The Mailbox argues over Gareth Southgate and his England future, while one fan thinks people are blaming the wrong Harry…
The Mailbox is divided over whether England should sack Southgate, while Maguire is to blame, not KaneIt hurts. It really hurts. For a change though “glorious failure” isn’t what it used to be. This time it was different. We were the better team.
Obviously this one will hurt. Though anyone thinking , if we’d got through, that we were extreme favourites against Morocco have not noticed who they’ve eliminated already. They’re quite capable of shutting out France. It’s also important to remember that if Kane scored we were still only level. We were far from guaranteed to get through in extra time.
Maybe going a goal down helped, maybe France sitting back a bit also helped.But last night I finally saw England make the leap I’d been waiting forever for them to make. Results don’t always manage to reflect such a seismic shift,but soon enough, they will.The dust settles on that most unwelcome biannual tradition; Englands latest tournament exit. To quote a bang average Bond film, it appears with all the tedious inevitability of an unloved season.
But we are missing something. I don’t think it’s Southgate. Yes, as ShoutSport said maybe he’s not a Top Six manager. But that’s not relevant and being an international manager requires a different skill set to the league grind. I’d suggest if we had a Southgate in charge at another point in the past 20 years we would have won something.
Well there we go. Gareth involved in seeing England knocked out with penalties involved, yet again. How many times is that now? And that’s the underlying issue that won’t change. Sure, Kane Spurs’d an easy chance to equalise from the one place he’s usually happy to shoot from in an England shirt, but that’s just the way it goes.and his in-game management, or rather the lack of it. Camera pans to him looking cool, thoughtful, calm . Alternatively, camera pans to him not having a clue what to do to change the game bar late subs that are too late to help, and refuses / lacks the ability to make in game tactical tweaks.
I mention this because of some of the extraordinary abuse that is about to come his way. In the domestic league, this will mainly be fans who wear red shirts. Not so much the media I think, which is progress, compared to Beckham & 1998. Chin up Harry. You still have at least another two tournaments in you. It’s a long way off but in 2026 you’ll only be 33, and only 31 in Germany 2024. You’re the driving force in this England team and we need you. In 2024 and 2026 lads like Foden, Saka and Bellingham will be, what, still early 20’s? It’s only just begun.
I repeated my pessimism before the euros and lots of people disagreed and said I was just being an England hater.It isn’t talent. England has some talented players. It’s mentality. When it comes down to it, England are bottlers. It takes a real belief to win big trophies and that belief is difficult to instill in a team that doesn’t have it. Especially if they keep having near misses because that imposter syndrome just gets stronger with every near miss.
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