It's a shame but almost all managerial careers in Football end in failure. Southgate's will be no different.
When he arrived he did bring a fresh approach and mentality to the England team. He brought through a younger side and did appear to be willing to make those big decisions.
Just like England's most successful manager Alf Ramsay, Southgate has now shown a stubborn failure to move forward and is sticking with a system and players that clearly aren't working
Ramsey stuck by Bobby Moore until it cost us qualification for the 1974 World Cup when just 8 years earlier he left England's greatest striker (at the time) out of the side that played the World Cup Final.
If I ever see 4-2-3-1 as an England line up again I think I'll have nightmares. There was one point yesterday where Kane won the ball on the half way line, behind the midfield 3, he looked up and had absolutely no one to pass it to. The attacking player making runs into the box was the one winning the ball in midfield. If you are going to play one up top as a target man, that guy needs to be told to stop wandering off and thinking you can play anywhere you like.
If Switzerland play like the did against Italy we're toast. With the high press, your defence can't play tippy tappy passes across the back line for 10 minutes before lumping the ball forward. The attacking team won't let you.
I hate Southgate ball and I can't wait for this to be over.
When he arrived he did bring a fresh approach and mentality to the England team. He brought through a younger side and did appear to be willing to make those big decisions.
Just like England's most successful manager Alf Ramsay, Southgate has now shown a stubborn failure to move forward and is sticking with a system and players that clearly aren't working
Ramsey stuck by Bobby Moore until it cost us qualification for the 1974 World Cup when just 8 years earlier he left England's greatest striker (at the time) out of the side that played the World Cup Final.
If I ever see 4-2-3-1 as an England line up again I think I'll have nightmares. There was one point yesterday where Kane won the ball on the half way line, behind the midfield 3, he looked up and had absolutely no one to pass it to. The attacking player making runs into the box was the one winning the ball in midfield. If you are going to play one up top as a target man, that guy needs to be told to stop wandering off and thinking you can play anywhere you like.
If Switzerland play like the did against Italy we're toast. With the high press, your defence can't play tippy tappy passes across the back line for 10 minutes before lumping the ball forward. The attacking team won't let you.
I hate Southgate ball and I can't wait for this to be over.
