[Football] Moder to score 1st and England to win 2-1 170/1

[Milano]

If England parted company with Southgate after the World Cup how many top 10 EPL clubs would chase him? IMO none. It’s why Mancini got the better of him in the final, it will happen again.

 

[raymondo]

Exactly. Felt bad for him when Kane scored...but luckily he redeemed himself with the 'TAXI FOR SHAW'

And he did show some character to keep focused and redeem himself (I think the taxi was for Walker btw!)

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

If England parted company with Southgate after the World Cup how many top 10 EPL clubs would chase him? IMO none. It’s why Mancini got the better of him in the final, it will happen again.

Mancini needed the lottery of a pen shoot-out to beat England.

 

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Yeh he plays within himself. The trick that does come out is occasional, as a surprise. Apart from that he's a low risk player. Get it, play it simple

The one criticism I would make is that, quite often his teams mate is on the ball and he's not especially moving into position to take a pass

Said similar earlier in the thread. He needs to learn from Lallana how to pass and move into space and want the ball back and he will be a hell of a player. Only young so hopefully it will come.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Mancini needed the lottery of a pen shoot-out to beat England.

Quite right. It also ignores that the England job isn't the pinnacle it once was. If Southgate left, no top 10 managers would be queuing up for his job either.

Why? Well the 10x drop in pay would be a factor. FA not paying the sort of salaries they were 15 years ago, that's for sure.

I think given everything, GS is as good as we could hope for. Very unlikely the next one will be anywhere near as good.

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

Said similar earlier in the thread. He needs to learn from Lallana how to pass and move into space and want the ball back and he will be a hell of a player. Only young so hopefully it will come.

Part of me thinks, this is something the manager has asked him to do, ie, to be the one that picks up the second pass ... but that seems unlikely ..... given I think he does it a bit for us as well

 

[kjgood]

Said similar earlier in the thread. He needs to learn from Lallana how to pass and move into space and want the ball back and he will be a hell of a player. Only young so hopefully it will come.

I think we have a potential world class player on our hands, he has the physical attributes and skill to really be a great player. As you say just that extra knowledge and experience and Lallana is just the guy to mentor him.

 

[Jesus Gul]

(I think the taxi was for Walker btw!)

Even better - we were booing Walker at Wembley semi in 2019 for some reason

 

[Stat Brother]

This is true. All i'd say is Southgate's recent record is very good. Even the best team's don't win every game. Poland away not a gimme.

There's more than a touch of 'Tory candidate standing for election in one of the Shires' too it.



I'm not entirely sure draping and tracksuit around a hatstand wouldn't have generated the same results


Mr Southgate is getting his England team to the loseable matches later in tournaments.
Fair play to him for that, still gotta get there, make your own luck and hopefully learn from your mistakes.

I'm just not sure, despite being an improvement on many of his predecessors, he's quite the man to punch home the advantage afforded to him by all the young talent generated in the EPL.