Bossing the stats, and chances created = double. And yet he sat on the bench whilst Kobbie laboured to make chances when we desperately needed them:

No doubt. Particularly for the die-hard fans that analyse every aspect of the club in minute detail. But some just follow the club on a more surface level. Be honest, I've done a Simpson's Grandpa gif on this thread a few times where I've walked in and straight back out. It's depressing as hell, and that's our current reality, and no slight on those documenting it. But sometimes I just want idle gossip and potential fake news to chew on. No law against having your head in the clouds occasionally.

Could always do a new thread. That is about 'transfer targets/rumours only'. No court cases, 'we won't buy them', the club finances in general, transfer budget etc. Just, here's a player we're linked to,.what do we know about them, would they be good in the team. Just an idea. 🤷🏻‍♂️ I sometimes can't be bothered trawling through 5/6 pages to hear about rumours too. But then I can also understand the relevance and validity of the arguments made in those 5/6 pages. And they have a right to discuss/vent. P.S. I don't mean like the one that was links/rumours only. No discussion. I get the feeling sometimes posters want to chat about the players without.......well the rest of the circus.

He's done the decent thing here,.rather than drag it on to December. Fair play to him on that. He's done a decent job imo, but now's the right time. Just not sure I'll be inspired by who they appoint.

I thought he'd add 1 of the 2 mins lying on the ground. But nope, 1 second, blow up.

The England players aren't, they're shitting themselves everytime one's running at them.

Need to steady the ship here for 10 mins, then 60 mins odd it's subs and handbrake off time. Don't wait till 75 mins ffs Gareth. At least let's go down swinging.

It's not just Kane's running, he's slow with his feet during the passing moves. He used to be so good at that. Shaw doing brilliantly on the left in defence. Hope his engine holds up.

He's been moving all over the pitch too to get that space. He couldn't do that from LW, so maybe that is a little bit Southgate's fault. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Either way this system is looking way more fluid last couple games.

Foden looks brilliant here. Where's this guy been all tournament. So comfortable in possession.

No doubt the draws, was meaning more decisions. Maradona's hand, Lampard's goal, Sol Campbell's disallowed goal. All massive moments in big games that could be the difference between winning trophies or not. If one (borderline) decision goes our way, not sure why we're all feeling sheepish about it. What goes around comes around.

I'll take two more of them if possible please. Would love everyone moaning about how we've been gifted a win. Would be a sweet lullaby to my ears. 😀

Exactly! We're due one, or about 12 slices our way. Not an ounce of shame from me.

Balls. Nice strike.

How dare you! Think about this, you could have English Danny Murphy.

Triple sub on the hour mark. Southgate's brain will be short circuiting watching that. Like aliens have landed.

Now they've equalised, surely you take Navas off here. He'll cost them the game. Don't even know what other options they have, but on a yellow, at 39 years old, getting rinsed by Mbappe, any decent manager makes the brave decision to change it early.

An Adam Wharton super fan. And he appears to have won a bag in the meat raffle.

You seen any of those people knocking about? By my count they consist only of the BBC halftime panel, which was truly bizarre.

Outfield maybe, Sommer way better than Pickford. I'm worrying about Jordan today. This Swiss side is going to test him way more than any game so far this tournament. Not sure he's up to it tbh, hopefully prove me wrong.

Ian Wright just brought us up in ITV's Stick to Football Euro show. Discussing Mary Earps leaving Manchester Utd for money and Jim Radcliffe saying he needs to prioritise the 1st team. Wright said "You look at what's happening at Blackburn and Reading, it's not right." Then tried to mention it again and was cut off. Think he was going to quote the minimum wage salary bit. Obviously knows his stuff, but then he does present a lot of the women's football. Fun when only time we get mentioned on the bigger stage is for negative stories. Not for the fan takeovers, not for the Eid at Ewood, not for nurturing Adam Wharton and the great relationship he still has with the fans (very rare in modern football when a player leaves). Nope, let's just chat about 4 months at Crystal Palace instead. We get noticed for all the wrong reasons. Infuriating.

I'd happily see Dumfries banned for a game for simulation. Same for any England player that did it. If u go down clutching your face when the foot was about 6 inches from it, you are cheating to stop a break away counter attack. In fact, I'd hav VAR step in with a red card and then ban too. Once that's happened a couple of times, the players would all stop doing it.

Mainoo (on a card) for Wharton. And Foden (stinker) for Gordon. Wud give us a fighting chance these last 20 mins.

Ref bottling a second yellow. That had to be one considering the threshold he set in 1st half.

In contrast the ref on the other side is excellent. Ignoring and booking Portugal players for embarrassing dives. Booking Ronaldo for talking back, even though he's captain. He's taking no crap, and it's refreshing to see.