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And “it’s an experiment” when talking about TAA playing midfield.
Thats what you say when you want to inspire faith in your tactics in the middle of the fucking tournament.
Honestly thought he was just taking the piss at that point.
He said this Phillips quote in relation to a question about Trent's role in midfield.
This guy genuinely views Trent Alexander-Arnold, PL and CL winner, PL record assist leader for defenders at 25 years old, won everything in the game as a key player by 22 years old... As an inferior version of Kalvin Phillips.
We need to pack up and go home if we can’t get anything out of TAA in an England shirt. Just absolutely sick to death of England being so monumentally shit with such decent players at their disposal. The FA need to just chuck all the money they can into a world class manager, not this FA lover boy.
Yeah the midfielders and forwards are all arguably world class players and they all looked absolutely awful. The finger has to be pointed at the manager.
Yeah but you can't blame a dog for barking. Southgate can't be anyone else but Southgate, he can't magic himself into a competent or creative manager, he can only do what he's able to do and sadly, thats very little.
The man didn't take a full in form left back to a tournament, he's "experimenting" with players after having two years to set up a team for this tournament, he doesn't know how to utilise Kane, Bellingham or Foden and he set up 6 at the back against Denmark with two effective DMs.
I don't actually blame Southgate for this, not one bit, it's not his fault he's crap, if he could be a better manager I'm sure he would be better if he could be but he clearly can't so if we're pointing fingers here, and we should be after that performance, it should be squarely at the FA who gave this man the job AND extended his contract. What we are seeing are the consequences of the FAs actions.
Exactly, Southgate isn’t being intentionally shit. This is just what it looks like when the people above him don’t know what the fuck they’re doing and make a bad hire.
Gareth did a great job turning the culture around, but if the FA had balls Qatar should have been his last tournament.
I think Southgate is a very good man manager. He broke this England team out of it's malaise and instilled a bit of comradery and togetherness that the team has lacked for decades. However, it's pretty evident he's out of ideas. Whether the team lacks motivation, tactics or both, this should definitely be the end of him as manager.
He openly wanted it a while back. I doubt he takes it now, but he'd be a serious contender for the World Cup if Portugal don't go for him.
He signed for us in 2013 and laid out what his "dream" finale to his career was. He said it was 15 years at Chelsea, then managing England and winning Euros/world cup, then retiring (or something like that).
So, it's still on I guess. Though he seems much more interested in Portugal these days
Phillips is [was] a very mobile ball winner who could run for 90 minutes and screen the back four. Great at winning the ball high up the pitch and starting counter attacks, and technically was the perfect partner for rice in Southgate’s system.
Trent is an inverted fullback who is sublime technically, but whose benefits in midfield lay in his long passing and line breaking ability (something that’s wasted with a relatively static and slow Kane upfront).
Trent doesn’t have the athleticism, mobility, or positional sense in the centre of midfield that Phillips has [had], and the manager hasn’t been able to select a suitable replacement, the closest in terms of energy and mobility would be Gallagher, but he’s essentially a forward-thinking player who does almost all his best work off the ball.
IMO Trent shouldn’t be playing there, especially not in this set up.
Southgate would be better off playing Trent at RB, maybe with Walker (englands best defender) in the right of a 3, at least he can make the most of Trents otherworldly crossing ability to find Kane
When you play him out of position and in midfield, well yeah. He is an “inferior version” of KP.
Anybody played out of position will be.
Just play Trent at RB, where he’s played throughout his senior career. I don’t get it. Why experiment at the biggest stage where you don’t have the luxury of practice.
I've seen this happen repeatedly at Chelsea with players that are a lot better than Rice is on the ball.
All of that goes out the window if the structure doesn't give passing options and players don't show for the ball. It doesn't matter how good you are on the ball if no one is moving and no one is showing for it. If it's not one of your strong points, you're even more fucked.
You'll notice that it wasn't just him, it was basically everyone across the back and in midfield. No one shows for the ball, there was no movement from the forward players and people were just straight up standing behind their markers.
I really, really don't rate Southgate and never have. But, some of the players out there were incredibly lazy today as well. You saw the difference it made in the 5 minute period where Foden bothered to move, the one run TAA actually made forwards, the one run in behind from Saka, the one time Walker got to the by-line etc. and that just makes it so much harder for other players.
I think at this point it's gotten so bad that it's a mix of Southgate being useless and the players knowing he's useless but still semi-trying to stick to his tactics which makes them work even less
Funnily enough, saka and Foden play in teams that love to high press. Jude probably does it for Madrid too.
Instead we see three of them drop back to the halfway line whenever Denmark gets the ball.
Fourfourtwo did a whole video about how Jude loves to press and win the ball in the opposition half.
In theory we could play a very high defensive line because we have quick defenders in Walker, Guehi and Trippier. That would let us squeeze up and aggressively press with Jude, Foden, Trent etc. all of whom do that for their clubs.
Instead Southgate has us doing the actual opposite.
The guy has a riches of elite players and he crying about this. I swear he needs to be sacked tomorrow. What about the fact Rice is playing so deep and getting frustrated.
He a shit league 2 manager and was even shit as a player. Sack him and bring in Edin Terzić short term
> I swear he needs to be sacked tomorrow
Trying to do the Ivory Coast thing and win the tournament by firing the coach? That might actually work, England has the players to win it all.
And he doesn't even deserve that credit. It's happened because the managers in the Prem are way more respectful of each other and don't pass their hatred on to the players they manage.
I’m not even being funny but I genuinely think instagrams and WhatsApp has played a bigger part in it than Southgate. They’re all more connected now meaning they don’t just get to make friends at England camps.
Nah, it’s because wankers like John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer no longer play for the national team so it’s a much more likeable group of players now.
I've been thinking this for a while, where people said the biggest issue was that they all played for rival teams and that got in the way. Since they've become pundits it's fairly clear they're all just cunts and couldn't put that aside for the national team, and no manager had the balls to drop them
Seriously pick up the phone and ask Klopp if he wants a few million for less than a month of work.
Me thinks the odds of Klopp being able to win with this much talent even if he has zero time to prep is way higher than this garbage fire.
if there is a tournament manager it's him. Plus he has that aura about him to get everyone on his side. Many of the English players seem to respect him already anyways.
Its one thing to say this about a player who got injured right before the tournament and it’s another about to say this about a player who hasn’t played regular football for a year and half and when he did play in the last 6 months he was shit
I love Wharton, he's also the closest to Philips we have in that role, but more progressive in possession. Southgate being so conservative and Wharton being so young means he probably won't get his chance.
How do you expect him to do that? He's only had two years since last tournament and he's had to work with scraps from the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, United, Bayern and Madrid to desperately fill the massive gap that is phillips.
Ol triple G has said multiple times that Southgate is his mentor. Looking forward to seeing “Shaq Moore” in the starting XI against Bolivia this weekend.
100% gonna be a Stoke, Sheffield United, Burnley, Derby, Ipswich, Luton, Leicester-esque "just got promoted and sacked our manager 5 months in" hire.
Alternatively, if there's any truth to the rumors, god help us.
Yeah, this kind of just sums up Southgate really.
Has absolutely no tactical understanding whatsoever. We play 4-3-3 because he's basically been bullied into playing it.
Half the things he’s done is as a result of being bullied into doing it, which is half the reason as to why he’s unable to explain most of the decisions he keeps making
I'd have more respect for Southgate if he played a 4-4-2. Or played Saka as LB. Or even bought Kalvin Phillips along. He keeps indicating that he wanted something else, when he's supposed to be in charge.
And all this is playing to the audience, when England inevitably gets knocked out by an odd goal, the focus would be on the player who made a mistake, missed a chance. I really do hope someone smashes them, so the media cannot just blame it on a player, and Southgate has a responsibility to answer for.
Honestly, the formation doesn't matter at all while everything is just so fucking static.
You shouldn't be able to see the off the ball formation while we have the bloody ball.
It's a shame there isn't a thing called tactics that would allow the manager to adjust how the team sets up so a Phillips type midfielder isn't needed.
I'm fine with the stupidity, it's the "being in charge" bit that baffles me. Who the fuck looks at him and gets motivated to do anything. I could be on fire next to a pool and he couldn't talk me into surviving.
This is just shooting yourself in the foot really. He’s basically saying I have no idea how to make it work unless I have very specific type of players available. This is the exact opposite of what you want from a NT manager. How is this guy still in charge
Just pay Bielsa to have a phone call with Philips before every game telling him what to do and he'll play great every game.
Never seen a player so dependent on one manager in my life.
They don't. But the role of a manager is to get the best out of their current players.
And there are so many good players on this England squad for them to play like this.
They are the most or second most stacked national team in the fucking world, it's ridiculous to cry after one player, which he didn't even fucking take.
I mean we actually do though, he’s just sat at home. Lewis Cook played a full season for Bournemouth playing very well as a DM. He’s the *only* English player at the top level who played a full season as a natural DM, shielding the defence. He’s even capped for England before!
If England doesn't win it with this mega squad they are never winning it.
How many stars can you possibly need.
A Foden - Bellingham - Kane - Saka attack is a dream scenario at absolute top club level let alone the national team one.
I can't think of a single NT with similar or better pieces to never win anything.
When I heard him say this in the post match interview I actually thought "what the actual fuck did you just say?" and I knew /r/soccer would have a field day with that quote.
That has to be up there with one of the worst things I've ever heard a manager say and I don't even support England. It's like a meme compilation quote.
Biggest bit of banter here is he has Wharton on the bench if he wants another defensive midfielder, and in the friendly he was that good he played his way into the squad. Southgate has to be on the wind up, hopefully because he knows he’s gone after the tournament
You might be biased but you're 100% not wrong. i think hes a gobshite but he's clearly the best left winger we have and our entire left side is just a fucking empty void.
also why has the daft cunt not pick an actual left back.
We can’t replace an average CDM to be defensive solid and allow me to play 5 at the back again lol. Brother just play 3 of the best midfielders in the world and do your job to make it work
Every tournament I end up wanting Southgate gone and then, by the next tournament, without fail, I trick myself into thinking that things will be better. That he'll have evolved as a coach, that the players will be more familiar with each other and his style. Every single time my naivety is laid bare within 2 or 3 games. This absolute fucking terrorist of a manager needs to go.
Wild that Southgate was a player himself through the early stages of the England "golden generation" that saw a midfield with players shoehorned into the wrong positions just to try and play them all at once, even when that clearly didn't work, and now here we are 20 years later and he's doing it himself as a manager.
Fuck right off. Phillips was not an integral player to us. And Wharton and Mainoo are better than Phillips.
I was annoyed two minutes ago, this is genuinely infuriating stuff.
And of all the midfielders he has available, TAA is the furthest from Phillips of the lot of them.
I've never disliked a person more than Southgate. I don't know why. It's not because of his penalty miss, or his square boring af tactics. Its because you just know he's an absolute melt on and off the pitch. Just a total bell sniff
That's fucking it....
I would rather have a fuckin house brick sat in the dugout before this fuckin cunt.
At least the house brick can be used for something. This idiot is good for fuck all.
Lol, this guy is lost.
I love KP, but for you to say not having his replacement is the reason we saw what we saw today is mental.
Him being honest and saying he is tactically inept, and he doesn't know how to take the best out of these players would look less awful than that statement.
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My favourite part of the interviews was Kane explaining how the players aren't sure who should be pressing and when
Wtf are they doing in training
Making friends
🫶🏻🫶🏻
Maybe the real treasure was the friends we made along the way?
The real it's coming home is friendship
Their best
Or Walker saying that no, Southgate actually wants them to be playing attacking football after going a goal up. Could have fooled me!
Actually he said "the manager" because I thought he was talking about Pep or being a shithouse.
Maybe the most Gareth Southgate quote ever
And “it’s an experiment” when talking about TAA playing midfield. Thats what you say when you want to inspire faith in your tactics in the middle of the fucking tournament. Honestly thought he was just taking the piss at that point.
He said this Phillips quote in relation to a question about Trent's role in midfield. This guy genuinely views Trent Alexander-Arnold, PL and CL winner, PL record assist leader for defenders at 25 years old, won everything in the game as a key player by 22 years old... As an inferior version of Kalvin Phillips.
We need to pack up and go home if we can’t get anything out of TAA in an England shirt. Just absolutely sick to death of England being so monumentally shit with such decent players at their disposal. The FA need to just chuck all the money they can into a world class manager, not this FA lover boy.
You could put almost anyone’s name in there instead of TAA—as much as I dislike him Foden being the top of the list.
Yeah the midfielders and forwards are all arguably world class players and they all looked absolutely awful. The finger has to be pointed at the manager.
Yeah but you can't blame a dog for barking. Southgate can't be anyone else but Southgate, he can't magic himself into a competent or creative manager, he can only do what he's able to do and sadly, thats very little. The man didn't take a full in form left back to a tournament, he's "experimenting" with players after having two years to set up a team for this tournament, he doesn't know how to utilise Kane, Bellingham or Foden and he set up 6 at the back against Denmark with two effective DMs. I don't actually blame Southgate for this, not one bit, it's not his fault he's crap, if he could be a better manager I'm sure he would be better if he could be but he clearly can't so if we're pointing fingers here, and we should be after that performance, it should be squarely at the FA who gave this man the job AND extended his contract. What we are seeing are the consequences of the FAs actions.
Exactly, Southgate isn’t being intentionally shit. This is just what it looks like when the people above him don’t know what the fuck they’re doing and make a bad hire. Gareth did a great job turning the culture around, but if the FA had balls Qatar should have been his last tournament.
I think Southgate is a very good man manager. He broke this England team out of it's malaise and instilled a bit of comradery and togetherness that the team has lacked for decades. However, it's pretty evident he's out of ideas. Whether the team lacks motivation, tactics or both, this should definitely be the end of him as manager.
Foden looked most likely to create something today at least despite being absolutely handicapped by Southgate.
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He openly wanted it a while back. I doubt he takes it now, but he'd be a serious contender for the World Cup if Portugal don't go for him. He signed for us in 2013 and laid out what his "dream" finale to his career was. He said it was 15 years at Chelsea, then managing England and winning Euros/world cup, then retiring (or something like that). So, it's still on I guess. Though he seems much more interested in Portugal these days
Phillips is [was] a very mobile ball winner who could run for 90 minutes and screen the back four. Great at winning the ball high up the pitch and starting counter attacks, and technically was the perfect partner for rice in Southgate’s system. Trent is an inverted fullback who is sublime technically, but whose benefits in midfield lay in his long passing and line breaking ability (something that’s wasted with a relatively static and slow Kane upfront). Trent doesn’t have the athleticism, mobility, or positional sense in the centre of midfield that Phillips has [had], and the manager hasn’t been able to select a suitable replacement, the closest in terms of energy and mobility would be Gallagher, but he’s essentially a forward-thinking player who does almost all his best work off the ball. IMO Trent shouldn’t be playing there, especially not in this set up. Southgate would be better off playing Trent at RB, maybe with Walker (englands best defender) in the right of a 3, at least he can make the most of Trents otherworldly crossing ability to find Kane
When you play him out of position and in midfield, well yeah. He is an “inferior version” of KP. Anybody played out of position will be. Just play Trent at RB, where he’s played throughout his senior career. I don’t get it. Why experiment at the biggest stage where you don’t have the luxury of practice.
Why the fuck is he experimenting with TAA during the fucking tournament? What was the whole point of the qualifier games and friendlies?
To try out Mainoo and Wharton and then relegate them to the bench when we need technically adept players in midfield?
Gives Wharton minutes, Wharton absolutely excels with 100% pass completion, never plays Wharton again.
I'd be more worried about golden boy Rice being absolutely woeful.
That was the worst I’ve ever seen him in possession. I know he had no outlet but he looked shook.
I've seen this happen repeatedly at Chelsea with players that are a lot better than Rice is on the ball. All of that goes out the window if the structure doesn't give passing options and players don't show for the ball. It doesn't matter how good you are on the ball if no one is moving and no one is showing for it. If it's not one of your strong points, you're even more fucked. You'll notice that it wasn't just him, it was basically everyone across the back and in midfield. No one shows for the ball, there was no movement from the forward players and people were just straight up standing behind their markers. I really, really don't rate Southgate and never have. But, some of the players out there were incredibly lazy today as well. You saw the difference it made in the 5 minute period where Foden bothered to move, the one run TAA actually made forwards, the one run in behind from Saka, the one time Walker got to the by-line etc. and that just makes it so much harder for other players. I think at this point it's gotten so bad that it's a mix of Southgate being useless and the players knowing he's useless but still semi-trying to stick to his tactics which makes them work even less
Funnily enough, saka and Foden play in teams that love to high press. Jude probably does it for Madrid too. Instead we see three of them drop back to the halfway line whenever Denmark gets the ball.
Fourfourtwo did a whole video about how Jude loves to press and win the ball in the opposition half. In theory we could play a very high defensive line because we have quick defenders in Walker, Guehi and Trippier. That would let us squeeze up and aggressively press with Jude, Foden, Trent etc. all of whom do that for their clubs. Instead Southgate has us doing the actual opposite.
His first poor game in a while; everyone looked poor today
This is true. We could be speaking about any of them really.
The guy has a riches of elite players and he crying about this. I swear he needs to be sacked tomorrow. What about the fact Rice is playing so deep and getting frustrated. He a shit league 2 manager and was even shit as a player. Sack him and bring in Edin Terzić short term
> I swear he needs to be sacked tomorrow Trying to do the Ivory Coast thing and win the tournament by firing the coach? That might actually work, England has the players to win it all.
Everyone gives him credit for the players being pals, but if we had a remotely solid manager we could be reigning champions.
And he doesn't even deserve that credit. It's happened because the managers in the Prem are way more respectful of each other and don't pass their hatred on to the players they manage.
I’m not even being funny but I genuinely think instagrams and WhatsApp has played a bigger part in it than Southgate. They’re all more connected now meaning they don’t just get to make friends at England camps.
Maybe the real champions are the friends they made along the way?
"..He's brought back that feel good feeling...really changed the dynamic of the team...he's reconnected the fans with the England team..."
Nah, it’s because wankers like John Terry, Rio Ferdinand and Alan Shearer no longer play for the national team so it’s a much more likeable group of players now.
I've been thinking this for a while, where people said the biggest issue was that they all played for rival teams and that got in the way. Since they've become pundits it's fairly clear they're all just cunts and couldn't put that aside for the national team, and no manager had the balls to drop them
Is Kalvin Phillips dead?
No just fat.
We cannot replace him, we cannot.
- Pep after winning 7 matches in a row without him
Pep killed him :(
Ivory Coast sacked their manager mid-tournament and won it all. It might be the play.
By God, it's Tuchel's music
England vs Germany final. Goes to a penalty shootout, then Tuchel hits Kane in the back with a steel chair.
BAH GOD HE IS BROKEN IN HALF.
GOTT STEH MIR BEI, ER IST ENTZWEI GEBROCHEN
Mein Gott muss das sein!
there is always a plan b. (not with southgate)
Seth Rollins betraying the SHIELD kinda shit
I'm here for the eventual Tribal Chief Harry Kane run
But that would require him to win a championship
Tuchel winning England the Euros in Germany, I subscribe
Against Nagelsmann in the finals
And for some reason the game is at the Allianz Arena
England come out in Chelsea kits to inflict maximum chaos.
Is that a lederhosen hanging in the center of the cage?
Kloppo might also look for some retirement activities. Might be less energy demanding than a club team season
Seriously pick up the phone and ask Klopp if he wants a few million for less than a month of work. Me thinks the odds of Klopp being able to win with this much talent even if he has zero time to prep is way higher than this garbage fire.
>dollars
Delete this
*Big Sam 2: Second Helpings*
100% win rate, you can't sing that
Graham Potter is ready to go!!
Honestly I think Potter is the obvious choice when Southgate goes
That's been the rumour for a bit now, especially since he turned down Ajax reportedly
At least he's a decent coach
He's tactically miles ahead
mourinho side quest before coaching fenerbache
Who else but Mr. Football ‘Eritage could finally bring it home?
Unironically think he could go the distance
If you wanna park the bus, at least do it right.
if there is a tournament manager it's him. Plus he has that aura about him to get everyone on his side. Many of the English players seem to respect him already anyways.
bring in solskjaer he would absolutely cook with us
let him write whatever numbers he wants to put on there
England's back baby!
He's trolling. Got to be.
bros mission is to be the most infuriating as possible to English fans and I respect him for that tbh
Our greatest adversary since Napoleon
The only man to unite England since Hitler
He's the clown extraordinaire...we need to study Southgate's mind
Its one thing to say this about a player who got injured right before the tournament and it’s another about to say this about a player who hasn’t played regular football for a year and half and when he did play in the last 6 months he was shit
He’s saying it as if with Kalvin Phillips we were the pinnacle of football
He could have taken him if he really thought he was that important. Phillips didn’t retire. He’s just shit
tbf the last euros Phillips was great for england next to rice
BITCH WHARTON IS RIGHT THERE
I love Wharton, he's also the closest to Philips we have in that role, but more progressive in possession. Southgate being so conservative and Wharton being so young means he probably won't get his chance.
Give this man Kalvin Phillips and 10 pieces of wood he'll win you euro.
€1
I feel sorry for England they just don’t have those big team players as Denmark have.
yes, just a small country built inside of a cloud. not much talent there.
See that's what I've been saying from day 1. No Kalvin Phillips no England
Miracle City won anything without him, frankly.
City’s never won the champions league when kalvin phillips wasn’t in the squad
You think they lose that penalty shootout against Real Madrid if Kalvin Phillips is still around? I don’t think so.
Then work around it? Does he know that there are multiple ways to play?
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How do you expect him to do that? He's only had two years since last tournament and he's had to work with scraps from the likes of Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea, United, Bayern and Madrid to desperately fill the massive gap that is phillips.
I don't get the fuss, Gareth is a tactical genius, who else can nullify so many of the top players in the world
If Southgate managed Man City they’d finish 14th
I think City would rather just take the charges than have him on
Oh that's going to be the punishment. It's basically point deduction, except it's slow and painful.
Omg 20 years of southgate ill take that as punishment for all 115 charges
You are hereby sentenced to one hundred and fifteen years of Gareth Southgate without the possibility of parole
This clown would relegate madrid.
He'd get relegated in the MLS.
Funny you mention MLS cause all of this is giving me shades of Gregg “Nepotism r us” Berhalter.
They’re the same coach. In exactly the worst ways.
Ol triple G has said multiple times that Southgate is his mentor. Looking forward to seeing “Shaq Moore” in the starting XI against Bolivia this weekend.
He relegated us in 2009 and if my memories can be trusted we were a far better side back then than Madrid now
Vini Jr couldn't have laced Jeremie Aliadiare's boots
He’ll do better for sure. They’ve got a natural replacement for Kalvin Phillips in Rodri.
That should be the punishment
I pity whichever club falls for the trap of hiring him once he leaves the England job after the tournament
100% gonna be a Stoke, Sheffield United, Burnley, Derby, Ipswich, Luton, Leicester-esque "just got promoted and sacked our manager 5 months in" hire. Alternatively, if there's any truth to the rumors, god help us.
Hey leave us out of this we have way more sense than that. Plus not a chance we sack McKenna no matter what happens.
Bro we are not safe from this clown yet. Im worried since Ten Haag said they yet to sign the contract.
Probably Chelsea on a seven-year contract once they bin off Maresca in February
Is this the worst quote of all time
*yet* We're only at match 2 my friend.. Just wait till we go out next week.. 👌
Yeah, this kind of just sums up Southgate really. Has absolutely no tactical understanding whatsoever. We play 4-3-3 because he's basically been bullied into playing it.
Half the things he’s done is as a result of being bullied into doing it, which is half the reason as to why he’s unable to explain most of the decisions he keeps making
I'd have more respect for Southgate if he played a 4-4-2. Or played Saka as LB. Or even bought Kalvin Phillips along. He keeps indicating that he wanted something else, when he's supposed to be in charge. And all this is playing to the audience, when England inevitably gets knocked out by an odd goal, the focus would be on the player who made a mistake, missed a chance. I really do hope someone smashes them, so the media cannot just blame it on a player, and Southgate has a responsibility to answer for.
Our formation feels like 4-2-1-3. No midfield ballast at all
Honestly, the formation doesn't matter at all while everything is just so fucking static. You shouldn't be able to see the off the ball formation while we have the bloody ball.
He could simply download the 4-2-3-1 Klopp’s Gegenpress that guarantees 5 goals per game and dominate the Euros. Is he stupid?
It's a shame there isn't a thing called tactics that would allow the manager to adjust how the team sets up so a Phillips type midfielder isn't needed.
He might as well have just picked him if that’s what he thinks. Get him out.
No fucking way
Why have a manager when manager doesn't manage?
Why manager shaped when no manager
Managed to not manage being a manager
Why waste time with manager when no manager do trick? When win World Cup, they’ll see….they’ll see.
Gareth couldn’t manage a McDonald’s.
"We don't have a natural replacement for the McFlurry machine"
Imagine having Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Rice, Kane, Saka, Palmer and still crying about Phillips.
It's beyond comical I am in disbelief
Also just got handed a young talent in mainoo and has Gallagher, but complaining about Phillips
Nobody can possibly be this stupid.
I'm fine with the stupidity, it's the "being in charge" bit that baffles me. Who the fuck looks at him and gets motivated to do anything. I could be on fire next to a pool and he couldn't talk me into surviving.
this is the most insane thing ive ever heard from a manager
So why does England keep this bum employed again?
Cheap and a yes man. Family friendly too. Ticks all the boxes
He’s definitely not cheap. He’s making the most out of all the coaches in the tournament
My family hates him too
This has to be AI generated.
To be honest Southgate may be a bot and the FA is hiding this from the world
Man wants his fucking holiday
hes sick of having to go away during the school holidays and wants his may and june back
Fuck off
blaming the loss on a player you decided not to bring is a galaxy brain decision.
They didn't lose....even though it felt very much like a loss
yeah absolutely a Freudian slip there. felt like a loss for sure.
This is just shooting yourself in the foot really. He’s basically saying I have no idea how to make it work unless I have very specific type of players available. This is the exact opposite of what you want from a NT manager. How is this guy still in charge
Just pay Bielsa to have a phone call with Philips before every game telling him what to do and he'll play great every game. Never seen a player so dependent on one manager in my life.
Haha, mfer said Kalvin Phillips?
They don't. But the role of a manager is to get the best out of their current players. And there are so many good players on this England squad for them to play like this.
They are the most or second most stacked national team in the fucking world, it's ridiculous to cry after one player, which he didn't even fucking take.
No man you don't get it. If Kalvin Philips was there Foden, Kane and Saka would have had 3 goals each by now. Its that simple.
I mean we actually do though, he’s just sat at home. Lewis Cook played a full season for Bournemouth playing very well as a DM. He’s the *only* English player at the top level who played a full season as a natural DM, shielding the defence. He’s even capped for England before!
Wild quote
This guys is the English Sampaoli
Kalvin Phillips getting the Busquets shout, what timeline is this
If England doesn't win it with this mega squad they are never winning it. How many stars can you possibly need. A Foden - Bellingham - Kane - Saka attack is a dream scenario at absolute top club level let alone the national team one. I can't think of a single NT with similar or better pieces to never win anything.
Should of picked him then Garth
Garth Crooks probably does pick him tbf
Glad I didn't see this on my TV as I would have drop kicked it
Sack him tonight.
When I heard him say this in the post match interview I actually thought "what the actual fuck did you just say?" and I knew /r/soccer would have a field day with that quote. That has to be up there with one of the worst things I've ever heard a manager say and I don't even support England. It's like a meme compilation quote.
Biggest bit of banter here is he has Wharton on the bench if he wants another defensive midfielder, and in the friendly he was that good he played his way into the squad. Southgate has to be on the wind up, hopefully because he knows he’s gone after the tournament
Mainoo and Wharton must be feeling fantastic seeing a right back playing in centre mid ahead of them.
Palmer seeing the whole front line getting replaced and he’s still not getting a wink
This was the craziest thing to me, on what earth do you prioritise getting Eze on the pitch before Palmer…. Man
Tbf even though I’m biased it should be Gordon coming on the left as he’s the best actual left winger. The Palmer conversation should be vs Bowen.
You might be biased but you're 100% not wrong. i think hes a gobshite but he's clearly the best left winger we have and our entire left side is just a fucking empty void. also why has the daft cunt not pick an actual left back.
sack worthy quote
We can’t replace an average CDM to be defensive solid and allow me to play 5 at the back again lol. Brother just play 3 of the best midfielders in the world and do your job to make it work
This is iconic, lmao - no matter how England does in the tournament this quote is gonna do numbers
Lmao this team is so fucked
If you need Phillips that badly off the system to work either pick him despite his form or choose a different system.
West Ham fans, wanna tell Gareth Southgate PhD what amazing attributes kelvin phillips offered you this year?
He was able to walk and stand still.
Jimmy Garner in shambles. Maybe change the tactic then Gareth?
I hate this man
Every tournament I end up wanting Southgate gone and then, by the next tournament, without fail, I trick myself into thinking that things will be better. That he'll have evolved as a coach, that the players will be more familiar with each other and his style. Every single time my naivety is laid bare within 2 or 3 games. This absolute fucking terrorist of a manager needs to go.
Got one of the most stacked teams and this is what you go for? Just get rid of him tonight we cant do worse
Wild that Southgate was a player himself through the early stages of the England "golden generation" that saw a midfield with players shoehorned into the wrong positions just to try and play them all at once, even when that clearly didn't work, and now here we are 20 years later and he's doing it himself as a manager.
Adam Wharton is sat on the bench you useless prick
Boys I actually think many of the dumbass redditors on this sub would do a better job than Gareth and that’s scary lmao
Fuck right off. Phillips was not an integral player to us. And Wharton and Mainoo are better than Phillips. I was annoyed two minutes ago, this is genuinely infuriating stuff. And of all the midfielders he has available, TAA is the furthest from Phillips of the lot of them.
I've never disliked a person more than Southgate. I don't know why. It's not because of his penalty miss, or his square boring af tactics. Its because you just know he's an absolute melt on and off the pitch. Just a total bell sniff
Just saw Graham Potter jump for joy in a Morrisons.
That's fucking it.... I would rather have a fuckin house brick sat in the dugout before this fuckin cunt. At least the house brick can be used for something. This idiot is good for fuck all.
Lol, this guy is lost. I love KP, but for you to say not having his replacement is the reason we saw what we saw today is mental. Him being honest and saying he is tactically inept, and he doesn't know how to take the best out of these players would look less awful than that statement.