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Southgate just humbled his detractors

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comment by Batty (U4664)

posted on 10/7/24

Yep.

That was about as good as it gets.

We fully deserved that. 100%.

Turns out Southgate and his team might
know what the hell they're talking about.

And I, for one, absolutely do not.

However, thank God. What a freaking ride.
We looked class. Mainoo is unreal.

Have Rice and Guess put a foot wrong?

So many excellent performances tonight.

Gladly, happily, honestly, hold my hands up and
say I'm just a fcking numb nut fan who has no
business in football. But massively loves the game.

Gareth, have my babies.

comment by Batty (U4664)

posted on 10/7/24

* Guehi

comment by Scouse (U9675)

posted on 10/7/24


Have Rice and Guess put a foot wrong?
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Not to detract from a fantastic win, but yes, Rice fecked-up for their goal.

posted on 10/7/24

Come on, we’ve been lucky to have a run of easier teams to try get something together that could work

posted on 10/7/24

Southgate gets far too many pelters.

I’m pleased for him.

posted on 10/7/24

The Dutch were poor.

The step up in opposition in the final will be massive compared to what they've played so far.

posted on 10/7/24

We played well against a pretty average Dutch team let’s be honest. Netherlands are ok, Spain are another level and i think we’ll be comfortably beaten

Southgate has had one very good match tactically in 6. He knows how to handle the pressure well at international football, he’s a good tournament manager but will never be a top coach

posted on 10/7/24

comment by Batty (U4664)
posted 49 minutes ago
Yep.

That was about as good as it gets.

We fully deserved that. 100%.

Turns out Southgate and his team might
know what the hell they're talking about.

And I, for one, absolutely do not.

However, thank God. What a freaking ride.
We looked class. Mainoo is unreal.

Have Rice and Guess put a foot wrong?

So many excellent performances tonight.

Gladly, happily, honestly, hold my hands up and
say I'm just a fcking numb nut fan who has no
business in football. But massively loves the game.

Gareth, have my babies.
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This just sums up the football fan schizophrenia. Absolutely no balance at all 😂

comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 10/7/24

I don't think he humbled anyone, if we blow away Spain then perhaps. But 45 mins of good football out of 5 games hasn't humbled me.

posted on 10/7/24

Can’t argue against his record, he certainly has more experience than anyone in tournament football as far as English football is concerned. But let’s not forget how easy this run has been and the team has struggled to get past teams. Really all our KO games should’ve been over in 90. Those extra minutes played will make a difference vs Spain no doubt.
Southgate’s record vs top 10 teams is poor. At least today he notched a win.
Positive is that team performances are getting better, but I’m not sure even that first half performance will be good enough vs Spain.
Whilst you can say his subs have had an impact, they’ve been brought on late up until today’s game.
Southgate will need to bring his best ever game on Sunday to beat Spain. If Kane doesn’t turn up either, I don’t fancy much chance for England. If England do lose, we need FA to get a replacement in.

posted on 10/7/24

England fans a cuuunts.

We’ve got to another a final and people want to talk about the manager and proving others wrong, because they had different views on the manager.

Watch it and enjoy it.

comment by Elvis (U7425)

posted on 11/7/24

I'm delighted to be in the final, but come on. We could easily have gone out against Slovakia and lost on penalties to the Swiss. We did well tonight, but this isn't a vintage Dutch side. Southgate has got lucky after serving up some dire football and the way the tournament has opened up for us. We will have to lift our performance higher to beat the Spanish.

comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Darren The String Fletcher (U10026)
posted 15 minutes ago
England fans a cuuunts.

We’ve got to another a final and people want to talk about the manager and proving others wrong, because they had different views on the manager.

Watch it and enjoy it.
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I literally have these feelings when we win games. I think Southgate built something great, but isn't making the most of it and then when we make it to another final I cheer the goals but there's a small part of me thats like 'Perhaps we shouldn't have played Gordon instead of Foden all along'

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Darren The String Fletcher (U10026)
posted 7 minutes ago
England fans a cuuunts.

We’ve got to another a final and people want to talk about the manager and proving others wrong, because they had different views on the manager.

Watch it and enjoy it.
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This is the moment where he has to prove he's got something about him the quality of this team will get us past the minnow's but up against the best where what the manager decides to do in game makes a massive difference. On Sunday after fifty minutes when we've had hardly any of the ball and Kane is crawling will he make that decision to take him off I don't think so if he does then fair play to him. The bottom line is I would very much doubt you'd want him managing your club I certainly wouldn't want him at mine. If he does somehow pull out a win on Sunday then he can walk off into the sunset with his head held high.

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Elvis (U7425)
posted 9 minutes ago
I'm delighted to be in the final, but come on. We could easily have gone out against Slovakia and lost on penalties to the Swiss. We did well tonight, but this isn't a vintage Dutch side. Southgate has got lucky after serving up some dire football and the way the tournament has opened up for us. We will have to lift our performance higher to beat the Spanish.
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This.

The Dutch were probably the best team Eng have had to face so far, but come on, they finished THIRD in their group. Well done on coming out top in the pash half of the draw, but let’s call it what it is.

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Darren The String Fletcher (U10026)
posted 27 minutes ago
England fans a cuuunts.

We’ve got to another a final and people want to talk about the manager and proving others wrong, because they had different views on the manager.

Watch it and enjoy it.
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This.

It’s international football, you get about 3 days with the players, they are all dead from playing a million regular minutes, the pressure is high and we are winning - it’s not pretty but we are doing enough and another final feels great

posted on 11/7/24

comment by 98 Problems (and promotion ain’t one) (U12353)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
We played well against a pretty average Dutch team let’s be honest. Netherlands are ok, Spain are another level and i think we’ll be comfortably beaten

Southgate has had one very good match tactically in 6. He knows how to handle the pressure well at international football, he’s a good tournament manager but will never be a top coach
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If England beat Spain it will be "Spain are pretty average lets be honest"

comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 11/7/24

Holland were kinda average though and we did get lucky with the draw. Spain have been the best team and if we outplay them we deserve to win.

posted on 11/7/24

comment by T-BAD (U11806)
posted 1 minute ago
Holland were kinda average though and we did get lucky with the draw. Spain have been the best team and if we outplay them we deserve to win.
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posted on 11/7/24

Who gives a shiiiit about whether he’d manage your facking club team?

If that is your attitude after this tournament then you just shouldn’t watch international football, because you’ll never be happy.

comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Leedsforever (U15976)
posted 27 seconds ago
comment by T-BAD (U11806)
posted 1 minute ago
Holland were kinda average though and we did get lucky with the draw. Spain have been the best team and if we outplay them we deserve to win.
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Which bit of that is funny? They've shown capability but been all over the place in their performances this tournament and also got a fairly easy ride to this stage in the tournament. They were our biggest test and hopefully woke us up, but I think there's four teams on the other side of the draw who would have put us away today.

posted on 11/7/24

comment by Leedsforever (U15976)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by T-BAD (U11806)
posted 1 minute ago
Holland were kinda average though and we did get lucky with the draw. Spain have been the best team and if we outplay them we deserve to win.
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comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 11/7/24

Again Edin, care to share which part is laughable or are you just gonna indulge in your worst tendancies?

posted on 11/7/24

calm down

comment by T-BAD (U11806)

posted on 11/7/24

Fair enough, carry on without any introspection

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