s not much more than what we v...

When Linekar and Micah Richards suggest Klopp and Pep, you just know people aren’t being reasonable in their expectations. The top managers don’t tend to go into international management. In theory, Spain downgraded moving to Luis de la Fuente from Luis Enrique. The latter being an ex-Barca...

In of itself, it’s not important. The reason I’m interested in it is because we need to get confidence in beating the best teams in the world. We need to build those winning habits against Spain, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany and so on. First, a 100% record against ROI, Greece and Finland...

With respect, I hope the FA aren’t serious about this. I don’t think she’s ever coached in the men’s game at all.

That’s such a low resolution way of looking at it. Revisit the last 5 world cups and the teams that won it did so in the nitty gritty - even the great 2010 Spain team won most games 1-0. Brazil in 2002 was probably the last team to be a juggernaut in the tournament. The France manager who won...

Interestingly, Newcastle’s CEO has already politely told the FA the FA ‘hands off’ Eddie Howe.

This is fairest assessment of Eccles on here. Robins said numerous times that we need more quality and earmarked midfield too. We need more goals in that area and either Sheaf or Eccles needs to step up. I don’t think we get autos playing both Sheaf and Eccles. In this respect, we certainly miss...

I don’t know man, England away is pretty pure. The striking thing I found was that there was next to no ‘big 6’ supporters out there. Chelsea, Newcastle and Villa being quite well represented. Only pockets of Man C/U, Liverpool, Arsenal and so on. I’ve got the itch to slog out the England games...

Cliche bingo full house here. The players were played in the proper positions, barring TAA at CM for 2 games. The subs that made differences and Southgate culled all of his so-called favourites in this squad. Foden may prefer playing as a 10, but even this season he played more games as a LW/RW...

Putting aside what is a ridiculous comment to make… who actually cares? We won the game and that is all that mattered. Seeing comments like ‘I’d be happy losing 3-0 if we actually went for it’ is just such a backwards mentality to have. Style of play is a means to an end: winning games. If...

He was hounded out, had plastic cups thrown at him after we topped the group. He was clearly on the fence before the tournament started, that moment would have pushed over the edge. I welcome the change because I’ve had enough with the narrative around Southgate and so has he. Time for...

He won 4 KO games coming from behind. England had won 6 KO games in total before he took over. Name another manager who has beaten the likes of Germany and the Netherlands in KO game?