Euro 2024 Thread

Mmm, probably worst game of the tournament. I think the media ,pundits and bookies (the latter for obvious reasons!) have over hyped our players and there chances in this tournament. It is ironic that the much maligned defence has been ok and better than expected but in front of them with supposedly all these 'world' class options to choose from it has been less than impressive. It has been disjointed to say the least and though i am not and never have been anti Southgate he does seem to struggling with selections, both players and tactics. they were all awful last night, Saka at least had a go, apart from that as Wareham said Rice unusually very poor, Bellingham never got going ( sorry Wareham I don't think it's a case of him caring about publicity, if there is one young player who worries less about that it's him , just an opinion of course! so Gareth has much work to do and some what seem to be hard decisions for him to make .The TAA debate sums it up ,decent player but it is a general consensus that he is not a good enough defender to play in the r/b position and to go into a major tournament 'experimenting' by playing players out of position is imho very unwise, he is not so good so we have to find a place for him is he? you get into the team because you are judged to be the best in your position, and have excelled in that position for your club. some one even suggested that because Trippier has only been ok ish TAA plays at left back! That then throws up the question 'what on earth is Luke Shaw doing there if he aint fit? Any way over to you Gareth, good luck !

Superb amount of goals/assists in an ordinary team last season and he has to watch that drivel with the rest of us. Continuing to play Trent in midfield shows Southgate has lost the plot, he has enough quality players to play in their natural positions.
I honestly drifted off to sleep watching that for a couple of minutes

Don’t be silly, hardly ‘tainted for life!’ 🤣
Do you really think managers have any real control regarding ownership? I doubt if he was even consulted. Plenty other clubs in PL with questionable sources of where the owners’ wealth comes from. 

And if you think Potter or Carsley are better options than EH then oh dear. Not sure Potter has shown he can handle big players, he certainly couldn’t at Chelsea. And Carsley, perhaps a similar appointment to that of Southgate without the League and international experience. I’d say EH would be the ideal candidate given his record of improving players that he has signed and making them better players. Up on a par with Pep. Can you think of a big player who Ten Haag at ManU or Potter signed at Chelsea that actually got better under them? I can’t.

I’d say EH is the standout option but not sure he would take it at this point. It will be a football decision made by the same FA suits that always do it.

UTG!

Klopp is a good call eric but I’m not sure how realistic it is.

Would be interested to know why you think that EHs football credentials aren’t good enough. Clearly an excellent coach, has dealt with senior players and gained their respect. They all speak very highly of him. He has an excellent record of making players better. Took a team from the relegation area and 18 months later secured Champions League football. And he plays football on the front foot, setting up a team to attack. Which with the players at the moment would be ideal. And he has stickability, he keeps to his way of playing even when on a bad run. Not overly important but for an England manager more so he talks well, understands how the press works and keeps all the crap stuff to the dressing room. One of the reasons why players respect him so much.

What is it you don’t like? Serious question.👍

UTG!

Using the old mantra “Fail to prepare, prepare to fail” then the FA should be lining up candidates to interview now, not at the end of the summer, the stand out for me is Klopp, no Englishman in the frame that I can see.
But the FA won’t of course, it’ll go to a yes man, like Southgate, he loves playing players out of position and loves trying to defend a 1-0 lead whoever he’s playing rather than go for it.
Kane summed it up beautifully and honestly saying they didn’t know (not verbatim) how to change, that is the England captain.
It was also telling how animated Gary Lineker Rio and Alan shearer were after the game, I’ve never seen them so clearly wound up before.

Hardly a ‘yes man,’ whatever that is. Last night I thought he made all the correct but hard decisions, taking Kane, who’d scored, off. Taking TAA off when it wasn’t working which he knew would get him stick. 

And getting stick from GL, who’s never set up a team in his life, RF similar, and Shearer who has, for 8 (?) games whilst NUFC got relegated. Hard to know how they have the nerve to be critical given that they’ve never had to do it.

And, fwiw, keep Shearer as a pundit in the studio. As a Co-comentator he’s not the best he takes over from the commentator and says the same thing. Better in the studio. 

UTG!

I don't, in the slightest! Sorry if my post came across that way. I'd not actually be too delighted with Potter tbh. 

Don't panic! We can leave that to the players.

We always seem to start badly in the group stage. A scruffy win, a poor draw and we just about ease through. Players like rabbits in headlights. Fans calling for manager's head.

Then we have a superb win in the knockout stage. Fans calling manager the best ever.

Then we lose to someone actually good.

It's what we do.

The first FA presser does with EH on LBGT, equality or diversity in general should be a laugh. Even Henderson saw the error of his ways