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It’s not about who’s done what statistically - I’m not sure any stat that puts Hodgson’s England career above Southgate’s is worth paying much attention to. It’s about what they’ve achieved - how many England managers bar Sir Alf wouldn’t trade their England record for Southgate’s? People can...

Bit of a rogue signing but could really transform us

Think this might be the ultimate test of @slowpoke and their policy of refusing to let people sit in their assigned seat.

Get one of your teachers to tell you about the three England tournaments before that - now those were fantastic days.

You’re probably too young to remember how shit it used to be watching England in big tournaments. Then again, going by your posts on the night of the Euros final you might not remember the recent ones either.

Think we need a list of teams that are actual legitimate opponents then - I’m just trying to celebrate all these England wins after enduring years of shit, only to be told afterwards they don’t really count.

We were lucky We were too defensive We should have played Maddison/Foden etc instead We should have made more subs If we kept playing indefinitely we might have lost The opposition is actually rubbish I call Southgate win bingo!

You may laugh, but that team cleans up on FPL every week - do you not want us to win or something?

Your objective as a youth coach is to develop players, not win games. So the more players you ‘lose’, the better you’re doing.

Foden's not a CM, he's a really good attacking midfielder in a team with a plethora of them. Maybe a Spanish manager would play him deeper but his club manager uhhhh (checks notes) Pep Guardiola doesn't seem to want to.

So what you're saying is that he was playing too many forwards and should have gone more defensive sooner? Classic Gareth.

Until the last World Cup our only option at CM/CDM with more than a handful of caps was Jordan Henderson (when he wasn’t injured that is). CAM sure, take your pick.

There is when you only have one vaguely decent CB in the country. But with our total lack of CM options until very recently we didn’t have much of a choice.

Same old cliches - his game management was fine tonight, hence us winning the game. England have a generational pool of attacking players, and have done for three or four years now, but until they can cobble together a back four (which they haven’t been able to do in god knows how long) then...

Same old story - everyone means about Southgate for not making enough subs, or for not bringing on their favourite AM, or for not magically having more than one competent CB with a British passport, or for not managing the game properly. And then England win.

HE. JUST. KEEPS. WINNING.

Think I’ve heard someone singing this about Kyle Hudlin at the CBS for what it’s worth

Had his ticket cancelled by the FA apparently - oh dear.

International football seems a bit easy for Southgate these days, only fair that he plays Phillips to even things up a bit.

VAR so thrilling - I just wish I could spend more time waiting and watching it at the CBS.