I totally agree - but the FA will want to be able to evidence that they “tried”.Pep is contracted until 2025, no chance he leaves early - or without Man City presumably being paid a decent compensation.
It took us two years to understand Potterball and even then we missed way more chances than we scoredNo International manager gets the time to ‘coach’ their elite players. What they need is a coach who’ll play to their side’s strengths and, if their strength is great attacking players, provide a platform for the side to do just that. Potter would have Rice in the Biss holding role (no double f***ing pivots) and then have some of the best English attacking players in a generation go and create chance after chance. The difference between England and his Albion would be forwards who can take a chance. Wouldn’t be many clean sheets (maybe wet ones), but we’d score a hatful.
I’m not sure appointing Mourinho would address people’s concerns over Southgate.I totally agree - but the FA will want to be able to evidence that they “tried”.
Here’s a wild card - Mourinho. Getting a bit older, good at tournament/one off matches.
Not saying I’d want him but I could see it kinda suiting. But then not sure if it fits personality wise.
Far better in many ways if Southgate was honest enough to admit that there was no way he wanted him in his team.What an utter waste of Lewis's time
No cap for sitting on the bench.Felt so sorry for Lewis last night, yes Ok so he has won his vaunted 2nd cap and some would say that is the most important thing, but l wonder how he felt when the likes of a Manchester United reserve, and, surprise surpise, a Palarce centre back got into the team ahead of him.
I hope he found the padding on the bench comfortable, because there was no way he was going to be called into action.
But he hasn’t won a 2nd cap has he? Don’t you have to get on the pitch to get a cap?Felt so sorry for Lewis last night, yes Ok so he has won his vaunted 2nd cap and some would say that is the most important thing, but l wonder how he felt when the likes of a Manchester United reserve, and, surprise surpise, a Palarce centre back got into the team ahead of him.
I hope he found the padding on the bench comfortable, because there was no way he was going to be called into action.
I understand your point, but if we really want to progress then something ought to change.I don’t think national team management would play to Potter’s strengths at all. He needs day-in-day-out contact with players and a bit of time and patience for his methods to produce results. He wouldn’t get either with a national team, and certainly not the latter from the English fans and press!
I didn't realise that, in which case it's even a bigger waste of time than l thought then.No cap for sitting on the bench.
It would be better under Potter though, much better. I'd start wanting to see them win rather than hoping for losses so that Southgate pisses offSouthgate’s biggest achievement has been turning an absolutely depressingly shit side into a more competent but wholly mediocre one. Tactically the team needs progression and evolution, but unfortunately I have zero confidence that the FA have thought about Southgate’s succession carefully.
Potter will probably end up being the next manager because he is the obvious choice. I can write the script of how that will go already. It’s boring, it’s predictable and worst of all its safe.
And yet people expect more.Yep. Fact. Well, d’uh.
Teams that are made up of the best of all internationals are better than a team made up of people born here SHOCKER. And every top 8 coach is better than Southgate and will be better than the next England coach and the one after that. Even POOTER who would give them a whole three days to learn a rotating 3-2-2-2-1 formation with Sterling as some kind of inverted centre back, and all the words to Bizet’s Aria of Michela.
I have now corrected my typographical error. Too many caipirinhas. I thank you.Get this RSZ guy in, then. Is he one of these Sidemen I keep hearing about?
I didn't realise that, in which case it's even a bigger waste of time than l thought then.
There’s another game mid week. He’ll probably feature in that.I didn't realise that, in which case it's even a bigger waste of time than l thought then.
It took us two years to understand Potterball and even then we missed way more chances than we scored.
I hope your teacher gave you a gold star!I learnt that at the 1970 world cup when my question I had sent in (on a postcard !) was read out on TV
But I was at Cubs and missed it